Hotel Bellevue Marseille

Beautiful self-catering summer house, a short walk from the centre of Arles, but even on the weekend of the Feria de Riz, the location was peaceful. Well equipped and tasteful accommodation. Very helpful owner.

Location, view from the room, nice people, nice restaurant

We prolonged our holidays after a very quiet stay in de Baronies Provencales and went to Marseile. From Gare St Charles we took the Metro 1 to Fourragère. Only two halts brought us to our hotel. Still downstairs in the metro we could already smell the sea and I mean this in a positive way. Once upstairs I was literally blinded by the light and the sounds. So white, blue, pink, noisy, the boats, the water, the people, the quay… It felt as if we were walking in a French movie. No other hotel could be better named than this one, Hotel Belle Vue. You really can’t believe your luck! Check in is on the first floor, just stairs here, but from the first floor on there is an elevator. The style is a bit Art Deco. The hotel is old and authentic, but marvelous. On the first floor there is the breakfast room or restaurant if you like. It looks like a very authentic French bistro. There is a piano. It’s old and stylish. Just love it! We had our breakfast every day on the balcony looking at the merchants displaying their goods on the quay. Nice breakfast. Our room (and all the rooms) have this same magical view. The room are more modern and very stylish and functional. The bathroom is slightly older but still very nice with white and blue tiles and lovely family size shower gel bottles. There is nothing to complain about this hotel.

I would recommend this hotel for couples or young people. It is very noisy at night, but hey, you are staying at the very center of Marseille. The place to be and to see. Remember there is always a market (local products, fish, and souvenirs) or people performing: modern dance, capoeira… from morning till night (3 am) The city of Marseille keeps it’s quays clean, so at night after the party they start working on it. But Marseille is unlike any other French coastal town, it’s lively, raw, folksy, unpretentious… Forget Nice, Cannes and Bordeaux, this town vibrates like the sun on the meditarenean sea ... and you want to be part of this But the hotel has very good windows to keep the noise low!