Hotel Schloss Wilkinghege

We book two nights for part of our anniversary tour of Northern Europe. This small hotel was truly the highlight of the trip. The staff was well beyond FIVE STAR. Even to the point of not switching to English in spite of our limited German. The rooms were fresh and very clean. Breakfast was as good as any of our trip. We are planning to return for a full week next year.

Professional, welcoming,calm I ve not tried the restaurant but sounds great. Nothing to say except I could come back.

What an incredibly unpleasant experience we had here. Barely any reception upon arrival. You enter a castle hall where in our case all the guests were having drinks. A wedding party or something like that? No one who walks up to you to explain that. So we take a deep breath and go straight through the reception with suitcases and up a long staircase where there is an (unmanned) reception. I do stand out with the suitcases so someone walks behind us to help us to our room. Otherwise we had a great stay, nice room and quite a nice breakfast but then came the most annoying moment. When leaving I suddenly had to pay 18 cents per minute for parking costs at the charging station ON HOTEL GROUNDS where parking was free everywhere. That was in very small letters on the pole, but you don't see that at all as a hotel guest who parks in the evening! €120!! For parking on the hotel parking lot. Madness! The receptionist could only refer us to the municipality. Huh? That pole is on their land, isn't it? Surrounded by free parking spaces? Why don't they take responsibility to make that very clear? Maybe think about a solution? None of that. I should just contact the municipality that had placed that pole on hotel grounds. Really, I never want to go there again. If I want a posh hotel, right next to a major road with bizarre parking costs, I will go to a world city from now on where there is something else to do. Rip-offs!