Remeis Hotel Recommendations

Remeis Hotel Recommendations

Hotels which have been visited by us and can be recommended.

Almeria

• Hotel Costa Sol − very good and quite cheap (50€ per night). Free WLAN on all floors, Clean rooms and in walking distance to the beach and the good restaurants (Markus)

Amsterdam

• AirBnB − no really good+affordable hotels really close to science park, but I have good experience finding places over AirBnB (Victoria)

• Hotel Rembrandt close to the zoo, usually affordable. Getting to UvA requires taking the tram and then either the bus or a 1.5km walk. Still less overpriced than hotels in the center, though (Joern)

Bonn

• Altes Treppchen 10 min walk to the MPIfR. Good breakfast. Cheaper conditions for visitors from the MPIfR. The institut has its own guest house but one has to book it very early.

Boston/Cambridge, MA

• John Jeffries House Boston : usually the best deal in the greater Boston area if you can get it. In walking distance to MIT, only three subway stops from Harvard. They are bookable by phone, check http://www.johnjeffrieshouse.com/ for rates and then call (note: all rates are without tax), or use expedia. (Joern)

• Doubletree Suites by Hilton Hotel Boston - Cambridge : WLAN only if one knows the password (warmcookie); prices on the high side (but all of Boston is expensive), worth checking for offers; half an hour walk to MIT through a rather safe area; one of the best options in Boston (Victoria)

Berkeley

• DoubleTree by Hilton Berkeley Marina : At the water/bay, great setting, quite luxurious, still often affordable (check). The city of Berkeley and the University of California Berkeley stretch up the mountain behind it (not really in walking distance but straight forward), SSL is on the top of the mountain. (Katja)

Frascati

• Bellavista : Next to the train station (and their park and ride parking lot − don't try to find parking in Frascati itself...). Very nice rooms, acceptable WLAN. Like with all Frascati hotels, you need a car or taxi to get to Esrin or INFN/IASF. (Joern)
• Colonna : Nice rooms, good breakfast, in downtown Frascati. WLAN is almost non-existent, as is mobile phone reception. Choose this if the Bellavista is sold out.(Joern)
• Hotel Villa Veccia : This is my favorite place in Frascati, but it is somewhat special. A cheap (often cheaper than the Bellavista or the Colonna) four star hotel with low-quality WLAN in the 16th century villa of a cardinal. The hotel has a piece of Roman road in its yard and a good restaurant. It is on the road towards the observatory. Go there for the ambiance, avoid if you want dinner (or anything else) anywhere else.(Joern)

Garching

• Koenig Ludwig II : nice rooms, good breakfast. MPE typically books you into this place. (Joern)
• Marias Inn : Used to be the best price/value in Garching, however, not so much in the past years (they've been replaced by the Coro in that respect). Important: they have parking. Walking distance to MPE/MPA/ESO. (Joern)
• Hoyacker Hof: The most Bavarian of all Bavarian hotels in Garching. Typically on the pricey side. Best breakfast in Garching, however. (Joern)
• Hotel Coro: Nice middle class hotel, outside of downtown Garching (inasmuch this is possible...). I like it. (Joern) Has very good breakfast. There is a direct bus connection from the Hotel to ESO/MPA (bus number 292, Kurzstrecke). (Eugenia)
• Hotel am Park : Dark rooms, not so good breakfast. I only go there as the last resort. (Joern)
• Ibis : Out of downtown Garching in Hochbrueck. It's an ibis, enough said. (Joern)

Greenbelt/Washington

• Holiday Inn Washington D.C.-Greenbelt Md: WLAN OK, good for GSFC visits (bus to GSFC around the corner), a small shopping center (supermarket, drugstore, several small restaurants and fast food places) around the corner, breakfast not included but they did give it to me anyway, free bearable coffee in the lobby $80-90 (Victoria)

Hamburg/Desy

• Mercure Hotel Hamburg am Volkspark: The only hotel in walking distance from Desy and XFEL. Insofar you have no choice anyway, unless you want to stay in downtown and treck out to the site with the metro and the bus. Good breakfast, bad WLAN.(Joern)

Livermore

• Doubletree Livermore: one of the lower quality Doubletree hotels I've stayed in, but perfectly fine and safe. Outside of the town, but due to non-existent public transportation you'll need a rental car anyway.
• Motel 6 Livermore: a two-star chain motel. Quiet and clean rooms, but without a fridge. Next to the Doubletree (and significantly cheaper). No breakfast, but I recommend the breakfast places in downtown Livermore anyway and for a quick breakfast there is a Panera and a Starbucks on the way to LLNL anyway.

