Lübeck
Where To Stay
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If you are looking for accommodation in Lübeck, there is a choice between hotels of all categories, guesthouses, B&Bs and holiday apartments.
There is such a great variety that it seems reasonable to let your choice depend not only on the price category, but also on the purpose of your journey. That makes it much easier to find something suitable. This guide is an attempt to take both the hotels' standards and the advantages of their location into consideration.
Accommodation near the A1 motorway is advantageous for all those just travelling through Lübeck. There are a number of plain, inexpensive hotels near the turnoffs, like 'Hotelchen garni' on the Schönböckner Straße, 'Hotel-Restaurant Schönböcken', the hotel 'Zum Scheibenstand' on the Fackenburger Allee, 'Hotel Herrenhof' at Herrendamm, or the more comfortable hotel Zum Ratsherren next door to it. The city's only motel, 'Zur Lohmühle', is located near the Lohmühle, and the 'Hotel Ibis Lübeck', also at Fackenburger Straße near the A1.
A very comfortable and more expensive hotel with good road and rail links is the new Hotel Lübecker Hof, which belongs to the Best Western hotel chain. Its garden and sauna facilities invite you to relax and have a pleasant stay.
A large number of hotels of varied categories are gathered around Lübeck station and the adjacent central bus station. The Hotel Excelsior, the Hotel Lindenhof and the Park Hotel at Lindenhof are comfortably equipped. The hotel 'Hanseatic' can be found in a Wilhelminian brick building and it offers a 24-hour hotelomat. "Hotel Petersen" and the Baltic Hotel, both located at Hansastraße, as well as the 'Hotel Stadt Lübeck' opposite the station are a bit plainer. Only a few minutes away from the main railway station, the much quieter Holsten Residenz, a privately maintained house with a pleasant atmosphere, is situated on Visbystraße. It also offers a kitchenette for longer stays.
Two of Lübeck's most sophisticated hotels are situated in an excellent position on the Wall peninsula vis-à-vis the Old Town. In addition to a first class service and very comfortable facilities— also for businessmen—they share the advantage of being within walking distance of the city centre and having Lübeck's music hall and congress hall as their next door neighbour. Both hotels cater for leisure and business travellers alike. The Mövenpick Hotel is situated on the Stadtgraben side of Willy-Brandt-Allee. It has the 'Elysee' restaurant within its walls, which is distinguished by its excellent buffets. This hotel is considered particularly family friendly. The SAS Radisson Hotel is located on the Trave banks, so that part of the rooms are with a view of the beautiful setting of Lübeck´s Old Town brick buildings. This hotel can also be proud to have the sophisticated 'Nautilo' restaurant within its walls and offers excellent wellness facilities.
Many mid-range and plain hotels can be found in the Old Town, while there are only few first class houses like the private hotel Alter Speicher at Beckergrube. The City Trave with its stops for the passenger boats, as well as the centre of the Old Town and the City theatre are close by. The Hotel Jensen at Holsten Gate is one of the more popular and recommended houses. It is one of Lübeck's Ringhotels and frequently arranges round trips on the house's own oldtimer sailing ship. The Klassik Altstadt Hotel is another high class address with a classic romantic ambience. It calls itself a 'hotel of classic art and culture' and can be found at the Malerwinkel, with St. Peters' many alleys and lanes near the College of Music. Not far from here, at Dankwartsgrube, is located the little 'Hotel am Dom'. As you can tell by its name, the cathedral's beautiful bells can be heard here.
A small little side street near Mühlenstraße with its shops, cinemas and pubs is home to the little Hotel zur Alten Stadtmauer. A bit further away the 'Hotel Am Mühlenteich', a family business, provides its guests with a pleasant stay. The district around the St. Aegedien church with the St. Annen-Museum and the cathedral district are close by.
The Gästehaus Schüsselbuden is located in the shade of St. Mary's.
On the other side of the Old Town, at Koberg, the Hotel und Restaurant Schwarzwaldstuben is one of the better hotels around here. It has a nice terrace facing Koberg with a view of St. Jacob's, the Heiligen-Geist-Hospital and the Schiffergesellschaft. The City theatre and Breite Straße pedestrian precinct are also quickly reached from here. Following Burgstraße from Koberg you will get to Lübeck's oldest guesthouse 'Zum goldenen Anker' in front of the Burgtor. As a special feature pope Pius XII's 160 square metre study is available for festive occasions. Opposite here, on the Kaiserstraße, is situated the plain and inexpensive self-catering 'Altstadtquartier Lübecker Burg'. The bus to Travemünde stops right in front of the house.
