Maison Schiller

The area around Maison Schiller might put some people off. There are several strip clubs with videos in front in the immediate neighborhood. In spite of that, when we walked through the area around the hotel, we didn’t feel unsafe. We had one room which was comfortable, although not spacious; when our adult kids saw our room, they commented that it was much larger than theirs. The breakfast was adequate and tasty, but not as varied as other hotel breakfast buffets we have had in Europe. It is within easy walking distance of the main train station and was good value for the cost of the room. For two nights, we had to park a car and were able to find inexpensive metered street parking without any problem within 2 blocks of the hotel, although we had to pay the meter if we didn’t leave the parking spot by 9 a.m.

Inside the hotel was nicely appointed and the desk people were polite. The area around it was obscene. Strip joints and soccer gambling halls all around it. Super loud noises/scream talking could be plainly heard until 4am. We gave up our last 2 nights and stayed 5 minutes away and it was night and day different. The area wasn't exactly German folks. We are frequent travelers and don't expect silence where we go, however, this was way too much. Don't even think about taking a kid to that neighborhood. Pay the extra and stay somewhere else.