Hotel de la PrefecturevsHotel Peron
Both hotels are rated highly by those who travel for a living. On balance, Hotel Peron ranks slightly higher than Hotel de la Prefecture. Hotel Peron is ranked #33 in Marseille with approval from 2 publications like Fodor's, Lonely Planet.
Hotel de la Prefecture
 Lonely Planet
9 bv Louis Salvator, 13006 Marseille
From $50/night
- Free Internet
 - Concierge
 - Restaurant
 - Family Friendly
 - Air Conditioning
 
 "Definitely far from grand, this place is nonetheless perfectly acceptable for the price, with clean rooms and small but modern bathrooms." 
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Try to avoid the run-down 1st floor rooms, which are sorely in need of a splash of paint, especially in the bathrooms.
Hotel Peron
 Lonely Planet
 Fodor's
119 Corniche du President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 13007 Marseille
From $79/night
- Pet Friendly
 - Free Internet
 - Concierge
 - Air Conditioning
 - Breakfast buffet
 - Baggage storage
 
 "This unusual 1920s period piece houses museum-like rooms with preserved original art deco turquoise-and-black ceramic bathrooms and parquet floors inlaid with geometric motifs." Full review
 "A family-run jewel, this eclectic, rather eccentric hotel features rooms with different decorative themes, from delicate, rather austere Japanese to playful Dutch to colorful Moroccan." Full review