Espenlaub

Sauber

A clean, safe, budget-friendly motel in the heart of the city, walking distance to the Castle Square (Schlossplatz), great restaurants, and the Stuttgart Ballet/ Opera house. The train is literally right there on the street, and it goes everywhere for 3.70 euro (6.90 for a full-day pass). Every station has ticket machines, or get the app. As for the motel itself, it was very typical of German lower budget places to stay. Only one employee on duty at any given time, but if he's not in, you can just ring the bell, which calls his cell phone. He was very friendly and spoke English. Once you check in, you'll have an old-school key on a wooden block. Room was clean. Shower was small, but there was hot water. Good wifi. Coffee packets in the room and a tea kettle. No A/C, of course, but that's Europe. There was a fan and a machine that I think was an air purifier or ionizer or something (?) Elevator was fast. Literally, we were the only humans I saw the whole week we were there. Good gyro shop downstairs, if that's your thing. Edeka grocery store on the corner has everything, including a bakery. And a block down is my favorite cafe maybe in the world, the Academie der Schonsten Kunste Gastronomie (Fine Arts Academy). Try the flatbreads and the Caesar salad.

There was some kind of metal thing hanging from a pole at the train station outside my window that would blow in the wind and make a low banging sound. If you're not a light sleeper like me, you'll never hear it. But the trains don't run late at night, so don't worry about that noise.

Die zentrale Lage des Hotels ist sehr nützlich.

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The room was clean enough

There's a restaurant downstairs at the same building. Hotel Corridors and elevator smells quite bad. There's no air condition in the room. Washbasin was not working properly.