Sympathie Hotel Furstenhof

Good location on the river, with a short walk to town and some pleasant restaurants. Hotel is large but didn't seem too busy in September. Some of the areas seem dated but the rooms are fairly modern. The single rooms are small (with the bathroom in the room) but comfortable enough for a short stay. Particularly good breakfast room and wide range of breakfast goo.

Travelers need to know that although the hotel website says they have air-conditioning in the rooms, it is up to the hotel, not the customer, to turn it on. I have a severe bee allergy, when I opened the doors and windows, bees came inside. So we are stuck with being hot or being deathly afraid of bee stings. While the front desk people seemed sympathetic, the maintenance staff refused to turn on the air. Before we came i emailed to insure they had air conditioning and was reassured they did. In the summer months, I would not stay here again.

AC apparently doesn’t work until it has been 24 degrees for a week. Since it was only 24+ for 2 days it didn’t our room was on the side of the sun so we were cooking in there. Staff couldn’t/wouldn’t do anything about it. When we said we wanted to checkout the same day because it was impossible to sleep in that sauna we were still charges the full amount. The place was also hard to reach, it was very unclear how to get there and where to park. We were having 2 and 3 stars hotels the entire trip and wanted to close the trip with a 4 star one, imagine our disappointment since it was the least one of the entire trip. Reviews on booking also talk about the beautiful river nearby, which is just a pool of mud. One of the least beautiful places we saw in germany