Munich Hotels

Munich is both a business and a tourist destination, and rooms are scarce during the carnival, or Fasching (January 7 through Shrove Tuesday, date of which varies); the summer festival season (mid July through early August); and Oktoberfest (September through the first Sunday of October). On the business side, there are fairs throughout the year construction, fashion, computers, electronics, and others.

Luxury

Bayerischer Hof Palais Monteglas, Promenadeplatz 2 6. Tel.: 21200. Telex: 523409. Fax: 212 0906. Rooms/suites: 440. The same family has owned this hotel since 1897. It's in the shopping and banking district, and service is excellent. Rooftop pool, lobby bar, nightclub, shops. Restaurants are undistinguished unless you fancy a Bavarian Trader Vic's. Associated with SAS Scandinavian Airlines.

City Hilton. Rosenheimer Strasse. Tel.: 48040. Telex: 52947. Fax: 48044804. Rooms: 460. Suites: 27. A second, brand new Hilton just across the Isar River, part of the Gasteig cultural center and close to the European Patent Office. Business service center with personal computers. Extensive meeting facilities. Three restaurants.

Grand Hotel Continental, Max Joseph Strasse 5. Tel.: 551570. Telex: 522603. Fax: 55157500. Rooms/suites: 157. Not much to look at from outside, but lavish inside with period decoration. Popular Conti Grill, a second restaurant, and bar lounge. A Best Western enterprise.

Konigshof Karlsplatz 25. Tel.: 551360. Telex: 523616. Fax: 55136113. Rooms/suites: 106. A pleasant blend of traditional and modern on one of the city's main squares (also known as Stachus). Munich executives favor the several restaurants. One of these now has a star.

Marrioff, Berliner Strasse 93. Tel.: 360020. Telex: 52116641. Fax: 36002200. Rooms/suites: 350. Large new luxury hotel in the colorful Schwabing district. Restaurant, pool, but no business center.

Park Hilton, Am Tucherpark. Tel.: 38450. Telex: 5215740. Fax: 38451845. Rooms/suites: 518. Facing the famous Englischer Garten, this Hilton features Belle Etage and Sunshine rooms with Laura Ashley decor. Two restaurants, nightclub, pool, health club, and business center.

Ramada Parkhotel, Theodor Dombart Strasse 4. Tel.: 360990. Telex: 5218720. Fax: 36099684. Rooms/suites: 260. A little out of the center. Comfortable rooms, five restaurants. Sheraton and Towers, Arabellastrasse 6. Tel.: 92640. Telex: 523754. Fax: 916877. Rooms/suites: 635. Four restaurants, a biergarten, a nightclub, bars, outdoor pool, fitness center. Separate lounge in the Towers.

Vier jahreszeiten, (Four Seasons), Maximilianstrasse 17. Tel.: 230390. Telex: 523859. Fax: 23039693. Rooms/suites: 341. Top hotel on the top street, a Munich institution popular with executives and with divas from the nearby opera house. A huge rotunda has stained glass for the four seasons. Ambience is that of a gentlemen's club, yet with modern and practical touches such as pullout desks in the rooms. The Walterspiel restaurant is great for food, wines, service, and atmosphere. Run by the Kempinski chain.

First Class

Drei Lowen, Schillerstrasse 8. Tel.: 551040. Telex: 523867. Fax: 55104905. Rooms/suites: 130. Close to the main railroad station and not far from the fairgrounds. Pleasant lobby and accommodations.

Eden Hotel Wolff, Arnulfstrasse 4 8. Tel.: 551150. Telex: 523564. Fax: 55115555. Rooms/suites: 215. Opposite the main station and known as a well managed hotel with a good restaurant and a variety of meeting rooms.

Holiday Inn, Leopoldstrasse 194. Tel.: 381790. Telex: 5215439. Fax: 38179888. Rooms/suites: 363. Away from the center, 3.2 kilometers (2 miles) from Marienplatz. Noteworthy selection of restaurants and bars; nightclub, pool, sauna, fitness center, meeting rooms.

Excelsior, Schutzenstrasse 11. Tel.: 551370. Telex: 522419. Fax: 55137121. Rooms/suites: 116. Comfortable, stylish, and close to the station. The Hubertus Grill is popular with businesspeople.

Novotel, Rodolf Vogel Bogen 3. Tel.: 638000. Telex: 522030. Fax: 631309. Rooms/suites: 254. A touch of France close to the airport, but the stress is on business as well as cuisine: there are ten conference rooms. Pool and fitness facilities.

Prinzregent, Ismaninger Strasse 42. Tel.: 416050. Telex: 524403. Fax: 41605466. Rooms: 67. Probably the best of the smaller hotels. Central location, Bavarian decor, and a very warm welcome. Superb breakfasts.

Oueens, Effnerstrasse 99, Tel.: 927980. Telex: 524757. Fax: 983813. Rooms: 155. The former Crest Hotel is now part of the British Queens Moat hotel group. Restaurants, conference facilities. Handy for the airport.

Regent, SeidIstrasse 2. Tel.: 551590. Telex: 523787. Fax: 551 59154. Rooms/suites: 222. Also two apartments. A modern hotel, near the station, with French period decor in the bedrooms. Three restaurants, health and fitness club.