The hotel is located in the former monastery far away from traffic and town, which was a good thing to me. It was absolutely quiet and calm. The air is very fresh and clean there. The former monastery surroundings are beautiful. You can take many hiking routes from there - just go to the touristic office in Blankenburg and get a map and a stamp pass. The breakfast was great. The fish restaurant nearby is beyond anything else - strongly recommend it (reservation required).

The reception of the hotel is in the museum on site - so each time if you have a question, want to pay for something etc - you need to wait for the opening hours of the museum. Funny thing is, even though you live on the museum site and your reception is in that museum, you have to pay the entrance fee (the access to reception is free). I would like to point out that the lady who is working in the museum and who guards the entrance to the museum - she is the most unfriendly person I have ever met in the hotel industry. It was extremely uncomfortable to communicate with her.