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Where to stay in Nuremberg
Nuremberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, home to about 531,000 people. This guide covers 4 hotels and 2 aparthotels in Nuremberg, with about 523 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
- 6
- Best months
- May, June, August and September
- Nearest airport
- NUE5 km · Nuremberg Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
- Language
- German
About
About Nuremberg
Nuremberg is the second-largest city in the German state of Bavaria and the largest city in the cultural region of Franconia. Its 546,397 (2024) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany.
When people think of Nuremberg, they usually think of gingerbread, toys, Christmas, the Reich Party Rally Grounds or the Nuremberg Trials (see World War II in Europe and Holocaust remembrance). But the old town of Nuremberg in the shadow of the towering imperial castle is more than that. Gothic churches, splendid patricians' houses and romantic corners and spots. An atmosphere of lively co-existence between medieval and modern, between the past and the present, prevails in Nuremberg.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Nuremberg
See
For all but the briefest visits, you'll do well to buy the Nürnberg + Fürth Card. This is valid for 48 hours and gives free admission to over 50 museums and attractions, and free travel on all public transport in Zone A of Nuremberg and Fürth. You also get discounts in many theatres, shops, and the IMAX cinema. The card price for adults is €33. Children aged 6 to 11 pay €11, children under 6 are free. See and tourist board for more details. If so many museums sounds daunting, a day-ticket just for the municipal museums is €9 - worth buying if you only see two, as the individual adult entry price is €6. Buy them at the first museum you visit.
- Nuremberg Castle
- Imperial Castle
- Burgrave’s Castle
- Municipal Buildings
- Albrecht Dürer's House
- Toy Museum
- Fembohaus Citymuseum
- Museum Tucherschloss and Hirsvogelsaal
- Nuremberg Dungeons
- St Sebald Church
- Deutsches Spielearchiv Nürnberg
- Deutsches Museum Nürnberg
Do
The big annual event in Nuremberg is the Christmas Market (Christkindlesmarkt), listed below. But there’s a full calendar throughout the year – check what’s on even if you don’t plan to attend, as there may be street closures and crowd congestion.
- Panoptikum Children’s Theatre Festival (Kindertheaterfestival)
- Nuremberg Carnival (Fastnachtszug)
- Nuremberg Spring Festival (Frühlingsfest)
- Nuremberg Flea Market (Trempelmärkte)
- Blue Night (Blaue Nacht)
- Figurentheaterfestival
- Embedded World
- Rock im Park
- International Organ Week (Internationale Orgelwoche Nürnberg)
- Norisring DTM Motor Racing (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters)
- Datev Challenge
- Bardtreffen music festival
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Nuremberg
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 Royal Hotel Nürnberg hotel | 238 | 92/100 10,374 reviews |
| 2 | Leonardo Hotel Nürnberg City Center hotel | 158 | 89/100 2,299 reviews |
| 3 | Leonardo Hotel Nürnberg hotel | 105 | 84/100 5,227 reviews |
3 more places to stay, without a published guest score
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Adina Apartment Hotel Nuremberg aparthotel | |
| Holiday Inn - the niu, Leo Nuremberg hotel | |
| Nuremberg Celtisplatz aparthotel | 22 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Nuremberg to stay in
For a fast room reservation service in the Nuremberg-Fuerth-Erlangen-Schwabach area, please go to the on-line room reservation request of the Nuremberg Convention and Tourist Office.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Nuremberg
51 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata; the 40 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Fritz-Weidner-Straße 1 | 6.5 km | |
| Waldschlösschen | 13.9 km | |
| Ehem. Jagdvilla in Schwarzenbruck | 20.0 km | |
| Ehemaliges Kanalgehöft in Worzeldorf | 9.1 km | |
| Gasthaus Nürnberger Straße 19 | 11.7 km | |
| Gasthaus Prackenfels 6 | 21.5 km | |
| Gasthaus Raiffeisenstraße 4 | 23.8 km | |
| Gasthaus Zum Ludwigskanal in Schwarzenbach | 22.4 km | |
| Hotel | 0.7 km | |
| Hotel | 0.6 km | |
| Obstmarkt-Bunker | 0.1 km | |
| Arvena Park Hotel | 7.4 km | |
| Atrium Hotel | 2.7 km | |
| Bardolino Fine.Food.Hotel | 2.0 km | |
