Rhine Valley Hotels & Hostels (33)

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In a glorious half-timbered building right in the lively village centre, this hotel has spacious if rather nondescript rooms. Some have wooden balconies, leadlight windows and/or canopied beds. I…

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This family-run hotel, constructed in 1954 and expanded in 1970, won't win any architectural awards but the 32 rooms are simple and practical and the welcome is warm. Features include newly renov…

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This 185-room hotel's exuberantly bad taste begins with the electric blue facade and gets wilder inside - some new outrage against bourgeois good taste awaits around every corner! About a third o…

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One of the region's few hotels with five coveted stars, this renowned hostelry has 28 elegant rooms, each unique, and two fine restaurants: St Urban, whose regional offerings include Saumagen, ma…

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This family-run hotel on the Rhine's east bank has a 1980s vibe but all rooms offer watery views of Koblenz. The restaurant has a gorgeous terrace overlooking the sparkling river - perfect for a …

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A wholly modern, 36-room establishment, smack-dab in the centre of the old town, with a helpful, efficient staff and sparkling new facilities. A solid, practical choice. Reception is on the secon…

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Everything here is upbeat and friendly, from the bright yellow-and-burnt orange facade to the way you'll be greeted. The hotel is named after Bernkastel's town mascot, the bear, and in keeping wi…

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This Best Western-affiliated hotel, built in grand style in 1910, has 94 highly civilised rooms, most with views of the Rhine. Amenities include a fitness room, sauna, steam bath and swimming poo…

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An international-standard business and tourist hotel whose 102 rooms come with sound-proof windows and pretty convincing fake orchids. It's got a sauna and even a genuine nine-pin kegelbahn (bowl…

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This hotel has stood on this spot next to the Dom - an unbeatable location - since the Middle Ages, and has hosted emperors, kings and councillors. Despite its age, its 49 rooms, wrapped around a…

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Facing the Ahrtor, one of Ahrweiler's landmark town gates, this unpretentious family-run hotel has 14 rooms - some huge, others merely of generous proportions, all simply but tastefully furnished…

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From the outside this family-run place looks pretty much like any other traditional Rhine hotel but inside it's got the feel of a prewar kneipe (pub). Some of the rooms come with romantic Rhine v…

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Watch boats and barges glide along the mighty Rhine from your balconied room at this bright, welcoming waterfront hotel. It's owned by an American fellow and his German wife, which makes communic…

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Unpretentious and unsurprising, this 35-room hotel is popular with businesspeople and offers good value in a quiet, nondescript residential area a bit south of the train station. The newer rooms …

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With contemporary furnishings and an upbeat colour scheme, the Hammer is a pleasing place to camp out. Standard amenities include a minibar and hair dryers, while the attractively designed sauna …

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Graced with an air of slightly faded gentility, humour and joie de vivre, this 13-room hotel feels well lived-in. The restaurant serves up regional German specialities - try the fish. The views o…

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Just steps from the cathedral and several fine wine taverns, this 22-room place, housed in a 15th-century one-time nunnery, has prices and a location that are hard to beat. Though it's super-cent…

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This elegant hillside hotel, which celebrated its centenary in 2005, boasts unbeatable valley views, very comfortable rooms and an acclaimed gourmet restaurant. You couldn't ask for a more perfec…

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This family-run, 14-room hotel is a stylish choice, particularly suitable if you like fake but well-intentioned flowers. Bright colours and tasteful knick-knacks brighten up the public areas. Som…

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Creative use of some rather odd spaces gives this family-run, 15-room hotel a quirky but personal vibe. There are little surprises around each corner - furniture and knick-knacks from decades and…

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A traditional, family-run hotel with 20 tasteful rooms and a small, ultra-modern Finnish sauna. The more atmospheric rooms, such as Nos 15 and 20, have centuries-old half-timbered ceilings. The r…

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This family-run hotel, on the Rhine facing the car-ferry landing, has 10 bright, spacious rooms, many with river views and some with balconies. The restaurant is top-notch. In the breakfast room,…

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This half-timbered hostelry and restaurant run by a friendly family with deep local roots, is in the most picturesque section of town. The seven rooms, some with canopied beds, have an appealing …

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This classy, highly-civilised place has a wisteria-draped terrace from which you can watch Rhine barges and passenger ferries glide by. This is a family operation in the best sense of the word, w…

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You can't get any more central that this family-run hotel, situated right across Liebfrauenplatz from the Dom (cathedral). Established in 1463, it has 22 well-lit rooms with tasteful, baroque-ins…

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Surrounded by vineyards, this 32-room hotel affords sweeping views of the Hambacher Schloss. In fine weather, the buffet breakfast is served on a pebbly panoramic patio. Staying a bit out of the …

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At this stylish hillside villa you can begin the day with a lavish champagne breakfast buffet and end it luxuriating in the 12m (39ft) indoor pool, whirlpool and Finnish sauna. There are leafy vi…

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This aptly-named (weingarten means vineyard), 18-room place offers excellent value for money. Most of the lovingly cared-for rooms have balconies, though the view of the street and nearby rooftop…

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A central and welcoming place to hang your hat, this seven-room hotel has tasteful, modern decor in natural colours, a garage and repair centre for bicycles, and a variety of lodging options, inc…

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In the heart of town across from the Kapuzinerkirche, this place has a stylish, cheerful cafe with a fantastic selection of cakes. The rooms are modest but spotless and well-kept. They have a 198…

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Run by a family of winemakers, this place has 12 quiet rooms, many with balconies, that look out on the courtyard of the in-house restaurant. Persian carpets, artfully bunched window drapes and c…

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Housed in one-time barracks built during the reign of the last Kaiser, this place has fake Roman ruins in the lobby and 90 pastel rooms that are spacious and comfortable, if a tad impersonal. It …

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This homey, family-run hotel, located right on the town's medieval ramparts, has 14 well-lit, medium-sized rooms with original art and compact bathrooms. Those facing the river, and thus the trai…

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