We have two children 6 and almost 9 years old. We are looking for a place to stay for 3 nights at the end of May. What do you recommend? We are interested in comfort, safe area, close to public transportation etc. If we stay at the Eder, do you book directly with them and what time do they serve breakfast? If we go with the Novotel, the rate is good if you prepay but breakfast is expensive. Is it possible to eat breakfast on the train as we will be heading out on daytrips on a weekend so could go before 9am? We%26#39;d be looking for places to pick something up etc. Any other suggestions of affordable places would be good too.
We may end up seeing Munich itself in late afternoon or night after day trips, so we could also use suggestions there as well as child friendly places to eat. Thanks
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We%26#39;re staying at the Novotel in March as it is connected to the S-bahn station underground (you don%26#39;t have to walk outside) as we previously stayed at the Holiday Inn and the Novotel is directly across from there. I%26#39;m not familiar with the Eder.
The location is very good and there is a grocery store in the underground where you can buy items for breakfast or a short walk away is a bakery. I know what you mean about the expensive breakfast, but the prepaid rate is very good (we%26#39;re paying 80 euros a night for a room for 4!). It also has the added bonus of having an indoor swimming pool, which our kids enjoyed when we stayed at the Holiday Inn (Novotel also has a pool).
The area is very quiet and yet you can easily walk to the Marienplatz (about 15 minutes away) and even easier for connections on the S-bahn or U-bahn throughout Munich.
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The Hotel Eder (www.Hote-eder.de) is also a very good choice. Nice, friendly, family-owned place. Very good breakfast included, and quad bed rooms are very reasonable with shower and WC.
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Sorry, missed and %26quot;L%26quot; in the link:
www.Hotel-Eder.de/
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I do now have quotes back from the Eder and the Uhland. They%26#39;re reasonable but still a little over budget. I like the idea of the pool for the kids at the Novotel, so I%26#39;m leaning that way at the moment. I didn%26#39;t realize that there was an underground connection to the subway from the hotel.
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The Novotel is located on Hochstr. 11, about 200m from the entrance to the S-Bahnstation %26quot;Rosenheimer Platz%26quot;.
It%26#39;s the Holiday Inn at Hochstr. 3 that%26#39;s located above the S-Bahn station.
This S-Bahn station (marked by a white %26quot;S%26quot; on a green background) is a stop on the train from/to the airport, and just 2 stops from the historic city centre, the Marienplatz.
However, it is not a U-Bahn (=subway, white %26quot;U%26quot; on a blue background) station, although both types of trains run underground within city limits.
map of U-Bahn and S-Bahn lines: mvv-muenchen.de/web4archiv/objects/download/…
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Thanks. I put the addresses I had in google maps and I wasn%26#39;t sure if was closest to the S line or to Am Gasteig. We will be arriving by train from Salzburg. What is cool about Munich in google maps is that you can click on a train line and the route across the map will show up, not just the numbers.
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If you arrive from Salzburg, you can get off at the east train station (= Ostbahnhof) instead of waiting for the central train station. At Ostbahnhof, the S-Bahn is above ground and on the same kinds of tracks the normal trains come in. Ostbahnhof is much smaller and it%26#39;s just a few paces down the stairs to the passage connecting the platforms and then up the stairs again.
Just change to the platform (platform 1 and 2 if I remember correctly) where all S-Bahn heading towards Marienplatz leave and take any of them, get off at the first stop %26quot;Rosenheimer Platz%26quot; and follow the signs to Hochstr. You will pass the Holiday Inn, and the next hotel is the Novotel.
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Keep in mind, most hotels charge per person, and/or per room. Kids of this age are not free. That in mind, a hotel room for 100 to 120 EUR is a good deal. Even in the U.S. - they charge $30 to $40 for th extra child/person, on top of an already high $179 per night and up.
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Sunskin,
I try to find places where kids are free. Even in Europe, some still offer it free for kids up to 10 and 12 even 16. The problem of course is that most places don%26#39;t have the bedding to start with.
The Novotel is free for kids and they eat for free too, but I guess that is only if DH and I pay E19 each for breakfast.
I tend to ask if there is a discount for children if it is somewhere I have to e-mail and sometimes yes, sometimes no.
Florida - many places don%26#39;t charge for children unless you need a roll-away. But I%26#39;m sure some places do. We%26#39;ve been to Disney for my husband%26#39;s conferences and would have to pay any difference between just him and the family. We received a free crib and fridge (usually extra but free for babies) at the Disney Hilton when my son was a baby.
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Thanks Panda.
How is it traveling in Munich in the evening. Is it safe and what is there to do? As I mentioned above, we may be doing day trips so would have to see Munich in late afternoon, early evening. I chose to stay in Munich though because I figured there would more things to do in the early evening, than Fuessen, or Ausgburg.
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