Tubingen (nr Stuttgart) - Krone Hotel (Hotels in Germany in general)

Member Name: Pinotage

Product:	Hotels in Germany in general
Date:	04/02/01 (177 review reads)
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Advantages: Great rooms, super location in Tubingen

Disadvantages: slow dinner service

Hotel Krone in Tubingen is ideally placed on the River Neckar between the old town whose cobbled streets wind up around the hill and a small modern shopping district. Tubingen is a university town south of Stuttgart. It was not targeted during the war and has an original historic centre with buildings dating back 1000 years. Much of the old town is pedestrianised with streets that twist and turn up and down around the hill and ancient churches. Half timbered buildings house shops and restaurants.

Hotel Krone is a family run operation since 1885. The rooms are fitted with all modern amenities and yet do not have the sterile prefabricated feel of so many modern hotels.

My room was one of the best I have ever enjoyed. The solid door opened into a short corridor with three doors. On the left was a bathroom with twin sinks, a bath/shower, bidet and toilet. Lots of luxurious lemon yellow towels and flannels were supplied, plus shampoo, disposable toothbrushes, combs as well as the more usual shampoos.

A door to the right entered into a dressing area with wardrobes leading to a double bed. The door at the end opened into a living room with sofa and two armchairs around a long coffee table, TV with some 35 cable channels and a work desk with modem connection.

The bed was comfortable with a light fluffy duvet and ample pillows. The room was pleasant and quiet. A window ran the length of the wall. The view wasn't great, being mostly of a courtyard and part of the modern town.

Breakfast was buffet style with hot bacon and scrambled eggs, fresh fruit salad, yoghurts, cold meats cheese and a good selection of breads with jams.

I ate dinner in the restaurant. There is a wide choice from the ala carte menu, including a page of local Swabian specialties plus a daily menu. The food was good, reasonably priced and cooked to order. But it seemed to take ages to be served. The wine menu was interesting with a good range of Germ
an wines, most available in 25cl carafes. I struggled through my German/English phrase book to decode the food choices but the second night they supplied me with an English menu.

I loved this hotel and would not hesitate to return. I was in fact working in Herrenberg (30 minutes distance) and had been unable to find a room closer, but next time I'll try and stay in the Krone. Unfortunately it was January and cold and dark because I'd like to stroll around the old town on a warm summer evening.

Tubingen is about 25 minutes south of Stuttgart airport. The taxi fare is 95 DM.

Hotel published prices:
155-175DM (single)
235 -265DM (double)
315-375DM (suite)

I paid 220DM B&B corporate rate

Hotel Krone
Uhlandstrasse 1
72072 Tubingen
tel/fax +49 7071 1331
email - info@krone-tuebingen.de
web - www. krone-tuebingen.de

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