Holiday Inn Marseille City Centre, Marseille

Address- Avenue du Prado, Marseille

The Avenue du Prado is close to Parc Chanot, Stade Velodrome and Palais des Sports.

Cost per room - range from EUR114.00 for pre-booked standard room to EUR220.00 per night for a superior room


The hotel has 119 rooms 45 of which are non smoking. Inlcuded in this number are 16 executive rooms and 4 suites. 45 romms have double beds and 55 have twin beds and are ...
...individual air-conditioning, Tea & Coffee facilities, Mini Bar, Safe, Satelite TV and WIFI or high speed internet connection.

The hotel also has its own restaurant which serves traditional French cuisine, however, I did not try this as I like to get out and about when visiting another country and not be confined to a hotel.

The main reception is very welcoming, as you walk in through the main entrance to the hotel the ... more

Address- Avenue du Prado, Marseille

The Avenue du Prado is close to Parc Chanot, Stade Velodrome and Palais des Sports.

Cost per room - range from EUR114.00 for pre-booked standard room to EUR220.00 per night for a superior room

The hotel has 119 rooms 45 of which are non smoking. Inlcuded in this number are 16 executive rooms and 4 suites. 45 romms have double beds and 55 have twin beds and are based over 8 floors.

Each room has individual air-conditioning, Tea & Coffee facilities, Mini Bar, Safe, Satelite TV and WIFI or high speed internet connection.

The hotel also has its own restaurant which serves traditional French cuisine, however, I did not try this as I like to get out and about when visiting another country and not be confined to a hotel.

The main reception is very welcoming, as you walk in through the main entrance to the hotel the reception is directly in front of you with the hotel bar just to the left, more about the bar area later. The receiption desk is staffed 24 hours per day and the staff in the hotel speak the following languages:- English,French,German, Italian and Spanish so you can almost certainly be sure to be able communicate your needs. Check -in is very quick and the staff are effecient took no longer than 5 minutes to do this.

The rooms where a pleasant surprise - the hotel was last re furbished in 2004 and the rooms where very neutrally decorated and more spacious than I expected. My room was one with a double bed so whether this made any difference to the general appearance of space I do not know as did not see a room where there where 2 singles. There is a seating area in the room which is 2 chairs and small table but sufficient size to place a magazine and a drink on it without too much problem. There was a good choice for the complimentary tea & coffee whcih also included hot chocolate and this was refilled devery day.

The maid service is every day with the towels also changed every day and no problems where experienced here.

The hotel restuarant and also the same room where breakfast is served is pleasently decorated and of a reasonable size and we had no problems in gettting seated for breakfast. There range of food on offer for breakfast was excellent with continental and English both available with fresh fuit and cereals also.

In the main lobby of the hotel there is, along with the reception and bar area a business center - as they call it which is actually 2 PCs and printing facilities for a small fee.

Other Business Service the hotel offer are:-

Copying
Courier Service
email & Internet
Facsimile

The hotel bar is situated just to the left of the main entrance and is furnished to give the impresssion of a casual and relaxed atmosphere - the bar is not huge but sufficient for a quick drink at the end of the day. Prices are what you would normally expect for a hotel so no shocks there. There is a wide ranges of drinks available.

Hotel Amenities

Close to the Beach - 10 minute walk
Kids Eat Free
Iron/ Ironing Board
Health / Fitness Center on site (not visited by me)
Hairdryer in rooms

Personal Services

Dry Cleaning /Laundry Pick Up
Room Service
Safety Deposit Box available at Front Desk
Secretarial Services
Shoe Shine
Global Newspaper Service

Parking - Underground with a charge of EUR 10.00 per day.

How to get there

From Marseille Airport

Distance from Airport - 30KM
By taxi - transfer time approx 20 minutes
Cost in taxi - between 50 - 60 Euros dependant on the taxi

From Marseille Saint Charles train station

Distance from Station- 3 km
Taxi fee - EUR10.00

Local Metro station

Perier
Distance from hotel less than 0.5km

Local Shopping - 1km

Would I go back - Yes
 

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