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Ramada by Wyndham Essen
This 4-star hotel is next to Viehofer Platz Tram Stop in the center of Essen, 984 feet from Porscheplatz square. It offers modern rooms and a stylish restaurant and bar.
Hotel Essener Hof; Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western
Ideally located beside the pedestrian zone and main railway station in Essen, this traditional 4-star hotel is a direct underground ride from the exhibition grounds and the Grugapark complex.
Hotel Bredeney
Offering a pool, sauna area, and free Wi-Fi throughout, this 4-star hotel is located in the quiet Bredeney district.
NH Essen
Newly opening in autumn 2018, this 4-star hotel is located in Essen and offers a fitness center as well as a 24-hour front desk. Free WiFi is featured throughout this accommodations.
McDreams Hotel Essen
McDreams Hotel Essen has accommodations with free WiFi in Essen, attractively located 1.1 miles from The Unperfecthouse and 1.2 miles from Limbecker Platz.
GHOTEL hotel & living Essen
This 3-Star Superior hotel is located in the Westviertel district in Essen, 1640 feet from the Essen Central Station. Guests can enjoy the on-site bar.
Holiday Inn Essen City Centre, an IHG Hotel
This 4-star hotel in Essen city center offers modern rooms with flat-screen TVs . It is just steps from the Limbecker Platz square. Free WiFi is offered.
Mercure Hotel Plaza Essen
This 4-star hotel is located directly south of Essen city center. It is 1 underground station from Essen Main Station and 3 stops from the Gruga-Halle exhibition center.
Yggotel Solsort
Located on the shopping and gourmet mile in Essen, this traditional hotel is an ideal base for exploring all of the city’s main attractions. All rooms offer cable TV and free Wi-Fi.
Boutique Essen City
A 24-hour reception and free WiFi access are offered by this hotel. Centrally located in Essen, it is just 2953 feet from Essen Central Train Station.
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One of Europe's Culture Capitals
Once a city of steel and coal mining, Essen is now one of the cultural capitals of Europe, and one of Germany’s greenest cities. It's home to many historical landmarks like the Cathedral of Essen and Nikolauskirche, along with the charismatic half-timbered medieval quarters of Kettwig.
The botanical garden of Grugapark has a host of plants and flora, while Essen’s historical past is displayed through landmarks like Basilica St Ludgerus, Alte Kirche and the Old Synagogue Essen.
The main shopping area is based around Kettwiger Strasse, in the vicinity of Essen’s medieval Dom featuring several priceless artworks. Museum Folkwang features 19th and 20th-century art and several cafés, bars and restaurants line the city’s streets.
In summer you can swim, windsurf, take a boat ride or enjoy a picnic on the banks of Lake Baldeney and the Baldeneysee Seaside Beach. Essen has ice-skating rinks in some areas during winter. Movie Park Germany is also a popular attraction.
Essen Central Station features direct links to Oberhausen, Dortmund, Cologne, Duisburg, and Dusseldorf. Booking.com has tons of accommodations in North Rhine-Westphalia and Essen.
What Guests Said About Essen:
- 4.0Scored 4.0
Essen was mostly destroyed in the war.
Essen was mostly destroyed in the war. Everything in the city center is either ugly 50s or even uglier 70s buildings. The shopping district has mostly Döner take-aways and mobile phone shops, public transport grinds to a 30-minute tact after 20h even on the main lines and stops at 23h, cultural offers are sparse (but if you have a car, you can always travel over the always jammed A40 to Düsseldorf, Dortmund or Duisburg … also ugly, but slightly bigger, Düsseldorf even has car sharing providers that none of the other have). Nicer houses are in Essen-Bredeney on the hill-top with the Villa Krupp and in Essen-Werden, where the Folkwang University has a good concert and performance schedule, the Baldeney See is a huge lake and the Zeche Zollverein an interesting mining-related museum with cool tours, and Museum Folkwang has surprisingly many big names for such a poor city. But other than that, avoid Essen at all cost.
g3cdGermany - 8.0Scored 8.0
Our visit to Essen was prompted by our attendance at a stamp...
