Germany Guide
Northern Bavaria: Franconia
Accommodation
1 Alt-Bamberg Habergasse 11 
0951/98 61 50 
www.alt-bamberg.de . Plain but attractive rooms above a restaurant in a half-timbered house very centrally located close to the Regnitz. Price: €61-80
2 Brudermühle Schranne 1 0951/95 52 20 www.brudermuehle.de Traditionally styled hotel in an enviable location on the Bergstadt riverside just metres from the Altes Rathaus, with an atmospheric restaurant. Price: €121-150
3 Ibis Theatergassen 10 0951/98 04 80 www.ibishotel.com Modest-sized outpost of the comfortable budget chain, with the advantage of a quiet and very central location between the E.T.A. Hoffmann Theater and the Altes Rathaus. Price: €61-80
4 DJH Wolfsschlucht Obere Leinritt 70 0951/560 02 www.bamberg.jugendherberge.de Bamberg's pretty youth hostel is on the riverside 2km south of the Altstadt. Bus #18 from Bamberg's central bus station. Price: €18.20
5 Messerschmitt Lange Str. 41 0951/29 78 00 www.hotel-messerschmitt.de The unintentionally comic name aside – it means simply "cutler" in German – this is a lovely, upmarket hotel in an attractive and historic Weinhaus, with masses of mellow wood and a well-regarded restaurant. Price: €121-150
6 National Luitpoldstr. 37 0951/50 99 80 www.hotel-national-bamberg.de Friendly and comfortable three-star hotel in the Gärtnerstadt, handy for the Hauptbahnhof and with some singles. There's limited car parking on site, too. Price: €61-80
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Spezial Obere Königstr. 10 0951/243 04 www.brauerei-spezial.de Simple but comfortable single and double rooms, most with shower and WC, above an atmospheric Gärtnerstadt Brauereigaststätte. Price: €41-60
8 St Nepomuk Obere Mühlbrücke 9 0951/984 20 www.hotel-nepomuk.de Stylish, four-star hotel built out over the river, with a glass bridge linking the Bergstadt and mid-river wings. Rooms are contemporary in style; the suite has views downriver to the Altes Rathaus. Price: €121-150
9 Wilde Rose Kesslerstr. 7 0951/98 18 20 www.hotel-wilde-rose.de Good, very central mid-range option in a former brewery in Inselstadt, with a large Biergarten serving the in-house Wilde Rose Bier in summer. Rooms have shower, WC and internet. Price: €81-100