travel42 Hotel Review: InterContinental Marseille-Hotel Dieu

InterContinental Marseille-Hotel Dieu travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Set back one block off the corniche, with filtered views of Marseille's popular Vieux Port and the historic Panier district, this former hospice with roots that go back to the Middle Ages—parts of the hotel date back to the 12th century—is the pinnacle of panache in Marseille. The modern-day hotel building has 18th-century lineage, and the original building's opening was inaugurated by Napoleon himself as a hospital.

Like its sibling in Paris, this InterCo...