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Grand 19th-century waterfront TRIER: Casa Chiara €€
DK Choice hotel with antique-decorated Pensionen Road Map A5
ULM: Hotel Schiefes Haus €€€ rooms overlooking the Rhine. Engelstraße 8, 54292
Historic Road Map C6 There's an atmospheric wine- Tel (0651) 270730
Schwörhausgasse 6, 89073 cellar bar and a choice of ∑ casa-chiara.de
Tel (0731) 967930 restaurants. Buffet breakfast. Friendly hotel with good
∑ hotelschiefeshausulm.de breakfasts and spotless rooms,
This famous half-timbered MAINZ: Hof Ehrenfels €€ some with views of a Roman
establishment built in 1443 has Historic Road Map B5 city gate.
wood-beam ceilings and floors Grebenstraße 5–7, 55116
so crooked that the bed legs Tel (06131) 9712340 TRIER: Becker's €€€
are of different lengths. The ∑ hof-ehrenfels.de Boutique Road Map A5
property’s rustic nature has been Smart hotel in a 15th-century Olewiger Straße 206, 54295
well-preserved, with plush convent overlooking the Dom. Tel (0651) 938080
additions such as bathrooms There is also a wine bar and ∑ weinhaus-becker.de
with spacious tubs. restaurant with a pleasant Stylish vineyard guesthouse in a
outdoor patio. wine-producing suburb of Trier.
The room decor is reminiscent
MAINZ: Hyatt of Japanese minimalism.
Regency Mainz €€€
Rhineland-Palatinate Luxury Road Map B5 TRIER: Villa Hügel €€€
and Saarland Templerstraße 6, 55116 Luxury Road Map A5
Tel (06131) 731234 Bernhardstraße 14, 54295
∑ mainz.regency.hyatt.com Tel (0651) 937100
DK Choice Sophisticated five-star hotel ∑ hotel-villa-huegel.de
Upmarket Art Nouveau villa
in a striking modern building that
BACHARACH: integrates a 19th-century fort sporting cheerful rooms and
Rhein Hotel €€€ and overlooks the Rhine. a terrace with lovely views over
Historic Road Map B5 the valley.
Langstraßse 50, 55422 OBERWESEL: Burghotel Auf
Tel (06743) 1243 Schönburg €€€ WORMS: Parkhotel
∑ rhein-hotel-bacharach.de Historic Road Map B5 Prinz Carl €€€
Rhein is an excellent family- Auf Schönburg, 55430 Historic Road Map B5
run, half-timbered hotel in an Tel (06744) 939 30 Prinz-Carl-Anlage 10–14, 67547
atmospheric location between ∑ burghotel-schoenburg.de Tel (06241) 3080
the town ramparts and the A castle restored in 1914 with ∑ parkhotel-prinzcarl.de
Rhine. Rooms are spotless, 10th-century foundations. Lovely Located within a complex of
there is a superb regional interiors and terrace restaurant. 19th-century army barracks
restaurant with excellent Riesling with large, cheerfully decorated
wines, an extensive breakfast SAARBRÜCKEN: Hotel rooms. There is an on-site bar,
buffet and free bike rental. Madeleine €€ a restaurant and bistro for a
Offers views of the vineyards. Budget Road Map B6 quick lunch.
Cecilienstraße 5, 66111
Tel (0681) 857780
BOPPARD: Bellevue ∑ hotel-madeleine.de
Rheinhotel €€€ A family-run hotel with small Hesse
Historic Road Map B5 and bright rooms, free bike rental
Rheinallee 41, 56154 and bargain mid-week rates. The ALSFELD: Zum
Tel (06742) 1020 rooms are all different, furnished Schwalbennest €€
∑ bellevue-boppard.de with lively wallpaper with Gasthof Road Map C4
modern patterns. Pfarrwiesenweg 12–14, 36304
Tel (06631) 911440
SPEYER: Hotel Domhof €€€ ∑ hotel-schwalbennest.de
Historic Road Map B6 Serene and cheerful Zum
Bauhof 3, 67346 Schwalbennest offers
Tel (06232) 13290 comfortable rooms, a rustic
∑ domhof.de restaurant and a beer garden –
Stay in this ivy-clad hotel with the perfect spot for a lazy
spacious antique-furnished summer afternoon.
rooms overlooking a cobbled
courtyard. There is also a superb BAD HOMBURG:
breakfast buffet. Maritim Hotel €€€
Mid-Range Hotel Road Map C5
ST MARTIN: St Martiner Castell €€ Ludwigstraße 3, 61348
Historic Road Map B6 Tel (06172) 6600
Maikammerer Straße 2, 67487 ∑ maritim.de
Tel (06323) 9510 Impeccably decorated rooms
∑ hotelcastell.de with balconies overlooking a
St Martiner is an attractive park. Guests have use of the
castle-hotel with well-priced pool, sauna, fitness centre,
rooms. Its restaurant serves and an elegant shopping
The picturesque exterior of Hotel Schiefes German and French staples. Set arcade that can be accessed
Haus, Ulm in an exceptionally pretty village. from the hotel.
For more information on types of hotels see page 491
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