THE MARSEILLES HOTEL

The Marseilles Hotel sits on South Beach's Collins Avenue right on the beach and close to the Miami Beach Convention Center and the shops and restaurants on Lincoln Road. Designed by the famous The European architect Robert Swartburg in 1948, the Marseilles has almost all the peculiarities of the Art Deco style vertical emphasis and a combination of flat and curved walls, use of glass blocks, neon, cove and porthole ceiling lighting, and cast iron railings. All around the Marseilles, guests will find a cornucopia of fine dining, disco dancing, jazz clubs and trendy shops. Guest can also frolic in the sun and warm seaside waters just outside at the hotel's backdoor, where they also will discover a narrow sundeck fringed by gardens surrounding a 90 by 25 foot swimming pool. Beyond the pool, the hotel also features a deep sundeck and a palm tree grove with hammocks. Inside the hotel, guests can enjoy the casual, street front veranda of L'Omelette Café or the big screen TV, overstuffed couches, pool table, Art Deco paintings and stained glass panels of the Metropolis Lounge. Although the hotel doesn't have its own restaurant, guests are located within three miles from great eateries. The Marseilles includes a small fitness center, although guests can receive discounts at the swanky fitness center in the nearby Delano Hotel. Newly redecorated guestrooms include gold tones, high ceilings, yellow accent walls, yellow toned fabrics, and mahogany furniture. They even include bedside refrigerators so guests won't have to roll out of bed for nighttime snacks. An international clientele comes to the Marseilles for ready access to the beach, nightlife and the Miami Beach Convention Center. For shoppers, the pedestrian only Lincoln Road Mall's unique shops, restaurants and sidewalk cafés, begin three blocks from this Miami Beach hotel. &nbsp