Hôtel des Princes

WWWWWW | 33 rue Geiler ; 67000 Strasbourg (France)

Location

It's a 10 minute drive with a taxi from the train station in Strasbourg! It's a bit hard to find since it doesn't have that typical "hotel look".

Hotel

It's a cute little hotel with very few rooms. However they have a small room and balcony where you can have breakfast. 

Rooms

As you can see from my room tour here we had a very beautiful room! They have different sizes and looks which is always a plus cause you never know what your room might look like this time. It's absolutely clean (and is cleaned every day of course) and it just feels like home. Also, the bathrooms are big and depending on the room you either have a shower or bathtub! Oh and in case you want internet / wifi you just have to ask at the reception and you get a password! :)

Food

We actually never had breakfast or dinner there since we went on a business to Strasbourg! Everything had to be quick so we ordered breakfast to our room. They have a nice room service with a fairly big card. We had pizza, scampi, tarts with bacon & onion (Flammkuchen) and more. It was all served fairly quick (within 20 minutes or less) and you could also order some drinks! As for breakfast: it was so much! You just had to fill out a card the night before and you get everything to your room.

Service
Like you can tell from the room service the staff is absolutely amazing. They also have a 24h service in case you need something. They're friendly, helpful (in case you need tips for Strasbourg) and really put the costumer over everything else!

Notes
The view you get from the hotel is stunning! The hotel itself as its buildings around are simply beautiful. They look straight from another time. Also, if you have someone with a wheelchair with you, there will be no problem. They have an elevator and a ramp to enter the hotel!

Conclusion

We can highly recommend this hotel to you. It's a nice and affordable stay - even if it's just for a weekend. Strasbourg is too beautiful to only spend two days there though ;)

Avalon Hotel

WWW | Bahnhofplatz 13 ; Bad Reichenhall (Germany)

Location

Not too far from Salzburg and if your traveling by train, the train station is right across the street. It's perfect for a short stay like we did. 

Hotel

Like already stated it right next to the train station which doesn't cost a lot of trouble. The hotel itself is big, clean and simply beautiful. The entrance looks antique what I personally absolutely adore. The dining area is quite modern and gives you a nice panorama view.

Rooms

The rooms have everything you need: a shower / bath tub, phone, tv and hair dryer. They also have wireless internet and if you don't have your own computer you can use the one at the lobby. Now up to the room we had: we had a nice sitting area with huge pillows which was perfect for spending an relaxing evening. There were some huge cons as well. The bed was really uncomfortable and we found it hard to sleep. Then we had no shutters so the room itself was pretty bright (even with curtains) since we had a room right in front the train station. I don't think we even slept 3 hours. Unfortunately.

Food

The "Avalon Hotel" actually doesn't have its own restaurant so we had to search the city for a good one. But we had breakfast so we can tell you a bit about that. The view is absolutely stunning thanks to a roof balcony. It's bright, open and really relaxing. The coffee / breakfast itself was just okay. They didn't had a lot to choose from but I think you can work with the stuff they had.

Service
The staff is nice and friendly. They were really helpful when it came to find a good restaurant. We can't thank them enough :)

Notes
If you have someone in a wheel chair with you, everything could become a bit difficult. They do actually have an elevator but it's really small and we had some problems with it. What we liked was the parking: they have an underground garage (which you have to pay for) in which your car is absolutely safe since you need a key to get access to it.

Conclusion

It's actually quite nice if you have a short stay. The people are nice and I'm sure if you have a better room than we did you can definitely enjoy it.

Hotel Maddalena ***

WWW | viale Dante 307 ; 47838 Riccione (Rimini)

Location

The Hotel is not directly situated on the beach. You have to cross to streets until you're there. But that means you'll be quiet at night and won't be woken up by cars, vespas or the like. They way to the shopping alley is practical right in from of you: 100 meters to your left and you can start eat and shop.

Hotel

It's appointed with a pool, a bar, a play area for kids, a restaurant and of course a lounge where you can end the days with a nice expresso or a refreshing cocktail. The only thing that's actually irritating is that you can only use the internet in that said lounge. If you want to write an important mail in your room it's unfortunately not feasible.

Rooms

The rooms are equipped with a bathroom, TV and a balcony. You can brings your kids as well and if they're still young you can get a playpen for them. This year we were unfortunate and our shower was smelling really bad as we entered the room for the first time (like waste pipe and feces - could have been from the neighbor room). But after the cleaning lady paid us a visit it was gone - thank God! But also our TV was not doing great over the two weeks we stayed there: some channels we're only there for 10 mins until the sound was gone. We had to turn it off and on quite a few times.

Food / Restaurant

The restaurant looks beautiful, is big and bright. You'll get a sheet of paper where you tick off what you'd like to eat. You can choose between 3 daily menus: meat, fish and vegetarian. The food didn't please us unfortunately. The last week we stayed there, the hotel apparently planned to only serve us veal. They didn't even ask you - when it came to meat - if you'd like it rare, medium or well done. Plus there have been some weird combinations that didn't even made sense.

Pool

Right next to the Hotel there is a huge pool area with sun loungers. We never visited the pool because we thought the sea was so close to us so why not using that instead of a pool? Plus there were quite a few family with little kids and we personally don't really like the noise.

Play area

There is a tiny play area where kids can do what the like most: paint, play or watch their favorite cartoons! 

Conclusion:

It is a nice hotel where you can definitely relax. Given the fact you don't spend a lot of time there (eat, sleep and showering) we can highly recommend it :)