Stuttgart, Germany

Hi, I was in the Boblingen area of Stuttgart for a business trip, and I would recommend the town of Herrenberg if you would like a smaller village location where you can walk to everything and enjoy the town square, etc. with shops & restaurants. The town has a wonderful restaurant which I highly recommend - Gasthof Hesen. The restaurant has a hotel attached to it (I stayed in the industrial part of Stuttgart.)

We have stayed at the City Hotel twice. It is near public transportation (ubahn and sbahn stations) and has some parking immediately in front of it. It is in a quiet community within easy walking of the city center where we found several restaurants, shopping, etc. They have a good breakfast and a very helpful staff. (English spoken if that matters.) Rooms are small but that seems to be the norm in big city hotels that are not too costly. We found the hotel to be a good value given the location.

How about the Dormero hotel at the SI Center? It's a social media hotel, brand new, two huge screens in the room, box-spring beds and connected with the nightlife mall SI Zentrum which is heavily frequented by American expats. One of the largest US bases in Europe is right next door - and public transport is in the basement. Also it's easy to get there from the airport.

Hotel has got free wifi, free Sky TV, free English language stations, free mini-bar: http://www.dormero-hotel-stuttgart.de/zimmer/

Eat spaetzle. We were in Germany about two weeks when while in Munich I realized I hadn't had any yet. I asked our hotel clerk where to go for spaetzle, and he replied, " Do you know Stuttgart?" I couldn't recall a nearby street or restaurant by that name, and finally told him, " Well, I know there is a city in Germany by that name." And he said, "Yes. Go there for spaetzle." I guess they take their regional cuisine pretty seriously. Sadly, we never did make it to Stutgartt that evening, but we did find a whopper of a pork knuckle with a side of you-know-what around the corner. A fond memory...have a great trip. Guten appetit!

You have received some great information so far. Since it is an area we don't research we don't have any recommendations we can share. I have visited Stuttgart but I stayed with a friend so I don't have anything I can personally recommend either unfortunately. I noticed that near the train station was still nice. I also found Stuttgart's art museum was surprisingly nice and they had fun stadium tours. Happy Travels!

The Porsche museum and factory is in the NW part of Stuttgart, so I suggest you stay in in downtown. Look around the Schlossplatz for a hotel that meets your needs. It's a very safe area eventhough it's the center of town, Stuttgart is very safe. There's lovely architecture, people, parks, food, and other things too wander and see around the Schlossplatz and Marktplatz. Don't stay around the Porsche museum, there isn't much there to see.

We stayed at the Achat hotel which is less than a quarter mile from the museum.