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                                                MAULBRONN:                                        Grand 19th-century waterfront   TRIER: Casa Chiara   €€
                                               Hotel Klosterpost   €€         DK Choice           hotel with antique-decorated   Pensionen   Road Map A5
                                               Historic    Road Map C6        ULM: Hotel Schiefes Haus €€€  rooms overlooking the Rhine.   Engelstraße 8, 54292
                                               Klosterstraße 2, 75433            Historic                   Road Map C6  There's an atmospheric wine-  Tel (0651) 270730
                                               Tel (07043) 1080               Schwörhausgasse 6, 89073  cellar bar and a choice of   ∑ casa-chiara.de
                                               ∑ hotel-klosterpost.de         Tel (0731) 967930   restaurants. Buffet breakfast.  Friendly hotel with good
                                               Traditional half-timbered 13th-  ∑ hotelschiefeshausulm.de             breakfasts and spotless rooms,
                                               century inn with bright rooms   This famous half-timbered   MAINZ: Hof Ehrenfels   €€  some with views of a Roman
                                               and a good regional restaurant.  establishment built in 1443 has   Historic   Road Map B5  city gate.
                                                                              wood-beam ceilings and floors   Grebenstraße 5–7, 55116
                                                MEERSBURG: Hotel Löwen  €€€   so crooked that the bed legs    Tel (06131) 9712340  TRIER: Becker's   €€€
                                               Historic    Road Map C7        are of different lengths. The   ∑ hof-ehrenfels.de  Boutique   Road Map A5
                                               Marktplatz 2, 88709            property’s rustic nature has been   Smart hotel in a 15th-century   Olewiger Straße 206, 54295
                                               Tel (07532) 43040              well-preserved, with plush   convent overlooking the Dom.   Tel (0651) 938080
                                               ∑ hotel-loewen-meersburg.de    additions such as bathrooms   There is also a wine bar and   ∑ weinhaus-becker.de
                                               Romantic medieval building with   with spacious tubs.   restaurant with a pleasant   Stylish vineyard guesthouse in a
                                               beautiful geranium-filled                          outdoor patio.      wine-producing suburb of Trier.
       Traditionally-styled room at Graf Zeppelin, Stuttgart  windows and snug rooms.                                 The room decor is reminiscent
                                                                                                  MAINZ: Hyatt        of Japanese minimalism.
       BADEN-BADEN: Bad-Hotel    One of Heidelberg’s premier   STUTTGART: Hotel Espenlaub  €€     Regency Mainz    €€€
       Zum Hirsch      €€€  hotels with individually   Mid-Range   Road Map C6  Rhineland-Palatinate   Luxury   Road Map B5  TRIER: Villa Hügel   €€€
       Historic   Road Map B6  decorated rooms, several great   Charlottenstraße 27, 70182  and Saarland  Templerstraße 6, 55116  Luxury   Road Map A5
       Hirschstraße 1, 76530  restaurants and a bar.  Tel (0711) 210910                           Tel (06131) 731234  Bernhardstraße 14, 54295
       Tel (07221) 9390                        ∑ stadthotels-erkurt.de/hotel-                     ∑ mainz.regency.hyatt.com  Tel (0651) 937100
       ∑ heliopark-hirsch.de  HEIDELBERG: Hirschgasse  €€€  esplenlaub        DK Choice           Sophisticated five-star hotel    ∑ hotel-villa-huegel.de
       Thermal spring water flows    Luxury   Road Map C6  Basic hotel with small, bright         in a striking modern building that   Upmarket Art Nouveau villa
       from the taps in this charming   Hirschgasse 3, 69120  and simple rooms and a modest   BACHARACH:    integrates a 19th-century fort   sporting cheerful rooms and
       Old Town hotel. Also boasts a   Tel (06221) 4540  complimentary breakfast buffet.  Rhein Hotel   €€€  and overlooks the Rhine.  a terrace with lovely views over
       splendid ballroom.  ∑ hirschgasse.de                                      Historic                    Road Map B5  the valley.
                           The former lodgings of Mark Twain   STUTTGART: Graf Zeppelin  €€€  Langstraßse 50, 55422  OBERWESEL: Burghotel Auf
       BADEN-BADEN: Brenner’s    and Otto von Bismarck is a gem   Luxury   Road Map C6  Tel (06743) 1243  Schönburg   €€€  WORMS: Parkhotel
       Park Hotel      €€€  with museum-worthy antiques.  Arnulf-Klett-Platz 7, 70173  ∑ rhein-hotel-bacharach.de  Historic   Road Map B5  Prinz Carl   €€€
       Luxury     Road Map B6                  Tel (0711) 20480               Rhein is an excellent family-   Auf Schönburg, 55430  Historic   Road Map B5
       Schillerstraße 4–6, 76530  KARLSRUHE: Hotelwelt    ∑ steigenberger.com  run, half-timbered hotel in an   Tel (06744) 939 30  Prinz-Carl-Anlage 10–14, 67547
       Tel (07221) 9000    Kübler           €€  This five-star hotel promises 19th-   atmospheric location between   ∑ burghotel-schoenburg.de  Tel (06241) 3080
       ∑ brenners.com      Boutique    Road Map B6  century elegance. Classical as   the town ramparts and the   A castle restored in 1914 with   ∑ parkhotel-prinzcarl.de
       An effortlessly elegant hotel with   Bismarckstraße 39–43, 76133  well as avant-garde rooms.  Rhine. Rooms are spotless,   10th-century foundations. Lovely   Located within a complex of
       extravagant antique furnishings   Tel (0721) 1440                      there is a superb regional   interiors and terrace restaurant.  19th-century army barracks
       throughout its rooms and lounges.  ∑ 4a-hotelwelt.de  STUTTGART: Der    restaurant with excellent Riesling     with large, cheerfully decorated
                           Variety of rooms from standard   Zauberlehrling   €€€  wines, an extensive breakfast   SAARBRÜCKEN: Hotel   rooms. There is an on-site bar,
       FREIBURG IM BREISGAU:   mid-range to themed suites.    Boutique   Road Map C6  buffet and free bike rental.   Madeleine   €€  a restaurant and bistro for a
       Schemmer         €€  On-site microbrewery.  Rosenstraße 38, 70182      Offers views of the vineyards.  Budget   Road Map B6  quick lunch.