| Centro Hotel Nürnberg | 1.7 km | |
| Congress Hotel Mercure Nürnberg an der Messe | 3.9 km | |
| Design-Boutique Hotel Vosteen | 1.0 km | |
| Dormero Hotel Roth | 22.9 km | |
| Dormero Schlosshotel Reichenschwand | 22.4 km | |
| Ehemaliges Kurhaus in Lauf an der Pegnitz | 15.2 km | |
| H+ Hotel Nürnberg | 8.0 km | |
| Hampton by Hilton Nuremberg City Centre | 2014 | 1.0 km |
| Holiday Inn Express Nürnberg-Schwabach | 14.8 km | |
| Holiday Inn Nürnberg City Centre | 0.8 km | |
| Hotel Burg Abenberg | 24.8 km | |
| Hotel Central | 0.2 km | |
| Hotel Central City Hbf Nürnberg | 1.2 km | |
| Hotel Deutscher Kaiser | 0.5 km | |
| Hotel Drei Raben | 0.6 km | |
| Hotel Ibis | 0.7 km | |
| Hotel Kaiserhof | 1894 | 0.5 km |
| Hotel Königstraße 55 in Nürnberg | 0.6 km | |
| Landgasthof Hotel Gentner | 9.5 km | |
| Landgasthof Weisses Lamm | 23.3 km | |
| Living Hotel Nürnberg | 1.5 km | |
| Melter Hotel & Apartments - a Neighborhood Hotel | 0.5 km | |
| Mövenpick Hotel Nürnberg Airport | 4.4 km | |
| NH Collection Nürnberg City | 1.0 km | |
| no Shoes Hotel | 0.4 km | |
| Novina Hotel Südwestpark | 5.0 km |
All 57 hotels in Nuremberg, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Nuremberg
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Nuremberg are May, June, August and September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25 °C; July is the wettest, with about 88 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 Nuremberg: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Nuremberg Airport (NUE), about 5.0 km from the city centre in a straight line; Munich Airport (MUC, 133 km) is also within reach.
Getting in
Nuremberg has historically been at the crossroads of important trade routes and was the site of Germany's first railway. Even today it is easily reachable by air, canal, road, railway and even walking or cycling.
Getting around
The old town is best explored on foot. To get from one part of the old town to another by car or public transport, you will often have to leave the old town and reenter it at a different gate. There are three U-bahn or underground lines, and; seven Straßenbahn or tram lines,,,,,,; and four S-Bahn or suburban train lines,, and, with the S-Bahn lines all reaching far beyond the city limits. They all radiate out from the main railway station. The tram lines have two main hubs at Plärrer and the main station which are linked by subway but only awkwardly and indirectly by tram.
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NUE · Nuremberg Airport
MUC · Munich Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Nuremberg
Eat
Nuremberg offers a rich culinary heritage, most notably defined by its unique sausage varieties and traditional confectionery. The city is world-renowned for the Nürnberger Rostbratwürste. These pork sausages are distinct from others in the Franconia region, characterised by a spicier flavour profile and a smaller size, typically half the length of standard varieties. The name is legally protected, meaning only sausages manufactured within the city limits may carry the title.
Stay safe
According to the state police, Nuremberg has the lowest crime rate of the cities with more than 400,000 inhabitants.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Nuremberg
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Questions
Nuremberg: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Nuremberg?
By published guest score: Leonardo Royal Hotel Nürnberg (92 / 100 · 10,374 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)); Leonardo Hotel Nürnberg City Center (89 / 100 · 2,299 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)); Leonardo Hotel Nürnberg (84 / 100 · 5,227 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Nuremberg?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Nuremberg are May, June, August and September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25 °C; July is the wettest, with about 88 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Nuremberg?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Nuremberg Airport (NUE), about 5.0 km from the city centre in a straight line; Munich Airport (MUC, 133 km) is also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Nuremberg?
2 places in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Nuremberg?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Nuremberg
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.