World City Guide

Hotels

Hotel prices in Strasbourg generally include 19.6% VAT and a variable nominal room tax (taxe de séjour) per person per night, which is usually included in the price. Guests are advised to tip porters ¬2 for each bag and chambermaids ¬2 per day.

The prices quoted below are the starting prices for double rooms, including VAT and room tax but excluding breakfast unless otherwise specified. Some of the hotels offer worthwhile discounts for reservations made via the Internet; a number of them also offer significant seasonal discounts.

Business

Holiday-Inn Strasbourg
This 170-room business hotel is located opposite the Palais des Congrès and is less than a five-minute drive from the main European institutions and the city centre. All rooms are air-conditioned and equipped with TV and mini-bar. Internet access is available for guest use. For additional luxury, visitors can also choose a room on the executive floor. Conference and banqueting facilities are available for up to 500 delegates across seven fully equipped meeting rooms. For sports and relaxation, there is a fitness centre, indoor swimming pool with sauna and steam room. Free parking is also available for guests.

20 place de Bordeaux
Tel: (03) 8837 8000. Fax: (03) 8837 0704.
E-mail: histrasbourg@alliance-hospitality.com
Website: www.holiday-inn.com
Price: From ¬160.

Hôtel Sofitel Strasbourg
This modern, 155-room business hotel is centrally located, just a five-minutes walk from the Petite France district of the city. All rooms are air-conditioned and equipped with data ports. In addition, there are 10 meeting rooms that can hold up to 250 people; audiovisual equipment is available for hire. There is also a car park for guest use. The Sofitel also boasts two apartments with private meeting rooms, a hotel bar and L’Alsace Gourmande restaurant, which serves regional cuisine.

4 Place St Pierre le Jeune
Tel: (03) 8815 4900. Fax: (03) 8815 4999.
E-mail: H0568@accorhotels.com
Website: www.accorhotels.com or www.sofitel.com
Price: From ¬195.

La Résidence J S Bach
Situated next to the parc de l’Orangerie, less than a 10-minutes stroll from the European Parliament buildings, this plush and modern business hotel is located in one of the smartest residential quarters of Strasbourg, only 12km (seven miles) from the airport. In addition to the two seminar rooms accommodating from 10 to 14 people, a secretarial service and a business centre with Internet access, business travellers will also enjoy the relaxed atmosphere at this friendly hotel. Each of the 89 air-conditioned studios and two-room suites is decorated in a contemporary style and fitted with fully equipped kitchen, terraces and Internet access via TV. Faxes also can be fitted on request.

6 boulevard Jean-Sébastien Bach
Tel: (03) 9041 3000. Fax: (03) 9041 3100.
E-mail: jsbach2@wanadoo.fr
Website: www.quality-strasbourg.com
Price: From ¬115.

Strasbourg Hilton
The Strasbourg Hilton is just a short drive from the city centre and European institutions, approximately 20 minutes from the airport. This modern, seven-storey purpose-built hotel has 237 rooms and six suites equipped with mini-bar, direct-line telephones with modem point and personalised answering machines. For those needing that extra degree of comfort, deluxe and executive floors are on offer. Visitors can enjoy a working brunch at the Le Jardin du Tivoli brasserie, gourmet lunch at La Table du Chef, fine malt whiskeys at the Churchill Bar or cocktails and concerts at Le Bugatti Bar. Business services are extensive, with state-of-the-art audiovisual technology, video-conferencing and a choice of 15 meeting rooms, the largest of which is the Orangerie Salon. Visitors can combine exhibition space at the neighbouring Palais de la Musique et des Congrès with the hotel’s meeting rooms, offering a total conference or exhibition area of over 4.9 hectares (12 acres). The hotel also offers an event planning service at the business centre, including secretarial, multimedia and catering service.

Avenue Herrenschmidt
Tel: (03) 8837 1010. Fax: (03) 8836 8327.
E-mail: sales_strasbourg@hilton.com
Website: www.hilton.com
Price: From ¬175.

Luxury

Château de l’Ile
This 17th-century château, which was renovated in the 19th century and opened as a hotel in 1994, is situated in a large park, halfway between Strasbourg Airport and the city centre. Its 54 air-conditioned rooms and eight apartments are decorated in 18th- and 19th-century style, offering views of the castle courtyard, French garden and Ill River. Three fully equipped meeting rooms offer a combined capacity for up to 250 persons, while relaxation facilities include an indoor pool, Jacuzzi, steam room, sauna and fitness room. There is also a large golf course just 6.4km (four miles) away. Chef Jean Ferriz serves regional specialities and classic French cuisine in the winstub restaurant (pronounced ‘veenshtub’, meaning a winebar-restaurant serving local specialities) and in warm weather, meals are served on the riverside terrace.

