Baden-Württemberg · Germany
Where to stay in Mannheim
Mannheim is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, home to about 320,000 people. This guide covers 6 hotels and 1 aparthotel in Mannheim, with about 642 rooms between them. 4 of them carry a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 7
- Best months
- May to September
- Nearest airport
- MHG4 km · Mannheim-City Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
- Language
- German
About
About Mannheim
Mannheim, officially the University City of Mannheim, is the second-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, the state capital, and Germany's 21st-largest city, with a population of over 315,000. It is located at the border with Rhineland-Palatinate.
Mannheim was a small fishing village before it became a city at the beginning of the 17th century. It was constructed on the site of a fortress guarding the confluence of the rivers Rhine and Neckar. Even now, a few remnants of the fortification can be seen, and the peculiar street layout owes to that part of its history. For 58 years, Mannheim served as a royal residence, and gave Schiller, Lessing, Goethe and Mozart a home for some time. Before World War II, Mannheim was a beautiful city, but it was flattened in bomb raids due to its industrial significance.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Mannheim
See
- Water tower
- Mannheim Baroque Palace
- Paradeplatz
- Konkordienkirche
- Christuskirche
- Luisenpark
- Herzogenriedpark
- Reiss-Engelhorn Museum
- Technoseum
- Kunsthalle
- Zeitgeschichtliches Museum Mannheim
- Aufzugmuseum
Do
- National Theater Mannheim
- Cineplex
- SAP Arena
- Congress Center Rosengarten
- Capitol
- Maimarkt
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Mannheim
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 | Hotel Mannheimer Hof - Leonardo Limited Edition hotel | 192 | 91/100 4,013 reviews |
| 2 | Leonardo Hotel Mannheim-Ladenburg hotel | 128 | 88/100 3,010 reviews |
| 3 | Leonardo Hotel Mannheim City Center hotel | 148 | 87/100 4,655 reviews |
| 4 | NYX Hotel Mannheim hotel | 151 | 86/100 6,555 reviews |
3 more places to stay, without a published guest score
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Garner Hotel Mannheim City hotel | |
| Holiday Inn - the niu, Square Mannheim hotel | |
| Mannheim City Center aparthotel | 23 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
When to go
The best time to visit Mannheim
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Mannheim are May to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27 °C; July is the wettest, with about 73 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 Mannheim: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Mannheim-City Airport (MHG), about 3.8 km from the city centre in a straight line; Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA, 60 km) and Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB, 84 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
The centre of Mannheim is laid out like a chess board, with no real street names. Addresses in the Quadrat take the form of a grid reference, such as Q3, 12 designating a block. The streets are not named:r "Q3" refers to the block. If you follow a street from Q3, you might end up at either Q2 or P3. It is best to navigate by "following" the blocks rather than the streets. If you get lost, a rather high probability, ask a local. They are used to it. The public transportation system is quite extensive.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
MHG · Mannheim-City Airport
FRA · Frankfurt Main Airport
FKB · Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Mannheim
Stay safe
Most parts of Mannheim are safe, but there are a couple of districts that have higher crime rates (compared to other German cities; compared to non-European cities the whole of Mannheim is super safe). Examples are Vogelstang, Neckarstadt-West, Jungbusch (night) and some others. Street crime and violence, however, are very rare, so you will be perfectly ok if you simply use your common sense. In particular, it is not dangerous at all to visit the pubs and clubs of the Jungbusch or the Neckarstadt.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Mannheim
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Questions
Mannheim: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Mannheim?
By published guest score: Hotel Mannheimer Hof - Leonardo Limited Edition (91 / 100 · 4,013 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)); Leonardo Hotel Mannheim-Ladenburg (88 / 100 · 3,010 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)); Leonardo Hotel Mannheim City Center (87 / 100 · 4,655 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Mannheim?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Mannheim are May to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27 °C; July is the wettest, with about 73 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Mannheim?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Mannheim-City Airport (MHG), about 3.8 km from the city centre in a straight line; Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA, 60 km) and Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB, 84 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Mannheim?
3 places in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Mannheim?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Mannheim
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.