HOTEL ALTES KAUFHAUS - Luneburg

Hotel was very nice, staff great, nice restaurant . . neighborhood on south east side of Hamburg . . easy to get to if your not relying on hotel.com map . .industrial area . . a bit out of the way . . a car a must . . hotel parking available but extra

The hotel is very nice. For the budget price we paid for the night in Hamburg it was very good. My two complaints are: The room, though it was non smoking, smelled decently strongly of smoke. and my other complaint is: the hotel attracts college kids who have been partying and were banging on the walls and door for a few hours of the night, which is of course not the hotel's fault. The neighborhood isn't the nicest, but it seemed safe. The hotel staff is very friendly though, and the free continental breakfast, something rare for a cheap German hotel, was very good.

It took awile to take number 17 bus to get from Hamburg, but the rustic setting was well worth any effort. The breakfast was included, and it was delicious. The restaurant next door served a superb fish dinner for a great price. Overall I would highly recommend this hotel.

The hotel is conveniently located just off the autobahn and we stopped without knowing anything about it the first time as we drove to Copenhagen for business. The setting is very pretty and the hotel is relaxing and enjoyable. We enjoyed the sauna and wished the pool was usable. It is being remodeled. The workout room was not very good. One bike worked pretty well. The other machines were broken...so that was not so good. I went out behind the hotel for over an hour and enjoyed the lovely, farmland scenery and quiet roads for walking and jogging. The staff was very nice and gracious. The bar was a great place to get an evening drink and enjoy relaxing for a half hour. Our mini bar frig was not working, so we could not cool our milk and yogurt. For that and the condition of the pool and fitness equipment I must mark the hotel down, but we stopped on the way back south to Switzerland and enjoyed the hotel just as much the second time. We will go there whenever we are in that part of North Europe for business. We drove into the Hamburg waterfront area the second night and really enjoyed seeing the "new and improved, modern Hamburg". Ate on the waterfront at the featured restaurant and thoroughly enjoyed the good food, fabulous scenery and pleasant atmosphere. Prices were good, I must add!