The Top 60 Hotels Near Chez Alexandre

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A curvy Art Deco shell across from the beach in La Ciotat, this boutique hotel has aged from modern to charmingly retro without anyone having to try very hard. Fifteen rooms and suites keep things intimate, decorated in Provençal colors with graphic murals and, in some cases, sea-facing balconies or an outdoor Jacuzzi. The bar and Mediterranean restaurant mean you can stay put without really having to leave.

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A white limestone mansion perched between Cassis's marina and the Calanques, with wraparound sea views that make the surrounding coast feel like a private backdrop. This two-Michelin-Keys hotel has been restored to the easy glamour of its 1920s heyday, with a Sisley spa, two heated pools, and suites named for guests who stayed a century ago. Rooms trade up fast; the views do too.

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An old aristocratic pile set in Provençal parkland, with a vegetable garden that feeds directly into the Michelin-starred restaurant on site. The 28 rooms and suites go classic Provence with marble bathrooms throughout; the freestanding villa sleeps eight in its own quiet corner of the grounds. Between the Zen garden, petanque court, and pool, you may forget that Marseille and the calanques are just down the road.

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A six-hole golf course on the grounds tells you something about the scale of this Provençal resort, which is rather grander than the farmhouse tradition it gently nods to. Rooms pull their palette from the region without tipping into kitsch, and the spa is the kind of place that makes a full afternoon disappear. Two restaurants, including a gastronomic table, keep you from ever needing a reason to leave. It holds three Michelin Keys.

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A 67-room boutique hotel on a sliver of land wedged between the marina and a sheltered beach, which means you're never more than a short walk from salt water in any direction. The spa leans hard into thalassotherapy, so seawater is basically the point. Two private beach clubs keep things from feeling like a sacrifice compared to the louder resorts up the coast toward Nice, though Bandol's comparative quiet is a feature, not a consolation.

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The Cité radieuse is a landmark Brutalist apartment block where a small boutique hotel occupies two floors among actual residents. Rooms are compact and spare, but the modernist DNA runs through everything, down to the furniture. Le Corbusier believed in the building as a self-contained city, so central Marseille is a bus ride away. That's not a flaw in the plan; it was the plan.

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Philippe Starck's fingerprints are all over this budget boutique hotel, from the playful furniture to the bar that leans hard into game-room energy rather than lobby hush. It sits neatly between the Old Port and the Cours Julien arts district, so you're equally close to the postcard stuff and the parts of Marseille worth finding. Rooms are small but the beds are good, which is the right trade-off. Expect buzz over quiet, sociability over solitude.

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All 19 rooms face the water at this boutique hotel on Marseille's Corniche, close enough to the sea that the Michelin Guide felt compelled to remind guests not to dive from their balconies. The style borrows from Fifties modernism, which mostly means it's calmer and sunnier than you'd expect from a city hotel. The Vieux-Port is five minutes on foot, and there's a rooftop pool and spa for days when you'd rather not walk anywhere at all.

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Perched between the Corniche and the Mediterranean, this boutique hotel is Gérald Passedat's family vision of what Marseille luxury looks like, which turns out to be gold and lavender interiors, a hammam, a Japanese bath, a pool, and the sea a few steps beyond that. Two restaurants overlook the water, one bistronomic, one the flagship. The Michelin Guide awarded it one Key. Close enough to the city center to be convenient, quiet enough to feel like a different world entirely.

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The outdoor heated pool is the giveaway: this hotel in Marseille's 8th arrondissement operates at full resort pitch despite sitting a short walk from the Plages du Prado. Rooms look out over the Mediterranean and the Borély racecourse, and a bar terrace, Jacuzzi, sauna, steam room, and boxing club fill out the rest of the picture. A Mediterranean restaurant is on site for when you eventually come inside.

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Perched on the Corniche JF Kennedy with the Mediterranean sitting right there at every window, this design hotel does white rooms with bursts of sunshine yellow and, on most floors, a private balcony to watch the sea do its thing. Two pools, a hammam, sensory showers, and a rooftop bar ensure you never feel obligated to leave. The Mediterranean restaurant and third-floor bar both face the water, which makes skipping the city very easy indeed.

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A 19th-century mansion a few blocks from the Vieux-Port, C2 is a luxury boutique hotel where Haussmann-era bones meet modernist furniture without either side blinking. Rooms have the kind of personality that most hotels iron out in the name of consistency. The spa runs deep, the bar serves all day, and a private island with beach access, reached by a short boat ride from the old port, is not something many inland addresses can offer.

