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Hotels with a Family Room that Sleeps 5

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Munich

Theatiner Church, Munich

Hotel Uhland
Moderate

This hotel's family room for 5 people, has a private shower and toilet, tv, phone, and includes breakfast buffet. It is located some distance from the city center, a 15 minute walk from the main train station and city center, in a safe residential mansion near Theresienwiese Oktoberfest grounds. It offers bike rentals for a daily fee, free wireless network in their smoking lounge and in most rooms, and has free parking. It has a modern, 50's-ish looking breakfast room.

Hotel Atlanta
Moderate

This hotel, near Sendlinger Tor, offers a 4-bed room with an extra bed, a private bath/toilet, and internet access in the room. Breakfast buffet is included.

Hotel am Viktualienmarkt
Moderate

We had a difficult time finding the hotel from the Marienplatz subway station. Even with a map, you need to identify some streets by their shape because there are few street signs on posts, and some are hard to spot, attached to the corners of buildings. The hotel's entry door is on a corner. The reception desk (closed after 9pm - get a code for the front door if your arrival is later) is to the right, about 30 feet down a narrow hallway from the front door. There is no lift, and our room was 2 floors up. Thankfully, the staircase is about 4 feet wide, and carpeted. But be careful around the bends, as the inner stair tread reduces to mere inches. Stay to the outer side. Room keys also open the hotel's front door. Our very clean and fresh room had newer light wood floors, a long, narrow desktop down the center, and a spacious armoir. The small tv, with CNN as the only English language channel (our kids enjoyed watching Jimmy Neutron cartoons dubbed in German!), sat on the central desktop, so our family had to position ourselves together on one side of the room to view it. A small fan sat on a windowsill, and a radio was on the desk. The room had a double bed made of two twin beds pushed together, a pull-out sofa for 2 people, and the 5th bed was a newer cot - but don't sit on it. If too much weight is concentrated on one spot, a flexible slat under the mattress will pop out of its holder and hit the floor loudly. This happened 3 times over our 4 night stay, and was startling, but easy to fix ourselves. The sizeable bathroom had plenty of floor space, a solid door with a lock, an extra light framing the mirror above the sink, a wonderfully powerful toilet, and plenty of towels. The corner shower (no tub) was small and had plexiglas panels, and a curtain to cover the corner entry. The water temperature, availability, and pressure were very good.

Best of all was the breakfast, included in the room price. Up 2 steps and through a doorway near the reception, we entered the breakfast room. There were plenty of tables along the walls, set with seat cushions, white linens, flower vases, and coffee cups. (We found out that the white ceramic holder on the table is for empty jelly containers and dirty napkins.) Help yourself to the spread of food -- meats, cheeses, sliced cucumbers, bell peppers, and tomatoes on trays with lids; bowls of diced peaches & pears, and orange wedges; containers of cereals (including corn flakes, and cocoa puff types); dispensers of different juices; a basket of rolls, croissants, and lemon or chocolate pastries; baskets of individual servings of jams, butter, and nutella; various flavors of yogurt; and boiled eggs labeled hard or soft. A server brings coffee to the table. The hotel is one block from the Viktualienmarkt, and there are other cafes, pubs, and shops nearby. At night it is nice and quiet - we had the windows wide open all night. The only time we heard other guests was when they were using their key in the door across the hall. We stayed here in summer, 2008, and we highly recommend it.

Hotel Biederstein
Splurge

A family room is 2 double rooms with a connecting door, plus an extra bed, and a private bathroom, and mini bar.

This hotel is near Englisher Garten, rents bikes, and offers breakfast for a per person fee.

Hotel Kriemhild
Moderate

The family room suite includes a living room with a double bed and a single couch, plus a separate room with 2 single beds. The suite has a private bathroom, separate w/c, tv, free internet, and a mini bar. Breakfast is included.

This hotel is in the Nymphenburg suburb, and is a 15 minute tram ride to downtown. It has free parking, and is in a quiet area.

Hotel Eder
Budget

This hotel offers a family room with 2 double beds, and in an email response, the hotel representative said we could bring our own travel mattress (sleeping bag) for our 5th person in the room. The room has a shower, w/c, tv, phone, and is non-smoking. Breakfast buffet is included.

This hotel is 150 meters to main train station, located on a quiet side street, and has free parking. The hotel's email response also exclaimed"kids very welcome!"

Hotel Royal
Moderate

A family room in this hotel includes a queen bed, plus 3 single beds, a private shower/toilet, free wifi internet, and a tv. All the rooms are non-smoking, and breakfast is included.

This hotel is a few minute walk to the main train station, and has noise insulating windows.

Hotel Brunnenhof
Moderate

The hotel's family room can sleep 6 people, and has a private bathroom. Internet access and breakfast buffet are included.

The area is a 5 minute walk to the main train station.

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Berlin

Berlin Reichstag (in background) and River Spree

Pension Peters
Budget

The family room for 5 people, includes a private bathroom with shower and w/c. Breakfast buffet is included, and garage parking is available for a daily fee.

This hotel is a 7 minute walk to the main train station, in the center of Berlin-West. The location is sunny, in a nice neighborhood. It is spacious, with soundproof windows.

Hotel Alexandra
Moderate

This hotel's large family room includes a private bathroom with shower and toilet, and available internet. The rooms have high ceilings, and continental breakfast is included.

This hotel has a central location, close to the Zoologischer Garten station. Access to a nearby fitness center is available for a fee.

Hotel Art Nouveau
Moderate

The hotel offers an apartment to sleep 5 people, located 350 meters from the hotel, with a kitchen and private bathroom. It has a living room with double couch, and a bedroom. Breakfast in the hotel is included. Parking is available for a fee.

This hotel is located in a residential neighborhood, full of restaurants. The hotel's email response included the phrase "we like kids!"

