I'm intending to go to Dresden at Xmas. Does anyone has info about
reasonable accomodation and where one could have a Xmas eve dinner? Thanks
Klaus

In article <[email protected]>, klaus m schwarzenholz
says...
    > I'm intending to go to Dresden at Xmas. Does anyone has info about
    > reasonable accomodation and where one could have a Xmas eve dinner? Thanks

Ten years ago you could get a private room for DM 30 at the tourist
office.
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On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:59:05 +0200, Alfred Molon
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >In article <[email protected]>, klaus m schwarzenholz
    >says...
    >> I'm intending to go to Dresden at Xmas. Does anyone has info about
    >> reasonable accomodation and where one could have a Xmas eve dinner? Thanks
    >Ten years ago you could get a private room for DM 30 at the tourist
    >office.

40 years ago I paid FF6.00 a night for half board in the centre of
Paris :-)

"Alfred Molon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] ...
    > In article <[email protected]>, klaus m schwarzenholz
    > says...
    >> I'm intending to go to Dresden at Xmas. Does anyone has info about
    >> reasonable accomodation and where one could have a Xmas eve dinner?
    >> Thanks
    > Ten years ago you could get a private room for DM 30 at the tourist
    > office.

and they got me a crummy room in some eastern style hotel
in a tiny room down a long noisy corridor.

Fortunately, those days have gone and on my last trip I stayed
in (one of) the Ibis hotel(s).
Three very large tower blocks next to each other, yards from
the station in the (still crummy eastern style) pedestrian
shopping centre (though I think they have plans to improve this).

I'm sure that one of these hotels will be open for Xmas,
can't help with the meal though.

tim

On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 19:04:01 +0200, "tim \(moved to sweden\)"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >"Alfred Molon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:[email protected] m...
    >> In article <[email protected]>, klaus m schwarzenholz
    >> says...
    >>> I'm intending to go to Dresden at Xmas. Does anyone has info about
    >>> reasonable accomodation and where one could have a Xmas eve dinner?
    >>> Thanks
    >> Ten years ago you could get a private room for DM 30 at the tourist
    >> office.
    >and they got me a crummy room in some eastern style hotel
    >in a tiny room down a long noisy corridor.
    >Fortunately, those days have gone and on my last trip I stayed
    >in (one of) the Ibis hotel(s).
    >Three very large tower blocks next to each other, yards from
    >the station in the (still crummy eastern style) pedestrian
    >shopping centre (though I think they have plans to improve this).
    >I'm sure that one of these hotels will be open for Xmas,
    >can't help with the meal though.

Every crummy eastern restaurant/diner must do Xmas dinners, judging
from the number of hits google finds for tours of Dresden at Xmas with
Xmas dinner included.

tim (moved to sweden) wrote:

    > "Alfred Molon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected] ...
    > > In article <[email protected]>, klaus m schwarzenholz
    > > says...
    > >> I'm intending to go to Dresden at Xmas. Does anyone has info about
    > >> reasonable accomodation and where one could have a Xmas eve dinner?
    > >> Thanks
    > >
    > > Ten years ago you could get a private room for DM 30 at the tourist
    > > office.
    > and they got me a crummy room in some eastern style hotel
    > in a tiny room down a long noisy corridor.
    > Fortunately, those days have gone and on my last trip I stayed
    > in (one of) the Ibis hotel(s).
    > Three very large tower blocks next to each other, yards from
    > the station in the (still crummy eastern style) pedestrian
    > shopping centre (though I think they have plans to improve this).

Ah, the old Lilienstien, Koenigstein, and a third one (Bastei?) that were
state - of - the - art c. 1970 or so when they were built. Stayed at the
Lilienstein in 1978, it was a first - class DDR "Interhotel"...the high -
class place was the Interhotel Newa across the way which I think is still
there as the Mercure Hotel Newa...

Not a bad location right on the Pragerstrasse, the rooms in these places
look to available for around EUR 50 - 60 or so...

Go here:

http://www.dresden.de/?node=12248


    > I'm sure that one of these hotels will be open for Xmas,
    > can't help with the meal though.


Thank G-d capitalism brought some better restos to Dresden...


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Best
Greg

Gregory Morrow wrote:

    > Ah, the old Lilienstien, Koenigstein, and a third one (Bastei?) that
were
    > state - of - the - art c. 1970 or so when they were built. Stayed at
the
    > Lilienstein in 1978, it was a first - class DDR "Interhotel"...the
high -
    > class place was the Interhotel Newa across the way which I think is
still
    > there as the Mercure Hotel Newa...
    > Not a bad location right on the Pragerstrasse, the rooms in these
places
    > look to available for around EUR 50 - 60 or so...

I stayed at the Lilienstein this february for 55 euros. The hotel was
large (but the room tiny), clean and very booring. The breakfast for an
additional 9 euro was absolutely not worth the price, there were coffee
shops just outside the hotel where you could get a much better deal. So
I really wouldn't have my Xmas dinner there.

It was my first stay in Dresden and if I would go back I would choose
to stay in Neustadt where there are some night life, cosier restaurants
etc. The Altstadt is almost deserted at night time, at least in winter.

r/l

In article <[email protected] k.net>,
"Gregory Morrow"
<gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote:

    > tim (moved to sweden) wrote:

    > > Fortunately, those days have gone and on my last trip I stayed
    > > in (one of) the Ibis hotel(s).
    > > Three very large tower blocks next to each other, yards from
    > > the station in the (still crummy eastern style) pedestrian
    > > shopping centre (though I think they have plans to improve this).
    > >
    >
    > Ah, the old Lilienstien, Koenigstein, and a third one (Bastei?) that were
    > state - of - the - art c. 1970 or so when they were built. Stayed at the
    > Lilienstein in 1978, it was a first - class DDR "Interhotel"...the high -
    > class place was the Interhotel Newa across the way which I think is still
    > there as the Mercure Hotel Newa...
    >
    > Not a bad location right on the Pragerstrasse, the rooms in these places
    > look to available for around EUR 50 - 60 or so...

They're handy to the train station if you're planning on going upstream
to visit the places they're named for on a couple day trips. Been
there, done that 8-)

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"Lasse" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Gregory Morrow wrote:

    > I stayed at the Lilienstein this february for 55 euros. The hotel was
    > large (but the room tiny), clean and very booring. The breakfast for an
    > additional 9 euro was absolutely not worth the price, there were coffee
    > shops just outside the hotel where you could get a much better deal. So
    > I really wouldn't have my Xmas dinner there.

You can't judge the normal meals by the price of breakfast.
ISTM that breakfast in most German hotels is much the same:
all you can eat bread cheese and meat, plus coffee and juice.
I've seen hotels ask 20 Euro for this and it's no different from
the offering in hotels that charge much less than this. I'd expect
to get hot food at this price, I've never seen this in a German
hotel (I guess that there's one somewhere that does this).

And whether it is value for money depends upon what you
eat. If you're the sort of person who has two filled rolls,
a coffe and juice, I doubt you will see very much change
from 9 Euro standing up in a coffe shop, OTOH if you just
have the coffee, hotel breakfast is always going to be poor
value.

tim

Tim wrote:
I'd expect
to get hot food at this price, I've never seen this in a German
hotel (I guess that there's one somewhere that does this).

The hotel in the former hunting lodge for the castles at Hohenschwangau
(Neuschwanstein) made lovely omelets at the table in the morning.
Great place to stay.

George