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A 24-room boutique hotel a few streets back from the Old Port, Amista sits in the Noailles district, one of Marseille's loudest and most alive neighborhoods. The heritage bones of the building are still visible, but the interior leans into a retro-modern sensibility that stops short of trying too hard. Le Canebière is right there, and the in-house bar and restaurant, Louison, gives you a reason to stay in.

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The homeware brand Maisons du Monde runs a small hotel collection, and its Marseille outpost sits right on the Old Port, which means some rooms look straight out over the water. The apartment-style rooms and suites are furnished exactly as you'd expect, all natural materials and timeless neutrals, essentially a showroom you can sleep in. Suites have their own kitchens, family rooms sleep five, and breakfast is served in the lounge. No restaurant, but the Vieux-Port keeps you busy.

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A 17th-century hospital turned luxury hotel is a concept that could go very wrong, but the bones here are extraordinary and the interiors by Jean-Philippe Nuel keep up their end of the bargain. Rooms are spacious and well-equipped, the location just above the Old Port gives you both history and convenience, and there's a Clarins spa with two pools when you need to recover from all that sightseeing. The outdoor terrace alone earns its keep.

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Perched on a hill above the Old Port rather than planted in some glass tower downtown, this Sofitel shares a mid-century fortress of a building with the Novotel next door, though you'd need a keen eye to notice. The rooms are clean-lined and quietly luxurious without veering into gaudiness, the views are genuinely good, and the skylounge bar, bistro, and spa give you several ways to pretend Marseille isn't happening just outside.

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A Belle Époque seafront hotel that went quiet for a few decades and came back as part of the Curio Collection by Hilton, with antique furniture, a full NUXE spa, and enough restored grandeur that you stop noticing the Hilton part. It sits on the Mediterranean coast near Toulon, with a maritime brasserie and a higher-end French and Mediterranean restaurant upstairs for when you feel like dressing for dinner.

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The restaurant sits under a 19th-century glass atrium ceiling said to have come from the Eiffel workshops, which sets the tone for this 62-room boutique hotel across from Toulon's maritime museum. The nautical theme is telegraphed in the name, but the wave motifs and navy palette stay restrained. Toulon is a working port, not a resort town, and the hotel leans into that: some rooms sleep eight in bunk configurations, others are standard doubles.

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A small luxury hotel and spa set in an 18th-century manor on the countryside road that Cézanne walked obsessively to paint Sainte-Victoire. The old house holds rooms and suites with a quietly modern edge; three freestanding villas go further, into full contemporary minimalism. The restaurant swings between brasserie and gastronomic menus, both rooted in the flavors of Provence. The Michelin Guide awards it one Key.

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A country manor just outside Aix-en-Provence, La Bastide Bourrelly sits in the middle of Cabriès village beneath centuries-old sycamore trees. The boutique hotel's rooms go white interiors, fine wood details, and marble bathrooms, with some patios looking out onto the gardens. Breakfast on the sunny terrace, a pool when it's warm, and a Michelin-starred restaurant on site run by Mathias Dandine round out what is a quietly serious place to land in Provence.

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Haussmannian facade in the thick of Hyères' old town, 37 rooms dressed by a Paris design studio in Art Deco geometry and Riviera-era rattan. The pool and terrace take their cues from the grand 19th-century villas down the road, while the lounge layers pine and limestone into something that feels more collected than decorated. The Michelin Guide has it selected, and Le Fooding lists it too, which tells you the locals aren't ignoring it either.

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Five minutes from the center of Aix, Villa Gallici is a Provençal country house hotel that leans so hard into the genre it somehow feels more genuine than the historic originals. No two rooms share a look, but all run to canopy beds, marble bathrooms, and private terraces. Outside, cypress and plane trees shade a pool and Florentine gardens where breakfast arrives in the morning and aperitifs follow at dusk. The Michelin Guide awarded it one Key.

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Cézanne used to cut through these grounds with his easel on the way to paint Sainte-Victoire, and the four-acre garden at this 18th-century villa hotel looks much as it did then: old chestnuts, ivy-covered trellises, stone fountains. Inside, the rooms go contemporary, with metallic wallpaper the old master never saw coming. A pool, a pétanque pitch, and an onsite restaurant round things out before you remember Aix itself is just down the road.