Madrid

• NH Alberto Aguilera: WLAN okay (good for Madrid!), good for ESAC visits, 80-90€ (2015), Tapas/Restaurants very close, inner city not far away (Thomas / Jörn)

Noordwijk

• Hotel de Admiraal: Usually the best price/value ratio in Noordwijk. Taxi to ESTEC is around 15 EUR, or walk for a few km aong the beach. Check this hotel before any other when going to ESTEC.

• Zorn Hotel Duinlust: Cheap. But clean. (Jörn)

• Prominent Inn: If the cheap hotels are gone, this four star typically might still be free and not outrageously expensive (Jörn)

Palermo

• Hotel Porta Felice: Hotel close to the harbor and the university administration (Palazzo Chiaramonte Stevi) where the observatory likes to have its conferences. NOT good for meetings in Mondello! This is a very nice hotel with beautiful rooms and good WLAN. We got rooms for 60 EUR/night through a booking service, you might also want to check their www pages (http://hotelportafelice.it). (Thomas/Jörn)

Pasadena

• Saga Motor Inn: Felix pointed me to this hotel. Can only be booked via their web page (http://www.thesagamotorhotel.com/). The rooms have a (nice) 50s feeling (but WLAN), definitively not a chain, very nice place with ok breakfast and a sufficient number of dinner options around (plus two Starbucks). Walking distance to Caltech. Only look for other options in the Pasadena area if this one is fully booked. (Jörn)

Potsdam

• The nH hotel in downtown Potsdam (Dutch quarter, http://www.nh-hotels.com/hotel/nh-potsdam) is pretty nice, but WLAN is slow (faster WLAN is EUR 10/day as of summer 2015). Going to Golm (where the physics/astro department of the university is), is about a 30min bike ride through a beautiful park. AIP is about 20min. Rental bikes available on per 30min basis with stations at most major POI. −- Felix Fürst 2015-09-24 21:37
• Apart Hotel Vivaldi: Hotel with nice rooms in Babelsberg, in walking distance from AIP. Take this one if you go to Potsdam by car (the nH is better if you go to Potsdam by public transport).(Joern)
• Filmhotel Lili Marleen: Good three star-Hotel with nice, modern rooms. A tad bit far away from AIP, however, so not recommended if you do not have a car.(Joern)

San Diego

• Travelodge San Diego Mission Valley: like almost all San Diego Hotels, you will need a car to get anywhere. The Travelodge has nice rooms and can be on the affordable side. (Jörn)

• Howard Johnson Inn San Diego Circle : Also in Mission Valley. Somewhat rundown, but at least not overpriced. (Jörn)

• California Suites Clairemont Mesa Boulevard : Typical US chain hotel. Not too expensive, with breakfast according to Tobi. One of the few hotels on the bus route to UCSD. And it's very close to one of the best SciFi book stores in the US. (Jörn)

Toulouse

• Hotel Castellane : decent middle-class hotel close to the Metro station Jean Jaures, i.e., close to inner city and also Metro to IRAP good (Jörn)
• Appart City Toulouse Labege : quite close to IRAP, but industrial area, rental car necessary (good if hotels in Toulouse booked out) (Jörn)
• Best Western Hôtel Les Capitouls : very nice 4 star hotel, very close to Hotel Castellane / Jean Jaures; sometimes with a similar/cheaper price as Hotel Castellane Thomas

Utrecht

• Hotel Oorsprongpark : good three-star hotel on the bus line to SRON, in a quiet residential area but still in walking distance to the city center (on the cheaper side for Utrecht - typically it is around 90 EUR plus breakfast) (Jörn)
• Hampshire Hotel - Malie Utrecht : Close to the Hotel Oorsprongpark, but significantly better. Every now and then they have a sale and are comparable in price to the Oorsprongpark. In this case, I'd prefer this hotel over the Oorsprongpark (Jörn)
• Van der Valk Hotel De Bilt : Good hotel in the middle of nowhere, close to Utrecht's de Bilt suburb. Getting from here to the University/SRON is difficult with public transportation. On foot it's about half an hour.