Ibis Dortmund West, Dortmund

Advantages: Cheap, Clean, Nice staff
Disadvantages: Ibis Hotels are a little repetitive and bland..

...An IBIS hotel.. what can I say. Have you stayed in an IBIS before? Then you have stayed in IBIS Dortmund. Where is it? A bit of a trek, but a walkable trek, outside the main part of town. Located on a big but unexciting street. The street has exciting things such as closed shops and a car dealership. Typical back of town street. Its not so far from a train station with an unpronounceable name (info on the website), but this is most definitely not the central train station and was no help to us. To get to the hotel from the Central Train station we walked up through the centre of town, and then out and then out some more and just as I was about to start snapping "You have the directions wrong" there she appeared.. phew. There is a map on the IBIS website (link below) with directions, though the directions are in German. Its... Read review

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Advantages: fair entrance fees, lots of things to do
Disadvantages: ---

...When I'm somewhere in a fairly big city I'm always looking for possibilities to relax and enjoy the silence, far away from traffic and busy people. This applies for holidays just as much as for my every day life and one nice place to do so is the "Westfalenpark" in Dortmund, Germany. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Some information about Dortmund ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dortmund is situated in the west of Germany. To be more precise: It's belonging to the federal state of "North-Rhine-Westphalia" and is in the region of the "Ruhrgebiet" (after the river Ruhr). With its 588.168 inhabitants it is the sixth-biggest city in Germany. Formerly well-known because of its coal- beer- and steal-industry, it now is an important IT- and service industry location... Read review

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Advantages: Location in the Ruhrgebiet
Disadvantages: Concrete

...I lived in Bochum for 9 months whilst studying there and I do have to admit that it's not much to look at, unless you have a particular fetish for concrete and post-war city planning. However, the city not only had a thriving and vibrant night-life located in the so-called Bermuda-Dreieck but its located almost slap-bang in the middle of the Ruhrgebiet, which makes it a great place to base yourself if you want to explore the other Ruhrgebiet cities (Dortmund, Hamm, Essen etc) or even travel further afield to Muenster and Cologne. The Ruhrpark shopping centre means that sadly there isn't much in the city centre but the Stadtgarten, Deutsches Bergbau Museum and Starlight Express are definately worth a visit. Add to that friendly and helpful people and you've got a great place to visit.... Read review

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