2 Best Hotels in Heidelberg and the Neckar Valley, Germany

This comfortable hotel is on a quiet side street a five-minute walk from the Konigstrasse pedestrian mile and the museums around Schlossplatz. It attracts mostly business people during the week, and theater goers and shoppers on weekends, in part for the free hotel parking so close to the heart of downtown and discounted weekend rates. Rooms are clean and modern. There is a lobby bar and a restaurant open for lunch on weekdays (no dinner), and the hotel offers printed jogging and biking maps for the nearby Schlosspark.

The glass-covered entrance hall of this primarily business hotel is spacious—not surprising, as it was the courtyard of a former brewery. You can dine at one of three on-site restaurants (which are open daily for lunch and dinner), including the Bräustüberl, which specializes in regional German fare. Rooms are colorful and cozy, some have terraces, and you can get good room rates in summer, especially in August.