Hotel Hofgut Sternen

Very quiet. A good getaway. Breakfast simply excellent.

I have very mixed reviews on staying at this hotel. First off, we stayed at the new building not the old building. The new building was clean, updated, and had a nice bathroom. The downside to staying there in the room was that it was up against the woods and it’s the summertime with no air-conditioning, so the windows had to be open. Every bug came in from the outside. There were no screens in the windows. If you shut the window, there was no sufficient airflow to keep you comfortable in the room. I have multiple bites on my legs from the window being open. This was an unwelcome part of my stay. You truly felt like you were staying on a compound there were gates to get in and out. A house-sized cuckoo clock is on the grounds. There was an on-site gift shop and glass blowing center, along with hikes that you could take around the property. There were goats fenced in when you walked up one of the paths. Going along with the compound feel, there was an on-site restaurant and breakfast provided in the morning breakfast was OK. Dinner was forgettable. We did try Black Forest cake though. The best part of staying here was the overhead train track that ran through the property. I will say that there is an on-site outdoor bar and our bartender was friendly/attentive. The drinks were very pricey. Some of them were close to €20 each.

We enjoyed our stay. The rooms are big, the views are lovely, I had a step in my room to look outside the window, as this was situated quiet high. It was comfy and we missed nothing. But the bathrooms need in the near future a little modernisation, but it was clean an nothing broken, just a little old fashioned. The dinner and breakfast was great. Nice and friendly staff, good service.