This four-star hotel is in a residential area in Marseille's eighth arrondissement overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. It includes the 80-cover Yin Yang restaurant with alfresco terrace and the Chinese-inspired Chang'An bar.

• Opens: this month
• Owner: Concorde Hotels & Resorts
• General manager: Jacques Chesnet
• Bedrooms: 140
• Designer: Didier Rogeon
• Facilities: include a spa with sauna, Turkish bath and Jacuzzi and a fitness studio with heated swimming pool. Conference facilities comprise 1,000sq m, including eight meeting rooms and a 600sq m lounge catering for banquets of up to 500 guests.
• Price: from €200 (£135)
• Address: Place Louis Bonnefon, 13008 Marseille, France
• Telephone: 00 33 4 91 72 90 00
• Website: www.marseille.concorde-hotels.com