24 Best Hotels in The Rhineland, Germany

The hip 25hours chain adopts a French theme with its Düsseldorf property, located in a glassy tower offering fantastic city views. Rooms are chic and homey, with retro-style furnishings, clever design details, and nice touches like a complimentary minibar. 

Flowers line the windows of country-style rooms in this pretty half-timber hotel near the market square. The Scherschlicht family provides simply but attractively furnished lodgings, and some of the rooms have balconies. Four apartments with kitchens round out the offerings.

In this traditional hotel now run by the fourth and fifth generations of the same family, you can enjoy a Rhine view from many of the rooms, or from the terrace next to the waterfront promenade. Afternoon tea and dinner are served in the upscale restaurant Le Chopin, while Le Bristol serves more regional fare. The hotel's modernly elegant new sister property Residence Bellevue is just a few blocks away, with 20 spacious apartments.

A group of buildings around a quiet, central courtyard has been converted into a charming and comfortable hotel, with rooms individually furnished and decorated in styles ranging from fin de siècle romantic to Italian modern. Huge windows help make the public rooms feel airy.

Vineyard views grace most of the rooms at this stylish, historic hotel, where guests are welcomed with a drink from the family's Rheingau wine estate. Gracious hosts Susanne and Heinrich Breuer can arrange cellar and vineyard tours as well as wine tastings. Live music is played at the family's restaurant.

Besides bright, good-size rooms, the true strength of this modern hotel is its location, near the market in the Altstadt. After a generous buffet breakfast you can quickly reach either the Rhine or the Kö with a three-block walk.

One of few medieval houses along the riverbank to survive World War II bombings, this family-run inn enjoys an unbeatable location overlooking the river and right by Gross St. Martin. The hotel's quaintly furnished rooms are far from luxurious, but the place wins points for its history and reasonable prices. Ancient wooden beams grace some of the older rooms, but claustrophobic guests are advised to take up quarters in the "new" rooms. The inn's antique restaurant downstairs offers authentic Rhenish flair and spruced-up versions of traditional German dishes.

The rooms in this former monastery in the Belgian Quarter are spare but not spartan, though a startlingly realistic sculpture of a bishop, sitting in the reception area, serves as a constant reminder of the building's ecclesiastic origins. Modern paintings by Cologne artists adorn the walls of the hotel, on a quiet street lined with ginkgo trees. The rooms are not huge but are well kept, and the atmosphere is airy. The smartly appointed restaurant Et Cetera serves upscale Mediterranean cuisine and has delightful garden seating.

Markus and Monika Stemper—a passionate cook and a gracious hostess—bring modern style to their country inn near the Luxembourg border. The garden (with palms, ponds, and flowers galore), comfortable rooms, and personal service are all remarkable. Stempers Brasserie (closed Sunday and Thursday; no lunch) serves dishes with Mediterranean touches, enhanced by an extensive wine list.

You can literally watch the Rhine flowing by from the four front rooms of this friendly, family-operated hotel, about a 10-minute walk from the station. It's in a tranquil location perfect for strolling along the river promenade or for catching a tour boat from the pier.

From its humble beginnings in 1541 as an inn for sailors and ferrymen, the Krone evolved into an elegant, antiques-filled hotel with a fine restaurant. Rooms at the back of the hotel face busy railroad tracks, but thick glass provides good soundproofing. Two of the suites have their own sauna.

Elegant on the outside and simple on the inside, this small, attractive hotel in the residential "musician's quarter" is often recommended to friends by locals. 

Steps away from Altstadt action and the Rhine, this small hotel on a cobblestone road offers simple comfort and a surprising amount of quiet. The amenities are few, but the staff are accommodating and the small rooms are all tastefully furnished. The hotel mostly has single rooms for business travelers, but these beds can easily sleep two people, so couples who don't need much space can often share a single room for a cheaper rate.

Owned by the Wenckstern family since it was built in 1628, this green-and-white half-timber inn offers considerable comfort, with the adjacent Gasthaus Ilse offering simpler, more budget-friendly rooms than those in the historic main building. Many rooms have a Rhine view, as does the beautiful terrace. The staff are friendly and helpful, and you can sample the family's wines in the cavernous wine cellar; coffee and homemade cakes can be enjoyed in the café.

A renovated neoclassical building dating from 1916, this grand hotel features rooms with high ceilings and tasteful, neutrally decorated rooms, plus perks like a heated indoor pool.

The modern rooms in this friendly, family-run operation, each of them named after a vineyard, come with stunning views; there's also a "wellness suite" complete with its own sauna. The hotel is right at the town wall, a few steps from the town center and beneath a castle. The Stüber family's restaurant has an excellent selection of Bacharacher wines to accompany the elegantly prepared Bacharacher Rieslingbraten (beef braised in riesling) and other regional specialties.

With roots dating to the 12th century, the Romantik Hotel zur Glocke is conveniently located about three minutes' walk from the Porta Nigra. Even the modest rooms are elegantly decorated in subtle earth tones, box-spring beds, and if you feel like splashing out, the Glockensuite (bell tower suite) and a handful of others feature half-timber interior walls and exposed wood rafters. Some of the junior suites also have a view of the Trier Cathedral, as well as walk-in closets and free-standing tubs for a relaxing soak after a day on the town.

Centrally located near the Porta Nigra, this handsome patrician manor from 1885 offers well-appointed rooms with attractive baths. Rooms 317 and 318 are quite spacious and have little balconies overlooking flower-filled Porta-Nigra-Platz. While some of Trier's other restaurants are more stylish, the food here is tasty, as is the ample breakfast buffet.

Its central location (a five-minute walk from the Kurhaus, Old Town, and shopping district), particularly friendly and helpful staff, and affordability make this modern hotel an excellent choice. Terra-cotta and beige tones and parquet floors lend the rooms warmth, and although they are small, rooms are well maintained and cleverly designed for maximum use of space. The gourmet breakfast buffet includes excellent bread from a very good local bakery, high-quality coffee, and homemade fruit salad as well as gluten- and lactose-free products.

What used to be Europe's tallest water tower is now a stylish 11-story boutique hotel that was recently renovated and reopened in late 2021 as part of Hilton's Curio Collection. Rooms are done up in a contemporary fashion, and some duplex suites offer cathedral views.

The spacious rooms and baths at this welcoming hotel are all individually decorated with a winning mixture of contemporary and antique furnishings and thoughtful touches such as fresh flowers and an honor bar. The traditional wine estate S.A. Prüm is also home to state-of-the-art cellars and an attractive Vinothek for cellar tours and tastings, as well as a stunning dining room and an idyllic patio facing the Mosel and the vineyards.

Within a 15th-century structure on Eltville's Weingut Koegler complex, Weinhotel Hof Bechtermünz brings modern style to its historic setting (Johannes Gutenberg printed the world's first dictionary here in 1467). The rooms are individually and stylishly designed, and overseen by the charming Koegler family; the breakfast is excellent.

This renovated 17th-century manor in a shady park offers comfortable rooms and first-class friendly service. Relax over a great breakfast or a glass of wine on the garden terrace—or taste the Richtershof estate wines during a visit to the centuries-old vaulted cellars. The hotel has three restaurants, including a regionally inspired gourmet restaurant and a handsome bistro-bar, which serves lunch daily. The spa, reminiscent of Roman baths, has treatments using grapeseed oil and other products from the vineyard.