Rhineland-Palatinate · Germany
Where to stay in Mainz
Mainz is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, home to about 224,000 people. This guide covers 3 hotels in Mainz, with about 217 rooms between them. 1 of them carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 3
- Best months
- May to September
- Nearest airport
- FRA21 km · Frankfurt Main Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
- Language
- German
About
About Mainz
Mainz is the capital and largest city of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and with around 223,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 35th-largest city. It lies in the Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region — Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after Rhine-Ruhr — which also encompasses the cities of Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Offenbach am Main, and Hanau.
Once the episcopal seat of the influential Prince-Electors, the "civilized" origins of Mainz date back to around 38 BC, when the Romans built a citadel here, named Mogontiacum. It was founded by the Roman general Drusus, brother of emperor Tiberius and father of emperor Claudius, at the strategic confluence of the Rhine and the Main; it shortly became the provincial capital of Germania Superior. Drusus died while campaigning beyond the Rhine, in the summer of 9 BC; his body was brought here to be mourned, and a massive funeral monument dedicated to him was built.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Mainz
See
- Dom St. Martin
- Stephanskirche
- Christuskirche
- Sankt Ignaz
- Augustinerkirche
- Altstadt
- River Banks
- City Hall
- Schillerplatz
- Deutschhaus
- Kurfürstliches Schloss
- Theodor-Heuss-Brücke
Do
- 1. FSV Mainz 05
- Carnival in Mainz
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Mainz
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 Mainz hotel | 217 | 83/100 2,731 reviews |
2 more places to stay, without a published guest score
| Place to stay |
|---|
| Garner Hotel Mainz hotel |
| Holiday Inn - the niu, Mood Mainz hotel |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Mainz
20 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hilton Mainz | 0.4 km | |
| AC Hotel Mainz | 1.1 km | |
| Atrium Hotel Mainz | 7.8 km | |
| Best Western Hotel Mainz | 1.9 km | |
| Brunfels Hotel - The Unbound Collection by Hyatt Hyatt Hotels Corporation | 0.6 km | |
| Christian Gartenhotel | 14.3 km | |
| Darmstädter Hof | 9.8 km | |
| Favorite Parkhotel | 1.6 km | |
| Gästehaus Hochmann Stadecken | 13.9 km | |
| Hilton Mainz City | 1994 | 0.6 km |
| Hotel Havana | 0.2 km | |
| Hotel INNdependence | 1.6 km | |
| Hyatt Regency Mainz Hyatt Hotels Corporation | 0.6 km | |
| IBB Hotel Ingelheim | 15.8 km | |
| IntercityHotel Mainz | 1.1 km | |
| Jordan's Untermühle | 16.5 km | |
| Landhotel Battenheimer Hof | 8.3 km | |
| me and all Hotel Mainz Hyatt Hotels Corporation | 1.2 km | |
| Quartier 65 | 2.5 km | |
| Select Hotel Mainz | 4.5 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Mainz
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Mainz are May to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26 °C; July is the wettest, with about 67 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 Mainz: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), about 21 km from the city centre in a straight line; Mannheim-City Airport (MHG, 61 km) and Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN, 73 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
From Frankfurt International Airport (FRA), the local train S8 towards Wiesbaden stops at Mainz Hauptbahnhof (or optionally Mainz Römisches Theater). The train runs at least every 30 minutes daily, and takes around 30 minutes to get the Mainz. Also regional trains towards Koblenz and Saarbrücken stop in Mainz. Both options share the same local tariff, regional trains are faster and somewhat more convenient. Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) is served by a direct ICE connection and from low cost hub Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) there is a direct shuttle bus connection.
Getting around
The centre of town is accessible on foot from Mainz Hauptbahnhof. There are signposts and maps throughout the city centre, or you can pick up a map from the DB information desk in the station.
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FRA · Frankfurt Main Airport
MHG · Mannheim-City Airport
HHN · Frankfurt-Hahn Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Mainz
Eat
Mainz has two culinary specialities, both types of cheese. Spundekäse is local cream cheese whipped with cream into a soft paste, served with chopped raw onion and pretzels — the taste is mild and it goes great with beer. Handkäse is a sour milk cheese with a pungent aroma, most often served mit Musik, or marinated in vinegar and oil, then sprinkled with caraway seeds, resulting in a bizarre, firm, gelatinous mass that most people find to be a bit of an acquired taste — and the "music" refers to the flatulence it tends to cause!
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Mainz
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
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Questions
Mainz: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Mainz?
By published guest score: Leonardo Hotel Mainz (83 / 100 · 2,731 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Mainz?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Mainz are May to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26 °C; July is the wettest, with about 67 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Mainz?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), about 21 km from the city centre in a straight line; Mannheim-City Airport (MHG, 61 km) and Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN, 73 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Mainz?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Mainz
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.