Stay was fine, hotel is quite dated by generally clean and staff helpful. Breakfast had a good variety.

Stay was fine, hotel is quite dated by generally clean and staff helpful. Breakfast had a good variety.

Beautiful hotel with a good restaurant. They have a safe place to park the bicycle

Beautiful hotel with a good restaurant. They have a safe place to park the bicycle

Nice, rustic little hotel, with a spacious room, comfortable beds, and a big bathroom in a small little village full of charm.

Nice, rustic little hotel, with a spacious room, comfortable beds, and a big bathroom in a small little village full of charm.

The breakfast is perfection!

The breakfast is perfection!

Staff is AMAZING....friendly and helpful. Town is adorable and close to lots of amazing other towns. In addition, it's about a mile away from a fabulous Thermal Pool. Highly recommend this hotel. Food at the hotel was fabulous as well.

Staff is AMAZING....friendly and helpful. Town is adorable and close to lots of amazing other towns. In addition, it's about a mile away from a fabulous Thermal Pool. Highly recommend this hotel. Food at the hotel was fabulous as well.

Quiet place a bit offside the main road - good for relaxation and experiencing a very traditional German Region

Quiet place a bit offside the main road - good for relaxation and experiencing a very traditional German Region

Staff went out of their way to make sure our food order was correct with the language barrier.

Staff went out of their way to make sure our food order was correct with the language barrier.

Very nice hotel. Good restaurant. Spacy room. What more can I say.

Very nice hotel. Good restaurant. Spacy room. What more can I say.

This little gem rests within the confines of a small village, but DO NOT let that dissuade you from visiting. The staff, and locals!, are very friendly. Many many people speak English, so communication is not a problem. It has modern amenities and old world charm. Recommended.

This little gem rests within the confines of a small village, but DO NOT let that dissuade you from visiting. The staff, and locals!, are very friendly. Many many people speak English, so communication is not a problem. It has modern amenities and old world charm. Recommended.

The Lochner is in Markelsheim (not Bad Mergenteim, as appears on some sites). Markelsheim is a charming wine village situated under impressively steep vine slopes. The hotel is as charming as the village. It's a classic old German building into which they've somehow managed to install lifts. Some of the floors are on "half-storeys" so not all the rooms avoid stairs. There was ample parking at the back, though the spaces were tight. After a very hot day, my room was a bit warm at night, even with the window ajar, but not uncomfortable. I had a single room, which was large enough. As the hotel filled up, the wi-fi in my room slowed and would often drop out. Tolerable though. There's a lovely big indoor at about 28C - perfect on a hot day - and a sauna, which no-one used that day. The breakfast was a normal fine German breakfast. The staff were very welcoming, though with some I found it better to communicate in German than in English. I enjoyed my single night stay, but I probably wouldn't want a long stay here.

The Lochner is in Markelsheim (not Bad Mergenteim, as appears on some sites). Markelsheim is a charming wine village situated under impressively steep vine slopes. The hotel is as charming as the village. It's a classic old German building into which they've somehow managed to install lifts. Some of the floors are on "half-storeys" so not all the rooms avoid stairs. There was ample parking at the back, though the spaces were tight. After a very hot day, my room was a bit warm at night, even with the window ajar, but not uncomfortable. I had a single room, which was large enough. As the hotel filled up, the wi-fi in my room slowed and would often drop out. Tolerable though. There's a lovely big indoor at about 28C - perfect on a hot day - and a sauna, which no-one used that day. The breakfast was a normal fine German breakfast. The staff were very welcoming, though with some I found it better to communicate in German than in English. I enjoyed my single night stay, but I probably wouldn't want a long stay here.