RN ALPHA

Very basic. At the standard price it would have been acceptable. However surge pricing meant we paid €130 for a bed in a room, and a toilet and shower in the corridor. €130 and that didn't even include any soap, handwash, or a towel (not even paper). Our only other choice was a night at the airport. I think the facilities at the airport would have been better.

If you can accept a very small room with a microscopic bathroom then it's ok. The room and the bathroom are clean and the bed is confortable. For a one night stay is acceptable especially if you need to reach quickly the airport the day after. So far so good.

This has to be the worst hotel I have ever stayed in. Staff were rude and the place was dirty!

Ok - so I was arriving late in to Marseilles airport and was travelling on a budget. The Formule 1 seemed the best option over and above schlepping in to town (taxi etc ....) I had never stayed at one before, and don't mind places being cheap/cheerful (having stayed in some spectacularly basic places) and I knew that the WCs and showers were external to the bedroom. However, 2 things would prevent me making this choice again : 1) there is no transport from the airport to the hotel (or back again) and I was extremely fortunate that the driver of another courtesy bus very kindly agreed to take me there (even though he had to check with a friend of his in another hotel where the Formule 1 was). The following morning, I ended up paying 9 Euros for a taxi back to the airport to catch the Navette bus into Marseilles (I was only passing through en route to La Ciotat). The breakfast was ok for 4 Euros (basic, but ok). The worst thing however was 2) the smell in the room - akin to a urinal (was not sure if I woke in the night because of being in a strange place or because of the 'atmosphere pissoir'. My theory is this : people wake up in the middle of the night : some may not be bothered to walk the 10 meters to the toilets so navigate instead the sink. Badly.

Cheap hotel with cheap atmosphere. You can smell cigarettes in the room a bit and at 6:44 a fire alarm woke us up (false alarm).

It's ok if you're on a low budget 1 or 2 night stay. There's a nice steak House across the street and a McDonald's around the corner.

Hotel F1 is in an individual area. It's good for a 1 or 2 night stay. But not for a holiday.

Very good