Our visit to Essen was prompted by our attendance at a stamp collectors' exhibition at the "Messe". The exhibition halls and facilities are world class. We also visited the excellent art Museum Folkwang, and the new museums at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zollverein (discontinued but preserved coal mine and coke processing plant) as well as the Krupp family mansion, "Villa Hugel". Essen is off the beaten tourist path, which is not at all a bad thing. Public transportation was esy to use with a 24/48 hour pass but the main train station was pretty confusing.
RobertUnited States of America - 10Scored 10
Apartment was great, very clean, and It looks exactly like...
Apartment was great, very clean, and It looks exactly like on the pictures! The location is also great, very close to metro station, 15min away from city center. I highly recommend it, especially for big groups, since there was more than enough space. The only one little things: there is no hairdryer in the apartmentDraganaSerbia - 8.0Scored 8.0
Not much to do in Essen.
Not much to do in Essen. I was there for a security event, so it was a fly-in fly-out for four days. I wanted to have time to visit some historical sights, but nothing within walking distance from the city centre. The town is full of shops, restaurants and bars. But that's pretty much it; I wouldn't recommend it as a place to visit.
AndyGermany - 8.0Scored 8.0
Historical Essen was destroyed during WWII so vast majority...
Historical Essen was destroyed during WWII so vast majority of the city is quite new with very modern appearance except from some wonderful churches, still one can also find interesting historical monuments here - e.g. Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex (we enjoyed a guide tour for two hours and had a coffee and went here to open swimming pool!), remarkable medieval old town houses in Kettwig (some parts date back to the 14th century!) and huge botanical garden (Botanischer Garten der Universität Duisburg-Essen). This summer (2022) is 8 Euro month ticket valid for all German local trains, so you can travel as much as you like.LenkaCzech Republic - 8.0Scored 8.0
The area around main transit station (HBF) is very...
The area around main transit station (HBF) is very metropolitan - tiny untidy shops of several cultures to quickly provide food and minor services to a traveller. Very convenient at day, but somewhat uncomfortable during evening and night hours. I was only around there and around Zollverein. Zollverein is an absolutely stunning venue. Consider it as a huge park with decaying remains of an old Gardaland/Disneyland overgrown with vegetation. It's really just remains of a coal processing plant. Note: I was outside only.AAnonymousSlovenia
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- From $196.98 per night8.3Scored 8.3Very GoodRated very good· 1,659 reviewsNamaste! The management went out of their way to help me out, including changing my room to another which I liked more (room nr. 36, the best!), allowing me a very early-check-in about 13:00, and offering me a breakfast plate although I was half an hour late after the closing time. Just a totally customer service-oriented place, the sort of thing that you never get these days at bigger hotels any more. As a frequent visitor to Dortmund/Essen, I can recommend this place very highly.AbhijitNetherlands
- 8.7Scored 8.7ExcellentRated excellent· 77 reviewsThe place is awesome, host was very kind and respectful. It is clean. Located in a very quiet neighborhood. There's a restaurant called Twelve Apostles, within walking distance, food is delicious. There are parks around that you can take a nice stroll or hike, beautiful all around. Train station is within a mile and a half, easy walk, from train station you can go to any place in Germany, it's €6 round trip to downtown Essen. Overall, it's woderful.
