Ringhotel Weisser Hirsch, Wernigerode

Advantages: Situation. Food. Ambiance. Service. Value.
Disadvantages: Having to check out!

...WHY DID WE BOOK THE RINGHOTEL FRIEDERIKENHOF? We did not actually, in a sense, choose to book this hotel. It just happened to be the venue for a friend's wedding reception. He was marrying a girl from Lubeck in the north of Germany. The invitation arrived at Easter time for the wedding on 5th October. We booked our three night stay immediately upon our receipt, and acceptance, of the invitation, having discovered that it was not exorbitantly expensive, had an en-suite room available for the three nights that we wanted to be there and actually looked rather pleasant on the website. Not knowing Lubek, or indeed northern Germany at all, we did not even make the effort to look at other hotels in the area. The fact that the reception was being held at the Friederikenhof on the Friday meant that if we were staying there I did not need... Read review

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Advantages: Position. Clean. Spacious. Parking. Receptionists.
Disadvantages: Facilities.

...to many other hotels in Cologne, on the face of it the Hotel Viktoria offers fine value for money. At full rack rate our enormous double room would have been 120 Euros, approximately equivalent to £84.00 per night. Through Travelres.com we actually paid about £15 less than that, which represented acceptable value for money. However, we had three nights previously left the superb Ringhotel Freiderikenhof in Lubeck, which had not only been slightly less expensive, but had offered vastly better facilities too. Without a bar or restaurant, this could never qualify in my book as a three, let alone four, star hotel. Assessed in all honesty for what it is, i.e. a rather posh Bed and Breakfast then I think the value offered here becomes far more questionable. HOW LIKELY AM I / ARE WE, TO USE THIS HOTEL AGAIN? Whilst the Viktoria has some... Read review

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Advantages: Food. Service. Location. Comfort. Value. Facilities.
Disadvantages: Dated decor & Fittings. Bar Service & Prices

...have swayed my judgement a little, but a very warm welcome and a comfortable stay can be expected here. The Preston Swallow may not top our pops below, but for us as a business base, it hit exactly the right spot. RICHADA'S HOTEL RATING - 74 % In order to put that score into some kind of perspective, here are my current hotel rankings - all reviewed and scored using identical criteria: Ringhotel Friederikenhof - Lubeck - Germany - 92% Innkeeper's Lodge, Chester Northeast - 83% Innkeeper's Lodge, Stockport - 83 % Innkeeper's Lodge, Hull - 81% Preston Swallow Hotel - Samlesbury, Lancashire - 74% Hotel Drei Schwanen - Hohenstein-Ernstthal - Germany - 72% Hotel Viktoria, Cologne - 70% Hotel Piast, Boleslawiec (Poland) - 64% Chadwick Hotel, St Annes - 63 % CONTACT DETAILS: PRESTON SWALLOW HOTEL Preston New Road... Read review

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