Hotel Pension Bregenz
Budget

This hotel is easy to find, in the city center, a short walk from the Kurfurstendamm. The owner of this hotel speaks perfect English and is very welcoming and helpful with travel plans like attractions advice, directions, and transportation tips. The reception desk is not manned except for breakfast hours and at pre-arranged check-in time. However, the owner lives upstairs and is available by phone should an emergency arise. Be sure to have any itinerary questions ready in the morning for him to answer during breakfast times. Upon arrival to check in, climb about 6 wide steps and find the hotel's buzzer, labeled on a separate panel near the buzzers for the building's other occupants. Enter through the large metal door into a wide foyer of mail boxes and go left to find the elevator. We had to use the elevator in shifts, as only half of our family of 5, with luggage, would fit at a time. Our kids thought the elevator was fun - press to the back in order to close the wooden doors, then press the button for Floor 4. Upon checking in, receive your room key, which also opens the building's front door. Our room opened to a small entry area with very handy coat hooks and the door to the bathroom. Beyond the entry area, our room opened into a large space with very, very high ceilings. The walls were bright white and the carpet and light wood furniture were fresh and clean. The room included a double bed (made of two twin beds pushed together), and two twin beds positioned along a wall end to end, and to accommodate our 5th person, an extra bed was added at the foot of the double bed. Even with a set of chairs and a low table, there was still ample space to set luggage, and walk between the beds to see out the windows. The bathroom was very clean, and small. Hooks were available to hang wet towels by their tags, since there wasn't enough wall space for many towel racks. The toilet and corner shower (no tub) sat atop a 6-inch platform. The toilet had a weak flush - we had to flush multiple times on some occasions. The shower had a tall curtain around two sides, and plenty of water pressure, though getting the right temperature was tricky. Best of all, for the kids -- the bathroom had a step stool. It was the first time during our trip that our 9-year olds could see themselves while they brushed their teeth!

The room had a medium-sized tv that sat on a cabinet and offered CNN as the only English language station, a good sized armoir with more drawers, and a tall, oscillating fan. A mini-fridge contained beer and other drinks with prices lower than any restaurant's, and refreshingly colder than is normally served in Germany. The two large windows opened inward, and had another set of window panes that also opened inward. Some minor window hardware was missing, which made it difficult to position the double-opening windows and they banged a bit in the breeze. We had to reach way up to position the tall, wonderfully dark blue curtains over the open window panes for privacy at night. Our room looked out over the street that was quiet both day and night, and lined with large trees that form a canopy of leaves overhead. Breakfast, included in the room price, was in a room near the hotel's entry, with many tables of 3 or 4 chairs, all covered in nice blue cloth. Our family used two tables near one another. The tables are set with coffee cups, napkins, and baskets of individual honey, jam, and nutella packages. There is another, larger basket of individual bread spreads, and the kids loved to search for their favorite - nutella. The self-serve area has trays of sliced cucumber and tomato, meats and cheeses on trays with lids, cereals in dispensers, two juices in pitchers, various yogurt flavors, bread for toasting, rolls, slices of dense bread (including chocolate one day!), large coffee urns, a pitcher of milk, and powdered chocolate that our kids added to their milk. A computer with internet access is available for hotel guest use for a small hourly fee. Wireless internet access is also available through the local provider for a credit card fee. We highly recommend this hotel - it was very comfortable and a great base for exploring Berlin during our visit in summer, 2008.

Gunzburg (near Legoland Deutschland)

Hotel Romer Garni
Moderate

This family friendly hotel has a family room that can accommodate 5 people with 4 beds, and a pullout bed. The room also has internet access and a mini bar. Breakfast buffet is included.

The hotel is a 5 minute walk from an historical marketplace, and a 10 minute drive to Legoland. There is a hotel bar, a sauna, and a child's game area with small climbing toy.

Hotel Guntia garni
Budget to Moderate

Photo to the right is of a breakfast table.

The hotel is set on a cobblestone street. Ring the buzzer to contact the proprietor. The room key also opens the front door, which has no porch and sits flush with front of the building. The staircase is carpeted and plenty wide to easily haul luggage up one flight.

Our room opened into a very large, high-ceilinged room with a double bed, armoir, end tables, and window. That room then has a wide archway open to a room with another window, a bunk bed, a sofa that converts to a single bed, a table and chairs, and a small tv mounted on the wall in a corner. (The remote control was faulty, but we managed to get the tv on, with its german stations and English language CNN.)

The windows looked out to a cobblestone side street, and a small cafe across the way on ground level. The windows had two layers of curtains and plenty of privacy even with the windows wide open. I thought the bedding was clean but it smelled a bit like the beach, with a faint, sandy, seaweed scent, not unpleasant, though, and the kids didn't even notice.

The bathroom had newer surfaces, great floor space, was very clean, and had plenty of towels for the 5 of us. It also had a window, again with coverings that provided nice privacy,. The corner shower had a raised entry, but was wide enough to easily step into, and 2 sliding glass doors that met at the corner.

The building houses an ice cream parlor where you can go in and sit for an ice cream, or order something from the street-side counter. The ice cream parlor doubles as the breakfast room for hotel guests. During breakfast time, meats and cheeses, juice, coffee, 6 types of cereal, rolls, milk and yogurt are set buffet style.

This family friendly hotel is a 16th century building in the middle of an historical marketplace, 3 kilometers to Legoland. You can drive your car to the hotel to unload, then the owner will give directions to park your car nearby, at no extra cost. The hotel also has rooms that sleep 3-6 people, and an apartment that sleeps 4-8. The hotel takes cash only upon departure. Breakfast is included in the room price.
Photo above is of Gunzburg marketplace street.

Colmberg

Castle Hotel Burg Colmberg
Splurge

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