Lonely Planet Reviewed Frankfurt &amp; Southern Rhineland Hotels

Hotel Robert Mayer

There are just 12 rooms in this tiny hotel, occupying a turn-of-the-century villa on the outskirts of bohemian Bockenheim, Frankfurt's university quarter.

Hotel Am Markt

Central and welcoming, this family-owned hotel has 15 bright rooms outfitted with simple wooden furniture

Arabella Pension

Super-centrally situated just two blocks north of the Schloss, the Arabella has 18 bright, spacious rooms with shared bathrooms. Reception is closed Sunday afternoon – call ahead if you’ll be arriving then.

Hotel Gölz

The Hotel-Pension Gölz is a suburban villa with a pretty garden in the front, set on a leafy and very quiet street. There are just 12 rooms here, and the Gölz family work hard to make sure the place retains its personal and friendly feel.

Hotel Am Zoo

This unpretentious hotel has 79 unexciting but serviceable rooms, some of them hypoallergenic, with tile bathrooms in colours they don’t make any more. Prices do not include breakfast (€6.50).

Hotel Martinskeller

Creative use of some rather odd spaces gives this family-run, 15-room hotel, two blocks up the hill from the tourist office, a quirky but personal vibe. The comfortable rooms are big and each is unique - one is African inspired, another English.

Hotel Pension Backer

This no-frills, internet-challenged pension – it lacks both an email address and wi-fi – has 30 basic rooms that share five bathrooms, one on each floor. The Backer is clean and has a great location but don’t expect an effusive welcome.

Hotel Rebstock

On the Rhine facing the car-ferry landing, this family-run hotel has 10 bright, spacious rooms, many with river views and some with balconies. The restaurant (mains €10.90 to €18.

Hotel Schwan

You can’t get any more central than this family-run place, around since 1463. The 22 well-lit rooms have baroque-style furnishings. Kaiser Joseph II stayed here in 1777.

Turm Hotel

The quietly suave Turm Hotel is a little-known place with a fiercely loyal clientele of advertising and media types, who often book rooms months in advance.

Weinhotel Michel

Run by a wine-growing family, this hostelry has 32 bright, spotless rooms with fine views, either of the Rhine or the Rochusberg hill. The big back yard has a play area for kids; for adults there's a sauna and a small fitness room.

Hotel Westend

Hotel Westend is a sweet little family run hotel in a quiet part of the city, but still convenient for all the businessy comings and goings downtown.

Hotel Falk

Near the Bockenheim shops and student eateries, this modern hotel has 29 rooms that are smallish but practical and comfy.

Hotel Bellevue

This classy, Best Western–affiliated hotel, built with art nouveau flair in 1910, has 94 highly civilised rooms, half with views of the Rhine.

Hotel Hof Ehrenfels

Just steps from the cathedral, this 22-room place, housed in a 15th-century, one-time Carmelite nunnery, has Dom views that are hard to beat. A real treat if you love the tintinnabulation of the bells, bells, bells.

Hotel Nizza

Situated right in the heart of Frankfurt's rakish red-light district, the Nizza's low-key entrance (buzz to be let in) gives it a slight resemblance to a discreet and rather elegant brothel.

Hotel Schön

This classy, highly-civilised place has a wisteria-draped terrace from which you can watch Rhine barges and passenger ferries glide by.

Hotel Stadt Hamburg

An unpromisingly small street door leads to a cheerful, well-kept establishment decorated with original watercolours, oils and collages (the owner is an artist). The 24 cheerful rooms are decorated in shades both pastel and saturated.

Hotel Zum Augarten

A cosy, family-run, family-friendly hotel with 16 rooms where you can enjoy German guest-house hospitality and observe suburban German life up close. Situated 1.

Djh Hostel

This modern, 206-bed place has commanding views from its perch up near the Schönburg.

Pension Jeske

If you’re on a tight budget, you might consider Pension Jeske, which enjoys a great location but whose rooms are outfitted with fake parquet floors and cheap furnishings.

Gästehaus Ritter Von Böhl

Set around a wisteria-wrapped courtyard, this guesthouse belongs to, and occupies part of the grounds of, a charity hospital (now an old-age home) founded in 1494. It has 22 rooms with pastel walls and parquet floors and a bright breakfast atrium.

Hotel Zeil

You'll have trouble beating this price for this location, right on Frankfurt's main shopping street the Zeil, and a stone's throw from most of the city's other attractions.

Waldhotel Hensel's Felsenkeller

The Waldhotel is a good old-fashioned German establishment - wooden tables and chintz in the restaurant, beer on tap and the formidable, yet friendly landlord and lady, Herr and Frau Braun.

Hotel Am Kornmarkt

Just a block from the Marktplatz, this hotel is a beacon to euro-conscious travellers. The 20 rooms are no-frills but they’re comfortable and spotless; the priciest have Kornmarkt views.

Dubliner

Guinness and Irish ditties induce sound slumber at this central fave. Soft lighting, earthy colours and wood floors give the spick-and-span rooms a contemporary touch. Breakfast costs an extra €6.50. There's free wi-fi at the bar.

Hille’S Hostel

An independent hostel with a 1970s vibe, this laid-back place has a piano in the common kitchen and 12 attractive, spacious rooms, most with private bathrooms.