Frankfurt's Hotel Monopol

Hotel Monopol (11-13 Mannheimer Str., D-60329, Frankfurt, GERMANY; phone +49 69 22737 0 or visit www.hotelmonopol-frankfurt.de) is located right across the street from the railroad station — very convenient!

This hotel is about 100 years old and has been nicely renovated, with double doors that keep out hallway noises. For my 4-day stay in December ’05 I paid $395, which included a large buffet breakfast and free newspapers in English. One can order dinner there but not lunch, I believe.

I noticed that there were quite a few other small hotels in the area, but I didn’t have time to check them out.

ELEANOR ROBB

Scottsdale, AZ