Baden-Württemberg · Germany
Where to stay in Ulm
Ulm is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, home to about 130,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Ulm, with about 148 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- September
- Nearest airport
- FMM49 km · Memmingen Allgau Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
- Language
- German
About
About Ulm
Ulm is the sixth-largest city of the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with around 130,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 60th-largest city.
With a population of 127,000 inhabitants (2017), Ulm forms an urban district and administrative centre of the region. Ulm, founded around 850, is rich in history and traditions as a former Free Imperial City (German: freie Reichsstadt). Today, it is an economic centre due to its varied industries, and it is the seat of a university. Internationally, Ulm is primarily known for having the church with the tallest steeple in the world (161.53 m or 529.95 feet), the Gothic Ulm minster (German: Ulmer Münster) and as the birthplace of Albert Einstein.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Ulm
See
- Ulmer Münster
- Fishermen's Quarter
- Rathaus
- Library
- Wiblingen Monastery
- Ulm Federal Fortifications
- Tiergarten Ulm
- Museum of Bread Culture
- Kunsthalle Weishaupt
- Ulmer Museum
- Danube Swabian Museum
- Wiblingen Monastery Convent Museum
Do
- Narrensprung
- Ulm Tent Festival
- Schwörmontag
- Einstein Marathon
- Christmas market
- Farmers' Market
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Ulm
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 Ulm hotel | 148 | 88/100 4,460 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Ulm
13 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kronenbrauerei Söflingen | 2.6 km | |
| Maritim Hotel Ulm | 1993 | 1.0 km |
| Me and All Hotel Ulm | 0.5 km | |
| Best Western Plus Atrium Hotel | 2.7 km | |
| Boutique 005 Ulm City | 0.3 km | |
| Gasthof zum Bad | 15.0 km | |
| HGS3 | 19.0 km | |
| Hotel Goldenes Rad | 0.1 km | |
| Hotel Löwen | 2.7 km | |
| Lago Hotel & Restaurant am see | 2.2 km | |
| Lobinger Hotel Weisses Ross | 14.4 km | |
| PLAZA INN Ulm PLAZA Hotelgroup | 1.5 km | |
| PLAZA Premium Parkhotel Neu-Ulm PLAZA Hotelgroup | 0.6 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Ulm
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Ulm are September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 120 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 Ulm: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Memmingen Allgau Airport (FMM), about 49 km from the city centre in a straight line; Stuttgart Airport (STR, 65 km) and Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH, 88 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
The Ulm Hauptbahnhof is in the town centre, about a 10-minute walk from the cathedral (Ulmer Münster). Ulm is about an hour from Stuttgart and 1½-2 hours from Munich. There are special train tickets called Länder-Tickets for travel within a region, such as Baden-Württemberg or Bavaria (Bayern). With this ticket up to five people can use all regional trains for a whole day for only €22 (one person) – €38 (five persons). Prices may change, so check the Deutsche Bahn website for the latest prices. From these airports you can take the ICE or IC train to get to Ulm.
Getting around
The town centre is small enough to walk around, but there are lots of buses and even sightseeing boats on the Danube (Donau) River. There's a Straßenbahn with two intersecting lines. Route planner is available online.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
FMM · Memmingen Allgau Airport
STR · Stuttgart Airport
FDH · Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Ulm
Eat
There are plenty of places to eat in the nice and quiet Fischerviertel, where you can get some genuine German food and beer.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Ulm
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Questions
Ulm: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Ulm?
By published guest score: Leonardo Royal Hotel Ulm (88 / 100 · 4,460 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Ulm?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Ulm are September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 120 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Ulm?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Memmingen Allgau Airport (FMM), about 49 km from the city centre in a straight line; Stuttgart Airport (STR, 65 km) and Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH, 88 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Ulm?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Ulm?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Ulm
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.