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Cézanne painted Mont Sainte-Victoire obsessively, and from the suites here you can see why. This small luxury hotel outside Aix-en-Provence holds 15 rooms done up in jewel-toned Provençal style, many with private terraces facing the mountain directly. A south-facing pool catches the afternoon light, and the restaurant turns out French cooking with quiet detours through Brazilian and Japanese influences. The Michelin Guide awarded it one Key.

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A converted 18th-century villa tucked among Aix's townhouses, this small luxury hotel pulls off the trick of feeling like someone's very grand country estate. Classic rooms already run to parquet floors and monogrammed robes; the suites push further into genuinely theatrical territory. A pool, a garden, a pocket spa, and a conservatory restaurant with a zinc bar fill out the picture for guests who aren't planning to leave anytime soon.

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A low-rise hotel on the boulevard that shares its name, the Roi René sits at the quieter end of the Provençal good-life spectrum, which is to say it's still very much the good life. Rooms are being refurbished toward warm earth tones and soft neutrals, with some categories offering private terraces and those abstract patterned ceilings that photograph well on their own. There's a heated outdoor pool and a Mediterranean restaurant when the terrace isn't enough.

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Rooms here are called cabins, less for the size than for the maritime mood, and every one of them looks out over the port at Carry-le-Rouet. This boutique hotel on the Côte Bleue wears blue and white as earnestly as you'd expect, and somehow pulls it off. The Spa Bleu by Phytomer, a bar, and a gourmet restaurant round out the package for guests who've decided Marseille's western coast suits them just fine.

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A boutique hotel in central Aix-en-Provence named for the city's most famous son, which is either a lot of pressure or a convenient excuse to hang interesting art. The rooms lean into Provençal color and texture without veering into lavender-and-toile cliché, thanks to a designer with some restraint. Breakfast is buffet, the bar runs all day, and dinner is firmly your problem, which is fine given the neighborhood.

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The rooms here take their color palette from Cézanne's paintings rather than the usual lavender-and-farmhouse Provence playbook, which tells you something about the city's self-image. A contemporary boutique hotel a short walk from the Cours Mirabeau, it runs 61 rooms from snug singles up to a junior suite, all warmed with organic materials and southern light. The hotel's own Brasserie Léopold is a reason to stay in for dinner.

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Two spas on the same property, one of them Roman-style thermal baths, is either a coincidence or a philosophical position. This adults-only hotel sits just outside Aix's historic center, close enough to the markets and fountains but quiet enough to pretend the world has been cancelled. Rooms lean into the south, with warm Provençal colors and contemporary furniture. The on-site restaurant covers French Mediterranean ground without making a fuss about it.

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Carved stone fireplaces and ornate moldings fill the 18th-century bastide at the heart of this small luxury hotel outside Aix-en-Provence, where the estate's own organic vineyards press right up against the garden walls. Fourteen rooms split between the historic main house and the neighboring longères all run contemporary furniture against centuries-old bones. The Michelin Guide awarded it two Keys. A pool, a hammam, a spa, wine tastings, and a Michelin-starred restaurant round things out nicely.

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A ten-room Provençal inn attached to a Benedictine abbey, owned by Alain Ducasse, whose name tends to end the conversation. The grounds run to gardens, vineyards, and ancient cypresses, with a pool facing Candelon Mountain. Rooms lean toward restrained French countryside, silk drapes in the better ones, something a touch more modern under the mansard roofs. The restaurant sources everything from the hotel gardens or within thirty kilometers, which in Provence is a meaningful boast.

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The hotel has been sitting on the port at Hyères long enough to have a cameo in Godard's Pierrot le fou, and the facade still looks the part. Inside is another story: 14 rooms, each handed to a different artist with an apparent brief of no restraint whatsoever. The roof terrace runs yoga by day and cocktails by night. The Michelin Guide has it on their selected hotels list, which feels like an admirably straight face.

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Maison Jalon looks like it teleported from a 1960s Palm Springs postcard and landed, somehow logically, just outside Aix-en-Provence. This boutique hotel has boxy motel-style rooms with big bay windows, retro lamps, colorful wallpaper, and art the owners collected traveling the world. Every room gets a private terrace above the garden and a very blue swimming pool. Breakfast arrives al fresco with fresh-squeezed juice and hot pastries, and the daybeds around the pool handle the rest of the afternoon.