4 quai Heydt, Ostwald
Tel: (03) 8866 8500. Fax: (03) 8866 8549.
E-mail: contact@chateau-ile.com
Website: www.chateau-ile.com
Price: FFr950/EUR145.

Hôtel Régent Petite France
This chic hotel, a former ice factory (from a period predating the refrigerator), consists of three 17th-century buildings overlooking the Ill River in the Old Town’s picturesque Petite France district. While the hotel maintains its traditional structure on the outside, the interior is decorated in sleek, contemporary designs and the original paintings of local artist Martin-Prades. The 72 rooms are equipped with fax lines and satellite TV and each of the 11 suites has a private Jacuzzi. Facilities include a fitness room, gastronomic restaurant Le Pont Tournant and bar Les Glacières. There are three fully equipped seminar rooms seating up to 120.

5 rue des Moulins
Tel: (03) 8876 4343. Fax: (03) 8876 4376.
E-mail: rpf@regent-hotels.com
Website: www.regent-hotels.com
Price: FFr1350/EUR206.

Moderate

Hôtel Cathédrale
This budget hotel, in the pedestrianised area near Strasbourg’s Cathedral and Maison Kammerzell restaurant, is ideally situated for those wishing to tour the city’s museums, go shopping, test out the regional cuisine at the winstubs or go to the opera. The hotel entrance is decorated in a Gothic style, with many religious artefacts on display. Full of character and decorated in a modern style, each of the rooms is different; all have ensuite bathrooms, however, and are equipped with TV and mini-bar – those overlooking the Cathedral are slightly more expensive. There are also two well-equipped meeting rooms.

12 place de la Cathédrale
Tél: (03) 8822 1212. Fax: (03) 8823 2800.
Price: FFr350/EUR53.

Hôtel Hannong
The Horn brothers, renowned modern art collectors of the region, founded this Art Deco hotel in the 1920s, on the site of an 18th-century Hannong china factory. All 72 rooms are decked out in wooden panelling and objets d’art, creating a suitably arty setting. Some of the rooms are air-conditioned and all have modem points. Free Internet access is also available for guest use. The Horn lounge is ideal for small business meetings in a 1930s setting and Alsatian draught beers are served in the Wyn bar. From the hotel, it is a stone’s throw to place Kléber and the picturesque Petite France district.

15 rue du 22 Novembre
Tel: (03) 8832 1622. Fax: (03) 8822 6387.
Price: FFr450/EUR69.

Other Recommendations

Hôtel Maison Rouge
Well suited for small business meetings and located close to the pedestrianised area around place Kléber, this stylish hotel, with its high-ceilinged breakfast room, is full of character and individuality. Each of the 140 rooms and two suites is decorated in a unique style and the dining room and hall display beautiful pieces of furniture and Hannong ceramics. The two meeting rooms, which offer conference space for up to 60 people, are equipped with fax machines, photocopier, large screen, overhead projector and Internet access. Although there is no restaurant or private parking at the Maison Rouge, restaurants cluster in the surrounding area and there is a large, underground car park at place Kléber.

4 rue des Francs-Bourgeois
Tel: (03) 8832 0860. Fax: (03) 8822 4373.
E-mail: info@maison-rouge.com
Website: www.maison-rouge.com
Price: FFr560/EUR85.

Hôtel Monopole Métropole
Not far from the station and the motorways, Hôtel Monopole Métropole is located at the heart of Strasbourg, in a quiet street – a stone’s throw away from the picturesque old quarters, cinemas, museums, concert halls, fine restaurants and the traditional winstubs. There are 90 rooms, all air-conditioned and with telephone, TV and mini-bar, many furnished in a traditional style with antique items. The hotel offers a private garage, two lounges and a bar, a meeting room for 20 delegates, a porter and baby-sitting service. Throughout the hotel, original works by famous Alsatian artists are on display.

16 rue Kuhn
Tel: (03) 8814 3914. Fax: (03) 8832 8255.
E-mail: infos@bw-monopole.com
Website: www.bw-monopole.com
Price: From ¬90.

Hôtel Régent Contades
This intimate, traditional hotel, located in a grand 19th-century townhouse in the Contades district, will suit those who put comfort first. The luxurious 34 rooms and 11 suites located on the fifth floor are equipped with satellite TV, mini-bar, radio and modem points. Breakfast is served in the gracious Belle Epoque dining room, cocktails are served in the Regency Bar (a pleasant environment for business meetings) and there is also a sauna for relaxation.

8 avenue de la Liberté
Tel: (03) 8815 0505. Fax: (03) 8815 0515.
E-mail: rc@regent-hotels.com
Website: www.regent-hotels.com
Price: FFr920/EUR140.