Good afternoon
We are planning a 4 week tour of Germany in December. I've booked the following hotels and would appreciate any feedback from those who may have stayed there:

Dresden - Gewandaus
Nuremburg - Sheraton Carlton
Rothenburg- Eisenhut
Munich - Torbrau
Lindau - Yachthotel Helvetica
Freiburg area - Gasthaus Lowen
Baden Baden - Aqua Aurelia

Will stay at the Marriot in Heidelburg and FRA Marriott the last 2 nights - they are standard and familiar.

Thank you!

Dresden - Gewandhaus Hotel: Several of my American friends (and also business friends) have stayed there in the last years and everyone was super happy. But you must know that currentl there is a construction site in front of the hotel (Hilton builds another hotel there). They start with the noise at 7 am. I would request a room not in that direction.

I've stayed in Marriots and found them souless so I might not stay there. "If I wanted to stay at home I wouldn't have gone on vacation"

Stayed at Aqua Aurelia. Upscale hotel right next to the Caracalla spa. Very modern. It's a good hotel but we prefer to stay at the Maison Messmer, which is right by the Kurhaus and overall has a better location IMO (BB is pretty compact though, it's a short walk from the AA into the heart of town), esp if you plan to visit the Christmas market -- it's right next to that as well. The MM has its own spa, which can be great if you're there on a week-day, esp while schools are still in session. On some visits I was able to have the pool and steam room all to myself for 45 mins or so. Nice! Caracalla can get quite crowded. https://www.hommage-hotels.com/en/maison-messmer-baden-baden/our-hotel

Interesting news, Ingo. Are they closing the Hilton by the Frauenkirche or revamping it into a Hilton Garden Inn or similar? Given that you will be traveling for four weeks, you might want to consider staying in at one of the aparthotels in the heart of Dresden. We spent several weeks at the Aparthotel Altes Dresden, which has absolutely terrific views of the Frauenkirche and Christmas market The units each have small to medium sized kitchens and, importantly, washing machines. https://www.aparthotels-frauenkirche.de/home.html (ours had a washer, not a dryer, but things dried pretty quickly on the floor to ceiling heated towel rack) (here is a youtube of the view from our apartment: ).

Weisser Tee, this apartment certainly has a prime location! Would also be perfect for the 5 pm open air Christvesper in front of the Frauenkirche.

The Hilton by the Frauenkirche urgently needs a renovation. My guess is that they will revamp it after the new one opens.

Btw, the Kempinski Grand Hotel Taschenbergpalais was renovated and will reopen in a few days. Well done, from what I heard (the restaurant is already open - Kastenmeier's moved from Kurländer Palais to the Taschenbergpalais, specialised in seafood and really excellent.)

I too have stayed at the Aparthotels Frauenkirche, but our apartment was in the Münzgasse location. It was an absolutely super location (in the tourist street), and our apartment also had a washer and an oven. That was about 11-12 years ago now, so I won't harp on about it as it was such a long time ago, but all of the Frauenkirche apartments are all very central to sightseeing and not expensive (at the time).

Lavandula

I am a Marriott employee; don't find them (at least our property) souless.

The Gewandhaus in Dresden is not soulless at all.