Hotel am Hopfensee

Das Hotel am Hopfensee hat sich ganz schön gemacht, vor kurzem erst komplett saniert und modernisiert, versucht es sich in der Vier-Sterne-Liga. Garnicht so schlecht für den Anfang in dieser Kategorie. Der komplette Spa- und Sauna-Bereich ist neu, dort gibt es sogar einen Hamam-Raum, was ich für besonders bemerkenswert halte. Unser "Romantik-Zimmer" war zwar alles andere als romantisch - mit "Blick" auf den Durchgang zum Hinterhof-Parkplatz und dementsprechendem Lärm bei jeder An- und Abfahrt - aber vielleicht sollte das etwa der wahre Grund für den Namen sein? Keine Ablenkung durch nichts und somit vollends beschäftigt mit Romantik für den Zimmergenossen? ;-)
Schade, daß das hoteleigene Restaurant nur bis 20:30 h Abendessen anbietet! Hallo? Die Abendessenzeiten kenn ich von meiner Oma! Also nichts an uns verdient und außerhalb in eines der umliegenden Lokale gegangen, wobei die meisten dann auch um spätestens 22:30 h keine Wärme Küche mehr anbieten, danach ist hier an der wunderschönen Promenade des Hopfensees sowieso der Hund begraben.

Clean, large room. Balcony. Big bathroom with two separate sinks AND a makeup mirror! And that breakfast tho.. 4+ stars. We only stayed for one night, but it was lovely. The views were glorious, and we were lucky enough to get a room with a balcony that faced the mountains and the lake, it was such perfect scenery. The room itself was super clean and the bed was comfortable, albeit I'm not a huge fan of the separate blanket thing. We also had to call to the front desk to figure out how to kick on the heat #floridagirl (spoiler alert, there's a knob on the side of the radiator), but once it was going, everything was nice and cozy. And as I mentioned, the bathroom was big and had two sinks which is a plus. There was a lighted makeup mirror (yesssss) which is greatly appreciated, and there's a large bathtub for those that feel so inclined to bathe where 100s of others have before you :) They also provided nice bath amenities which didn't seem to be the trend amongst the other places I stayed at in Germany, so that's a nice extra as well.

And that breakfast. delicious. Definitely not your lackluster continental breakfast with dehydrated eggs and pastries from a box. They had a huge variety and everything was kept clean and refilled regularly. They also offered us two bottles of water when we checked out.

The only drawback here is that they are not all that close to Fussen's city center. I saw people say it was a 15 minute walk... but I doubt that, I'd say probably closer to 30. I can't fairly knock them for that though because that is partly why I booked this hotel - because I wanted to be a little more into nature and somewhere totally relaxing and laid back. Which Hotel Am Hopfensee definitely was. We did have a car, so we were able to drive into Fussen for dinner, but had we not had a car and had to stay in the general vicinity, the area is kind of sleepy. We returned to the hotel after dinner with plans to go across the street to the Irish pub... but it was a ghost town, like completely devoid of life inside. It was a cold night in late September, so maybe there is a little more going on during peak season, who knows. But just an FYI.