Behind the Burgtor, in the neighbourhood of St. Gertrud, the very comfortable Holiday Inn faces Gustav-Radbruch-Platz with its many bus connections. Some of its rooms have a view of the Stadt-Trave and the harbour. Apart from a swimming-pool and a sauna, this hotel also offers conference rooms and banquet facilities. It caters for both leisure and business travellers, as the city centre is close by and speedy road links and public transport to Travemünde are available. The courts at Burgfeld are also reached within merely five minutes from here.
In some 20 minutes walking distance the family friendly 'Hotel Schweizerhaus' is located in the direction of Travemünde and the many recreational areas. Apart from Travemünde, Lauer Holz forest and the Schellbruch nature preserve are not far from the hotel.
Also in the neighbourhood of St. Gertrud, at Roeckstraße near the Stadtpark (city park), you will find the comparatively inexpensive little Hotel Stadtpark, a Bed & Breakfast place with a modern façade, and the 'Hotel Pergola', a plain guesthouse at Adolfstraße. Further east the Bed & Breakfast Hotel is located at Chasotstraße. From here, the Old Town is still quickly reached by bus. Moreover, the river Wakenitz with Drägerpark and the open-air swimming-pool at Marli are within walking distance. Just a few side-streets away from here, at Kottwitzstraße, the 'Pension Koglin' guesthouse is to be found.
A beautiful view of the river Wakenitz and the idyllic neighbourhood of St. Jürgen are characteristics of the comfortable Hotel Wakenitzblick, which is an excellent starting point for tours of the Wakenitz, as one of the berths for the passenger ships is located right by the hotel. Lübeck´s most famous hotel with the most remarkable villa façade is situated at Kronsforder Allee. The Kaiserhof, an excellent traditional house with a first class service and interior, is maintained with lots of loving care and can be proud of a long list of celebrity guests who have had themselves spoiled here.
In the year 2000, a hotel of the French 'Etap' chain was opened at Berliner Platz. The A20 motorway—still under construction—will have a bypass close by.
If you follow Kronsforder Allee to Oberbüssau, you will reach 'Friederikenhof', a stylish, family-friendly countryside hotel, which is suitable for visitors looking for a quiet place and some rest in a rural environment. A bit further south still, in Krummesse, parts of which still belong to the city of Lübeck, the 'Landhotel Klempau's Gasthof' is a family business with a recommended restaurant.
In the idyllic fishermen's village of Gothmund, nice and cozy accommodation is available at the Fischerklause.
But on to Lübeck's most beautiful daughter now—Travemünde. The first class Maritim Hotel is already visible from a great distance. With 240 rooms, it is Lübeck's largest hotel. The more traditional Kurhaus-Hotel Travemünde is very beautiful, and even provided accommodation for Thomas Mann and the high society of Lübeck and Hamburg in the old days, as they frequently came here for the house's five-course-dinner.
At the beach promenade, one of Travemünde's best addresses, is located the comfortable Hotel Strandschlösschen. Other very good hotels such as the Hotel Deutscher Kaiser can be found at Vorderreihe facing the mouth of the Trave, or at the famous Kaiserallee, such as the 'Hotel Garni Villa Charlott' or the Hotel Atlantic. All these hotels are in the immediate neighbourhood of the spa house and the promenade with its many cafés and restaurants. A bit further away in the direction of Ivendorf, the Grüner Jäger is a pleasant place to stay.
Lübeck also offers several inexpensive accommodation alternatives, like the Rucksackhotelfor backpackers at the Werkhof, the CVJM-Sleep in at Große Petersgrube, the Youth Hostel at Gertrudenkirchhof and the Jugendgästehausat Mengstraße. Travemünde also provides such alternatives—the 'Haus der Naturfreunde' and the 'Jugendfreizeitstätte' are both located on the Priwall. An attractive kind of accommodation for young people is even available aboard the Passat sailing ship.
Moreover, there is a large variety of self-catering holiday homes and apartments. The historic Old Town alley houses, among them places like the Altstadtferienhaus an der Mauer, Ferien-Ganghaus Bäckergang, Ganghaus Sievers Torweg, or Altstadt Ganghaus Engelsgrube are particularly popular.
If you arrive in Lübeck without a reservation, the Lübecker Verkehrsverein has a hotline you can call +49 451 76460 for assistance when looking for accommodation. The society also has a booking service at Holstenstraße, which is available on +49 451 72300 or via e-mail: hotelreservierung@luebecker-verkehrsverein.de.
Lübeck tourism at Strandpromenade 1 b is the central booking office for accommodation in Travemünde. The accommodation office´s phone number is +49 4502 80433 for guest rooms and +49 4502 80434 for self-catering apartments.
