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Fairy-Tale Road


This quality hotel with 56 bright, modern rooms is situated just northeast of Kassel Hauptbahnhof, or 600m north of Scheidemannplatz. There's an evening buffet in the restaurant, and a billiard room for after-dinner diversion, should you feel the urge. Take tram 7 to Scheidemannplatz.


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1. Fridericianum

0.41 MILES

This excellent contemporary art museum hosts temporary exhibitions and symposia exploring relevant, topical themes such as the re-emergence of fascism in…

2. Documenta Halle

0.55 MILES

Built expressly to augment the Museum Fridericianum as the primary exhibition space for Kassel's quinquennial art extravaganza Documenta, the Halle hosts…

3. Neue Galerie

0.65 MILES

The restored Neue Galerie, once the town residence of Napoleon's little brother Jérôme but sadly damaged in WWII, showcases paintings and sculptures by…

4. Grimmwelt

0.7 MILES

Occupying a prime position atop the Weinberg bunker in the scenic Weinbergpark, the fabulous Grimmwelt could be described as an architect-designed walk-in…

5. Museum für Sepulkralkultur

0.71 MILES

Billed as ‘a meditative space for funerary art’, this atypical museum examines attitudes to death and burial practices, and challenges western reluctance…

6. Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

3.02 MILES

Situated 6.5km west of Kassel Hauptbahnhof, and 3km west of Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe station, in the enchanting Habichtswald nature park, this spectacular 560…

7. Schloss Wilhelmshöhe

3.33 MILES

Erstwhile home to Kaiser Wilhelm II, Wilhelmshöhe Palace (1786–98) at the foot of Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, today houses one of Germany’s greatest art…

8. Löwenburg

3.7 MILES

Situated within Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, the faux-ruined 'Lion's Castle' was built between 1793 and 1801 in a 'medieval' style so ornately romantic it's…