Lower Saxony · Germany
Where to stay in Hanover
Hanover is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, home to about 523,000 people. This guide covers 4 hotels and 1 aparthotel in Hanover, with about 849 rooms between them. 3 of them carry a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 5
- Best months
- May, June, August and September
- Nearest airport
- HAJ10 km · Hannover Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
- Language
- German
About
About Hanover
Hanover is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest in northern Germany after Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen.
Hanover was one of the hardest-hit cities during World War II, leaving it with only a few historical landmarks. Don't expect to see beautiful centuries-old buildings; even the Old City (Altstadt) area is "new", as all the old houses left standing after the war (around 40) were taken from throughout the city and collected in one place. This area is surrounded by some 1950s and 1960s buildings that give a somewhat heavy atmosphere to the streets.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Hanover
See
- Great Garden of Herrenhausen
- Hanover Zoo
- Sea Life
- New City Hall
- The Nanas
- University of Hanover
- Leibniz House
- City park
- Tiergarten
- Eilenriede
- List
- Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum
Do
- Hanover Opera
- Cinemaxx
- Hannover 96
- Hannover Scorpions
- Hannover Messe
- Spring Festival
- The Small Festival in the Great Garden
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Hanover
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo Hotel Hannover Airport hotel | 214 | 88/100 8,659 reviews |
| 2 | Leonardo Hotel Hannover hotel | 179 | 88/100 6,291 reviews |
| 3 | Leonardo Hotel Hannover Medical Park hotel | 208 | 85/100 3,023 reviews |
2 more places to stay, without a published guest score
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Hanover Bleichenstraße aparthotel | 28 |
| Leonardo Hotel Hannover City Center hotel | 220 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Hanover to stay in
As Hanover frequently hosts big exhibitions, booking your room well in advance is highly recommended as hotels can easily get full and/or raise their rates during these times.
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When to go
The best time to visit Hanover
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Hanover are May, June, August and September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 90 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Hanover: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Hannover Airport (HAJ), about 10 km from the city centre in a straight line; Bremen Airport (BRE, 98 km) and Kassel Airport (KSF, 109 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
] Hanover has a fantastic network of public transportation, so it's best to park your car and ride. If you plan to make more than two trips by tram, bus, or subway, a day ticket is your best bet, buying you unlimited travel on the public transport system. Day tickets are valid until the last connection of the day (which normally ends sometime after midnight). The public transportation adopts an honor system for tickets, but they do have ticket inspections once in a while (also late at nights and early mornings). The fine is quite high (€60), so make sure you have a ticket all the time.
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HAJ · Hannover Airport
BRE · Bremen Airport
KSF · Kassel Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Hanover
Eat
In most cafés and small restaurants, paying individually is accepted, as Germans like this system. Tips are not compulsory but most people do. In smaller cafés, if paying separately, rounding up to the next full euro is common; in bigger restaurants, 10% is best.
Stay safe
Hanover is normally very safe. Before and after a soccer match there might be quite a few drunken people around, especially in the central station, but there always are police patrolling. In Kröpcke you may get asked for money by the homeless. Pickpockets may act in crowded areas such as inside the trams during a big exhibition.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Hanover
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Questions
Hanover: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Hanover?
By published guest score: Leonardo Hotel Hannover Airport (88 / 100 · 8,659 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)); Leonardo Hotel Hannover (88 / 100 · 6,291 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)); Leonardo Hotel Hannover Medical Park (85 / 100 · 3,023 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Hanover?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Hanover are May, June, August and September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 90 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Hanover?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Hannover Airport (HAJ), about 10 km from the city centre in a straight line; Bremen Airport (BRE, 98 km) and Kassel Airport (KSF, 109 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Hanover?
2 places in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Hanover?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Hanover
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.