Featuring a grand piano, HOTEL C2, located in the Pierre Puget courtyard in Marseille, is a 19th-century private mansion converted into a hotel. It features the original marble and parquet floors, columns, bas-relief sculptures, frescoes and bronze banisters, while offering a minimalist, contemporary twist. It opened in April 2014. The light and airy guest rooms are spacious with designer furnishings and have a private bathroom. A bar and meeting room. The hotel's specially-chartered boat leaves from the Vieux Port, and is available with the beach package. Each month the hotel also hosts art and photographic exhibitions and performances.