Hotel Minerva

Hotel Minerva is a lovely small hotel tucked in a quiet street not far from the station. We stayed three nights and enjoyed a comfortable bedroom with a small bathroom and balcony. The breakfast buffet is tasty. Everyone working in the hotel was friendly and welcoming. We ate an excellent meal at the Italian restaurant (Antica?) on the corner of the street. There is also a Bangladeshi restaurant next to this but they are both closed on a Sunday. O’Kelly’s Irish Pub is about ten minutes away and does great beer and hamburgers. It is open seven days a week!

I had a wonderful stay at Hotel Minerva. It’s a beautiful, small, and cozy hotel with a lot of charm. What I loved the most is that it’s not part of a chain, so it has its own unique personality. The breakfast was definitely the highlight – delicious and with great variety. The location is also excellent, close to both the city center and the main train station. I’ll definitely be coming back!

Lovely hotel! Small, cozy and full of character – not a chain, which makes it feel really special. Great location too, close to the city center and the main train station. The breakfast was amazing, definitely the best part. Would totally stay here again!

This is a fantastic hotel, the owners are so friendly and accommodating, they make you feel right at home. Highly recommended. The hotel has old time feel and charm, with rooms that have all modern facilities Location is perfect.

My favorite stay of our whole trip! This is a charming bed and breakfast in a fantastic location. I stayed here with my kids and we arrived/departed by train. Highly recommend!

Such a lovely stay at the charming Hotel Minerva! Comfortable bed and excellent shower after a long travel day. The breakfast was very good with lots of variety. Everyone I encountered was very helpful! Will definitely stay here on my travels to Freiburg again.

Best spontane hotel booking on our interrail variation. Lovely old school hotel near the train station. Friendly service, good breakfast. Should we return to gorgeus Freiburg I hope we find room at Hotel Minerva.

Cozy and charming, only drawback was the non existing air-condition. It is an old building though, so that was not to be expected. The staff was very nice and the breakfast had a great variety (vegan too)

If you want to SLEEP IN AN OVEN, stay here! Honestly, you should avoid this hotel at all costs if the temperature is at 85 F (29.5 C) or above. On the day we stayed, it was 95 F, and the room was around 110 F. Seriously, 110 F (43.35 C). And because of the walls are stone, they radiate the heat back into the room all night long, so even with the windows open, it never cooled down. Oh, and did I mention that there was no fan for the room...? That's right, no fan in a room, because the owner/manager was too cheap to buy enough fans for all his guests, so only the early guests got fans. Seriously? At $200 USD per night, you'd think the clown could spring for enough fans for all his guests. But that's the issue when the manager is also the owner - he's more interested in his profits/income than he is in the comfort and the safety of his guests. When we went down in the morning to complain about the unsafe conditions, he couldn't have cared less; no concern, no apology, no responsibility - he just wanted to be paid and for us to go away. Look - if you don't believe me, do a search for other similar reviews. This place get's lots of good reviews, because it's a cute hotel in a good location, with a mostly friendly and helpful staff. Just avoid it in the hot summer months, which are getting hotter and hotter. Unless, of course, you like sleeping in an oven.

We chose this hotel from the web, based on being close to the old part of town and to the train station. The hotel and the staff yielded up much more than those basics. The room was very clean and bright, and the door was extra thick which might be a noise reduction measure. The hotel breakfast is a delight, with a wide range of heart-healthy options, plus more traditionally satisfying bacon-and-eggs-type choices. The breakfast layout is impeccable. Their breakfast is just a very pleasant experience; first class. It seems a lot of German speakers stay here. We took that to be an indicator of quality. Wenn man selbst Deutsch kann, ists natürlich zum Vorteil, aber die Belegschaft spricht gern Englisch. There's very little shelving, & not a lot of space, in the (immaculate) bathroom, nor in the shower...where are you supposed to put your stuff? This is a complaint I have about hotels all over Europe. It's a small price to pay for this otherwise great place. And it's only a hop-skip-jump to the highlights of the very charming town of Freiburg-Breisgau.