Originally scheduled to be completed towards the end of 2019, the refurbishment has proved much more complicated than originally planned. And then the public health crisis brought work to a grinding ...

If you want to stay in Marseille in a really top-class hotel, the five-star InterContinental Hôtel Dieu, which opened in 2013, is an enticing choice. Click here to book a hotel in Marseille This ...

Marseille's identity is deeply bound up with its ancient origins as a port and the vast network of sea routes that opened up the city to the world. This is a guide to its ferry terminals and the ...

An elegant 18th century hôtel particulier in Aix's historic and aristrocratic Mazarin Quarter, the Hôtel de Caumont has been converted into a sumptuous gallery space under the banner of the Caumont ...

If you want to follow in Paul Cézanne's footsteps, you will find no shortage of places to visit in Aix en Provence. The artist was born here in 1839, and he died here too in 1906, having spent almost ...

These are two good chain hotels if you need to stay near Marseille's main railway and bus stations at Saint Charles, each equally close to the main concourse, but with slightly different advantages to ...

Une Table, au Sud is right on the Old Port, but it could be a million miles away from the tacky tourist traps lining the harbour. Click here to book a hotel in Marseille You might easily miss the ...

The popular son et lumière show at the Cathedral of Images near Les Baux de Provence is now known under a new name, the Quarries of Lights (Les Carrières des Lumières). Click here to book a hotel in ...

Whether you're just looking for a flock of pretty pink flamingos or are an expert ornithologist, these are the best places and best times to spot birds in the Camargue. Click here to book a hotel in ...

Provence is a rich mix of ancient history, romantic tradition and surprising, fast-changing modernity: hilltop villages and busy cities, elegant châteaux and simple fishing cabins, lavender fields and ...

Dominated on one side by the Panier (Old Town) and on the other by Notre Dame de la Garde, the Old Port, or Vieux Port, has been the beating heart of Marseille for over 2000 years. Click here to book ...

Marseille's answer to Alcatraz, this brooding island-fortress-prison has hosted victims of religious persecution, roués, anti-royalists, revolutionaries and Alexandre Dumas père's (fictional) hero, ...