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An 18th-century Italianate château just north of Aix-en-Provence, sitting on its own working organic winery, that spent three centuries as a private estate before anyone else was allowed through the gate. The 50 rooms split between the castle itself and outbuildings, with the château rooms trading square footage for genuine period character and garden views. A spa occupies the old stables, a Michelin Key is on the record, and dinner is walking distance from your bed.

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Cotignac itself is certified among France's most beautiful villages, and Lou Calen sits on two and a half acres of parkland at its heart. The boutique hotel had a moment in the seventies as a rock-star hideaway, and that instinct for privacy has carried forward. Its 36 rooms span the main house and a scatter of outbuildings, each decorated in Provençal tradition softened by contemporary art. There's a serious restaurant, a bistro, and a pastis bar for those keeping score.

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Matali Crasset, the celebrated French designer, took a Lubéron farmhouse and filled it with the kind of color palette that would make neighboring lavender fields feel underdressed. This boutique hotel has eight rooms, two studios, and two freestanding houses, the last two with kitchens. Weathered stone walls sit alongside vivid Seventies hues without apparent embarrassment. Breakfast runs on local ingredients; dinner sends you happily into the surrounding villages. It holds a Michelin Key.

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A restored Luberon estate in Provence, where the stone walls have been around since the 1600s but the hotel itself is new enough that nobody's set anything in stone yet. Vineyards and gardens sprawl across the grounds, the pool is exactly what you came to France to find, and the cellar stocks the estate's own wine alongside what feels like half of Provence. The Michelin Guide awarded it 2 Keys.

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Six rooms above olive groves and a swimming pool in the Luberon, decorated with the spare, organic elegance that Provence does when it's not trying too hard. Auberge La Fenière holds a Michelin Key and carries three generations of family behind it, which you feel in the unhurried, purposeful way the place runs. The kitchen next door has earned its own Michelin star, so dinner is far from an afterthought.

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Every room at this boutique hotel above the Bay of Aiguebelle faces the Mediterranean, designed like a ship's cabin with wood paneling and terrazzo underfoot. Jean-Baptiste Pietri's renovation brought the old Riviera landmark back with a spa, contemporary art throughout, and a dining room where murals meet sea views. Le Lavandou has better addresses, but few where waking up feels this much like being gently adrift.

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A photographer's eye runs through every room of this small, intimate guesthouse just outside Cucuron, where three suites share no common style but somehow feel of a piece. The restored hunting lodge sits in fifteen acres of orchards and gardens, with an infinity pool and yoga on request, cooking classes and wine tastings if you ask nicely. Calling it a B&B is technically correct, the way calling Provence a nice place to visit is technically correct.

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An old oil mill in one of Provence's prettiest villages, converted by the Beaumier group into a 35-room boutique hotel where the original stonework stays put and the rooms dress themselves in warm linens and sunlit color. The library runs to painters of Provence, the pool is small and lovely, and the bar does a creditable apéritif. Lourmarin itself rewards a wander, and Marseille is an easy drive if village life gets too bucolic.

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A bastide outside Lourmarin that splits the difference between private estate and small hotel, with rooms you book by the night or a whole farmhouse you take for a week. Stone walls, terracotta floors, wood-beam ceilings, and grounds that lean pleasantly toward overgrown, lavender in the air and a pétanque court doing its best to delay every plan. Staff stay tactfully out of sight. Breakfast on the stone terrace is the one moment they insist on showing up.

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From the front door, the original 19th-century hunting lodge still reads clearly. Step back and a sleek modern wing wraps around it, housing the rooms and apartments, all clean lines and generous space, with kitchenettes in the larger units. A Spa Nuxe, a pool with loungers, and a Provençal restaurant round things out. It sits in Gréoux-les-Bains, a thermal town that has been taking the waters longer than anyone can remember.

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Every suite faces the Iles d'Or, and the terraces make that view feel like a private arrangement. This unhurried resort sits just down the coast from Saint-Tropez in Rayol-Canadel, where the gulf is the same but the crowds are not. Three restaurants cover everything from poolside plates to a proper dining room, and a private beach club handles the Riviera ritual with the right amount of ceremony. A spa and heated pool round things out.

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Down the coast from St. Tropez, where the see-and-be-seen crowd thins out, this hillside hotel trades Riviera maximalism for something closer to Scandinavian calm: blues and grays inside that rhyme with the sea outside. Rooms and suites look out over the Mediterranean from balconies or panoramic windows, softened by butterfly and dragonfly textiles. A pool, a solarium, and a shuttle to the beach round things out before the terrace bar calls for an apéritif.

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