Marseille?

I haven't stayed overnight in Marseille so I can't recommend a hotel. But I do recommend visiting the Le Panier district in Marseille. This is Marseille's oldest neighborhood, and it is fascinating with awesome and unique street art. Also be sure to walk around the port. Another lovely and interesting area. And there is a great museum; I think it's called the Museum of Civilization.

I highly suggest Le Grand Hôtel Beavau on the Old Port. Port views are amazing and Mozart once stayed there - though it has been updated since!

We visited Marseille for 4 nights last October, and highly recommend La Residence du Vieux Port hotel. We were in a Deluxe Double with Sea View room and it greatly exceeded my expectations, with a balcony overlooking the port and a separate single bed room which served as our luggage/dressing room. Le Panier is indeed a wonderful area to wander, with unique small shops and cafes and a lot of street art/murals decorating the buildings. We also enjoyed, without too much embarrassment, the little tourist train tram which takes you up to the magnificent Basilica Notre Dame de la Gard. We enjoyed Marseille's specialty, bouillabaisse, at Chez Madie Les Galinettes right on the port, and also had a great seafood platter lunch at Chez Jeannot, a short scenic bus ride along the coast in Port du Vallon des Auffes (Chez Fonfon is also located there, for a more upscale meal and much pricier bouillabaisse). Don't miss the morning fish market at the port - quite the show with fish of all kinds fresh off the boats. We also greatly enjoyed visiting the Cosquer Méditerranée, a replica of a prehistoric underwater cave discovered in 1985, with cave paintings of the many types of animals that existed in that area 20,000 years ago, before the rising seas buried it in its watery depths,