       Budget     Road Map B7                  Tel (0711) 2377770                                 Cecilienstraße 5, 66111
       Eschholzstraße 63, 79106  KONSTANZ: Barbarossa   €€€  ∑ zauberlehrling.de                  Tel (0681) 857780
       Tel (0761) 207490   Historic   Road Map C7  Located in the hip Bohnenviertel   BOPPARD: Bellevue    ∑ hotel-madeleine.de
       ∑ hotel-schemmer.de  Obermarkt 8–12, 78462  district. Tasteful themed rooms,   Rheinhotel   €€€  A family-run hotel with small    Hesse
       Tidy little town house with modest   Tel (07531) 128990  from Japanese to faded fin de siècle.  Historic                        Road Map B5  and bright rooms, free bike rental
       accommodation, some rooms   ∑ barbarossa-hotel.com                     Rheinallee 41, 56154  and bargain mid-week rates. The   ALSFELD: Zum
       have shared bathrooms.  This mid-range hotel has    TÜBINGEN: Hotel am Schloss  €€€  Tel (06742) 1020  rooms are all different, furnished   Schwalbennest   €€
                           frescoes covering the walls.    Historic   Road Map C6  ∑ bellevue-boppard.de  with lively wallpaper with   Gasthof   Road Map C4
        DK Choice          The building played host to   Burgsteige 18, 72070                     modern patterns.    Pfarrwiesenweg 12–14, 36304
                           Friedrich I in 1183.
                                               Tel (07071) 92940
                                                                                                                      Tel (06631) 911440
        FREIBURG IM BREISGAU:                  ∑ hotelamschloss.de                                SPEYER: Hotel Domhof   €€€  ∑ hotel-schwalbennest.de
        Zum Roten Bären   €€€  KONSTANZ: Steigenberger   Half-timbered place with colour-         Historic   Road Map B6  Serene and cheerful Zum
          Historic                    Road Map B7  Inselhotel   €€€  ful window boxes and fine town   Bauhof 3, 67346  Schwalbennest offers
        Oberlinden 12, 79098  Luxury   Road Map C7  views from below the castle.                  Tel (06232) 13290   comfortable rooms, a rustic
        Tel (0761) 387870  Auf der Insel 1, 78462                                                 ∑ domhof.de         restaurant and a beer garden –
        ∑ roter-baeren.de  Tel (07531) 1250     TÜBINGEN: Hotel Krone   €€€                       Stay in this ivy-clad hotel with   the perfect spot for a lazy
        Germany’s oldest hotel, Zum   ∑ steigenberger.com  Luxury   Road Map C6                   spacious antique-furnished   summer afternoon.
        Roten Bären opened in 1120   Prestigious establishment in a   Uhlandstraße 1, 72072       rooms overlooking a cobbled
        and became part of the city   medieval Dominican monastery.   Tel (07071) 13310           courtyard. There is also a superb   BAD HOMBURG:
        gate in 1250. The contemporary   Located on its own island.  ∑ krone-tuebingen.de         breakfast buffet.   Maritim Hotel    €€€
        rooms have the occasional              Prestigious riverside hotel with                                       Mid-Range Hotel   Road Map C5
        antique providing a sense of   LUDWIGSBURG:    bright rooms, a sophisticated              ST MARTIN: St Martiner Castell €€  Ludwigstraße 3, 61348
        history. First-class breakfasts.  Hotel Favorit   €€€  gourmet restaurant and chic bar.   Historic   Road Map B6  Tel (06172) 6600
                           Mid-Range Hotel   Road Map C6                                          Maikammerer Straße 2, 67487  ∑ maritim.de
                           Gartenstraße 18, 71638  ULM: Hotel Bäumle   €€                         Tel (06323) 9510    Impeccably decorated rooms
       HEIDELBERG: Der     Tel (07141) 976770  Pensionen   Road Map C6                            ∑ hotelcastell.de   with balconies overlooking a
       Europäische Hof   €€€  ∑ hotel-favorit.de  Kohlgasse 6, 89073                              St Martiner is an attractive    park. Guests have use of the
       Luxury     Road Map C6  A great hotel with cheerful pine-   Tel (0731) 62287               castle-hotel with well-priced   pool, sauna, fitness centre,
       Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 1, 69117  furnished pastel rooms. There is    ∑ hotel-baeumle.de    rooms. Its restaurant serves   and an elegant shopping
       Tel (06221) 5150    a sauna and an extensive break-  Good value rooms in a renovated   The picturesque exterior of Hotel Schiefes   German and French staples. Set   arcade that can be accessed
       ∑ europaeischerhof.com  fast buffet.    building that's over 500 years old.  Haus, Ulm     in an exceptionally pretty village.  from the hotel.
       Key to Price Guide see page 492                                                                        For more information on types of hotels see page 491
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