ZazaUnited States of America - 8.4Scored 8.4Very GoodRated very good· 394 reviewsIt is a very interesting hotel. Very industrial. The surroundings are not special. It is a suburb of Essen, Pretty far away from the center of Essen, There are not nice restaurants in the area. The Biergarten in front of the hotel is very nice but pretty low quality food. I recommend this place for 1 or 2 nights. You can easily acces bike trails that are very well maintained a couple of minutes away from the hotel
FransNetherlands - From $192.78 per night8.5Scored 8.5Very GoodRated very good· 3,657 reviewsI came to University of Duisburg-Essen in Essen, Germany as a visiting scientist. I visited this hotel before I move into the rental guesthouse. Is it a recently built hotel? The facilities are very neat and there is enough room size to use alone. The hotel location is very close to the shopping plaza. This hotel will be the best choice if someone want to come on a journey or visit Essen.ChoiSouth Korea
- 7.4Scored 7.4GoodRated good· 63 reviewsStaffs are friendly and location is perfect. The hotel is located at the edge of central area of Essen. Also. three tram stations and one shopping mall (Limbecker Platz) near the hotel. Good hotel especially for a long stay.
YUSUKEJapan - From $214.20 per night8.4Scored 8.4Very GoodRated very good· 729 reviewsExcellent breakfast, clean and soundproof rooms. Great location close to the Grugapark, concert halls and U11 stop and Essen Hospital. Friendly personnel, especially at the bar!
PriyaGermany - 7.8Scored 7.8GoodRated good· 46 reviewsit was big clean and super convenient. it was a quick walk to Messe Essen and one block from a nice street with restaurants and markets. the price was very good!AlisonUnited States of America
- From $261.66 per night8.6Scored 8.6ExcellentRated excellent· 1,166 reviewsGood aparthotel to visit the Essen Messe. Nice place, parking free outside and confortable rooms. The kitchen is the room is a plus for a longterm stay.AbelSpain
- From $128.09 per night7.6Scored 7.6GoodRated good· 2,857 reviewsI like how close the hotel is to the city centre,it makes for very easy travel. The staff are very helpful and the main lobby is modern and stylish.BrandonUnited Kingdom
- From $138.86 per night8.6Scored 8.6ExcellentRated excellent· 4,206 reviewsComfortable hotel in city centre location. Room was great, comfy bed. The hotel is easy walking distance to everything in the city of Essen.CJBoarlandUnited Kingdom
- From $134.55 per night8.3Scored 8.3Very GoodRated very good· 3,179 reviewsThe hotel is modern and clean. Good WIFI. Normally I would recommend it but the staff was not helpful and I had a very unpleasant staff.
C.C.F.Netherlands - From $109.79 per night8.4Scored 8.4Very GoodRated very good· 824 reviewsLocation for the Essen fair was great. Good beds, nice climate in the room and everything was clean. Breakfast fine with enough choice.SSander EmielNetherlands
- From $134.55 per night8.3Scored 8.3Very GoodRated very good· 3,179 reviewsPerfectly clean and new hotel, very nice equipped, friendly staff, we will pick the same brand for the next trip to Germany.
VeronikaCzech Republic - From $76.41 per night7.9Scored 7.9GoodRated good· 3,119 reviewsAbsolutely love this hotel! A delicious bakery and a supermarket are located right next door.
VladimirSlovakia - From $123.79 per night7.7Scored 7.7GoodRated good· 1,643 reviewsHotel well located in the heart of Essen. Staff was nice and helpful.GabrielFrance
- From $111.08 per night8.4Scored 8.4Very GoodRated very good· 1,585 reviewsThe hotel was spotless and the staff were very friendly and helpful
jamesUnited Kingdom - From $209.90 per night8.1Scored 8.1Very GoodRated very good· 815 reviewsIt is near messe Essen, beautiful area, nice breakfast and staffBitaSweden
- From $77.50 per night7.8Scored 7.8GoodRated good· 2,201 reviewsWe enjoy everything while staying in this comfortable hotel.
CHIALEHUnited States of America - From $139.93 per night7.9Scored 7.9GoodRated good· 4,556 reviewsI stay at this hotel often. It's fantastic.
B. JayNetherlands - From $150.16 per night7.7Scored 7.7GoodRated good· 709 reviewsSpacious, clean hotel in EssenLilianeSwitzerland
