Stadthotel Freilassing

Centrally located near the pedestrian zone, train station, and dining options. Friendly staff provides excellent personalized service. Spacious, clean rooms with a lovely bathroom. Varied, high-quality breakfast selection.

The hotel is in a charming little town close to Salzburg, not far away from the train station. Staff were welcoming and friendly. There is a selection of reasonably-priced cold drinks at reception, which may come in very handy on Sundays when everything is closed, including most of the restaurants in the area. For a winter, or other cool month, stay this place would be perfect, but... During my stay, the outside temperatures were consistently over 30 C. The room temperature was at least 10 C above the outside temperature as the room received the afternoon sun from about 12 pm to sunset. There was no air conditioning and no block-out curtains (the heavy fabric curtains could use a liner that reflects the sun away from the windows). The hotel has a fly screen, which they call a sun screen. Unfortunately, it's not a sun screen. The little fan did not provide much relief, even when I put it in front of the open window at night. There was also no fridge in the room where one could keep cool drinks or a cold compress. In short, there was no escaping the heat: It was hot outside and it was even hotter inside. I stayed 3 nights and suffered severe heat stress. I only recovered from it a day after leaving that place. My room was also right next to the entrance door to the corridor; each time the door slammed shut, it woke me up. This is not due to the guests staying there, but due to the spring-based locking mechanism that makes it almost impossible to gently close the door by hand. From the second day onwards, staff put a door stopper there, which helped reduce the noise until people removed the door stopper. All up, I was sleep deprived, hot, and exhausted all the time. By the time I left, I was utterly miserable and physically ill. If I had to do it again, I would pay more and stay directly in Salzburg.