Loren S
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I've stayed at this hotel three times over a 30-year period, and have really enjoyed it every time. ||We stayed here for three nights to get over jetlag in a relaxed setting, after flying from Canada. It's a good place for that - easily accessible by train from the Frankfurt Airport (about 50 minutes to the Boppard train station from the airport, then a ten-minute walk from the train station to the hotel). There's lots to do in the Rhine Gorge if you are feeling energetic after your flight, and if you're not feeling energetic due to jetlag, you can have short days and relax on the riverfront. ||This time I stayed in a single room with Rhine view (cheaper than a double, which is what my friends had), and it was entirely adequate for one person. The room was quite large for a single room, had a very nice workdesk area, and lots of storage. Since the room was in the main building, which has rock-solid walls, it was very quiet. I loved sitting in the chair by the window watching the river traffic going by, mostly barges but also some cruise boats and ferries. The bathroom was quite small, particularly the shower, but it was adequate.||I don't believe this hotel has airconditioning, which was not a concern in early June, as the room was very comfortable even without the windows open. It might be a concern in late July. ||The buffet breakfast, as usual in a good-quality Germany hotel, was excellent, with a large selection of items (cold cuts, cheeses, various breads and pastries, some fruit, yogurt, as well as various choices of eggs, etc). ||In the past, when I have stayed here, I have had a car. This time we didn't, and it was still quite easy to get around in the Rhine Gorge. There is regular train service to Sankt Goar (Rheinfels Castle) and Bacharach. One day we went to Rudesheim, and that was also quite easy; we took the ferry which docks close to the hotel to get across to the other side of the river, walked the few hundred metres to the Filsen railway station, then took the train to Rudesheim. From Rudesheim we took a river cruise back to Boppard; the dock is almost opposite the hotel. ||Overall this was a great stay and a great hotel.