Hotel Am Herkules - Garni

“Excellent stay”

It is true what others say, the staff does not offer you the warmest welcome and feel home atmosphere but they are lovely once you break the ice and more importantly they are professional. It is also true that there is no elevator, so you might want to check upfront to get a room on the ground fl… more

It is true what others say, the staff does not offer you the warmest welcome and feel home atmosphere but they are lovely once you break the ice and more importantly they are professional. It is also true that there is no elevator, so you might want to check upfront to get a room on the ground floor if needed. Besides that, the hotel offers an excellent price-quality ratio. Rooms: We decided to pay the little extra for a junior suite: Big room, very clean with a well-sized rain shower and very comfy bed. Wifi quality was good. Location: Outside the city but still close to Wilhelmshoehe, between 5 and 10 minutes by car. Quiet location, at least if you have a room to the back side of the hotel Breakfast: Very correct, nothing special but good choice. Dogs are allowed again a fee of 14 Euro. Fitness: none but I think they have a sauna Parking: Free of charge in the street which is a big plus The front desk is open until late in the evening, offering also a bar. All in all, an excellent stay and a good alternative if you do not like the traditional old fashioned German hotels. Booked via hotel website, cheaper than other websites.

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“Otherwise fine, but turn up the charm a bit”

Passing through Kassel on the way north, and to catch the Wednesday showing of the remarkable Wasserspiele in the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, we landed in the Hotel am Herkules, which describes itself as a “hotel garnì”, or basically a hotel that does only bed & breakfast. We were able to get a quite … more

Passing through Kassel on the way north, and to catch the Wednesday showing of the remarkable Wasserspiele in the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, we landed in the Hotel am Herkules, which describes itself as a “hotel garnì”, or basically a hotel that does only bed & breakfast. We were able to get a quite reasonable flammkuchen snack and a glass of wine in the evening, but if you want to eat on a larger scale, you’ll have to go elsewhere, for instance to the Herkules’ big brother, the Steinernes Schweinchen, or up to the Terrassen, an eatery-with-a-view right by the statue of Hercules. Anyway, we were put in a very pleasant top-floor junior suite that boasted one of the nicest showers I have experienced in a long time, with a lovely pebbly “cobbled effect” stone floor, although I see one TA reviewer wonders how "hygienic" it might be. I liked it anyway. The bed was comfortable, and the design of the room was otherwise splendid, but the wall-mounted television was in such a position – between bookshelves – that it was impossible to insert an HDMI cable and run a laptop through the TV. A bit of a missed trick, that. All in all, this was a decent enough billet, with a good self-service breakfast (including – wowza! – freshly-pressed orange juice), at a fair price, and in terms of location it was perfect for us – right below Hercules himself, where the water feature starts its flow down the hill. On the down side, it wasn’t exactly cosy, somehow. “A touch impersonal” might be the expression. I’m not sure where the problem is – perhaps it’s new and still finding its natural path, or maybe the staff found my wife and I to be innately unlikeable characters. Go figure. It’s a listed building, so be warned there is no elevator. Parking, on the other hand, is right outside.

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“Quite and comfortable”

Comfortable beds, very quiet and close to the forest and the Herkules monument. The hotel wasn't perfect because lack of lift (Luggages and clindren together was quite dificult to handle). The breakfast was honest and deliciuos.