Knast-Hotel Fronfeste

Suis arrivée après la fermeture de la réception à 20h30 en vélo, pas de SMS ou de mail pour me signaler que je pouvais récupérer ma clé dans une boie à clés, j'ai failli dormir par terre dans l'hôtel ! Sion excellent petit déjeuner

La fermeture d ela réception sans consigne pour m'expliquer comment récupérer la clé !

Great location inside the Old City. Comfortable beds. Interesting history — we liked how the staff got into it, referring to us as inmates.

The recent history of this former prison is actually quite chilling. We had to do a bit of online research to find out how it was used in the Nazi era. I suggest making that history more readily accessible. We do support the (apparently contentious) move to turn the prison into a hotel. It works.

La situation dans la belle ville de Amberg

Rien. Les matelas sont un peu fins.

Hotel Fronfeste takes the prison theme to the extreme, in the best possible way. They even have a "prison escape" adventure that other guests participated (we did not), in which they wore striped uniforms, that made the whole experience feel more lighthearted and fun. On a more serious side, I work in corrections in the US, and it was interesting to me to see the structure and construction of this authentic medieval prison. The staff was very, very friendly and super helpful and nice. (If you are the type who would not like to have casual, personal conversation with the staff, this may not be the place for you.)

The beds were very hard (I think the correctional facilities in my State have more comfortable beds, for real), but I just took that as part of the experience. While I didn't have any issues, my sons stayed in a room on the other side of the hotel and said that the WiFi signal kept dropping; I suspect it has something to do with the thickness of the walls.