Region · Germany
Where to stay in Hesse
This guide covers 15 destinations in Hesse, a first-level administrative division of Germany, with 286 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Frankfurt, Wiesbaden and Kassel. Across its destinations, May, June, August and September are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA).
- Destinations in this guide
- 15
- Places to stay
- 286
- Comfortable in the most places
- May, June, August and September
- Main airport
- FRAFrankfurt Main Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
Destinations
Destinations in Hesse
Every destination in this guide in Hesse, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfurt | 760,656 | 53 | FRA · 13 km |
| Frankfurt-Innenstadt I | 63,276 | 52 | FRA · 11 km |
| Kassel | 196,799 | 31 | KSF · 14 km |
| Wiesbaden | 288,584 | 25 | FRA · 24 km |
| Darmstadt | 168,253 | 19 | FRA · 19 km |
| Offenbach am Main | 133,195 | 16 | FRA · 17 km |
| Fulda | 65,755 | 16 | KSF · 98 km |
| Bad Homburg vor der Höhe | 56,938 | 16 | FRA · 23 km |
| Frankfurt-West | 133,268 | 14 | FRA · 9 km |
| Eschborn | 22,478 | 13 | FRA · 13 km |
| Rüsselsheim am Main | 66,028 | 10 | FRA · 11 km |
| Wetzlar | 54,865 | 7 | FRA · 60 km |
| Hanau | 98,582 | 6 | FRA · 28 km |
| Giessen | 88,544 | 4 | FRA · 62 km |
| Marburg | 73,571 | 4 | KSF · 80 km |
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Hesse
5 places to stay in Hesse with a published guest score, ordered by that 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. Each links to its own website.
| # | Place to stay | Where | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo Hotel Eschborn Frankfurt hotel | Frankfurt | 234 | 93/100 6,316 reviews |
| 2 | Leonardo Hotel Offenbach Frankfurt hotel | Frankfurt | 238 | 93/100 4,314 reviews |
| 3 | Leonardo Royal Hotel Frankfurt hotel | Frankfurt | 449 | 86/100 12,518 reviews |
| 4 | Leonardo Hotel Frankfurt City South hotel | Frankfurt | 295 | 84/100 6,326 reviews |
| 5 | Leonardo Hotel Frankfurt City Center hotel | Frankfurt | 108 | 84/100 5,973 reviews |
Where to stay
More hotels in Hesse
263 hotels in Hesse recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Hesse
From the climate of 15 destinations in Hesse with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: May, June, August and September.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 15 | 4 °C | 44 mm |
| February | 0 of 15 | 6 °C | 38 mm |
| March | 0 of 15 | 10 °C | 44 mm |
| April | 0 of 15 | 16 °C | 37 mm |
| May | 15 of 15 | 20 °C | 60 mm |
| June | 15 of 15 | 23 °C | 61 mm |
| July | 10 of 15 | 25 °C | 77 mm |
| August | 15 of 15 | 25 °C | 66 mm |
| September | 15 of 15 | 20 °C | 51 mm |
| October | 0 of 15 | 14 °C | 56 mm |
| November | 0 of 15 | 8 °C | 57 mm |
| December | 0 of 15 | 4 °C | 57 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. 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
Airports serving Hesse
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Hesse name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
FRA · Frankfurt Main Airport
KSF · Kassel Airport
HHN · Frankfurt-Hahn Airport
MHG · Mannheim-City Airport
PAD · Paderborn Lippstadt Airport
CGN · Cologne Bonn Airport
ERF · Erfurt-Weimar Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Hesse, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: OpenHolidays API (ODbL).
Nationwide in Germany
Regional holidays observed in Hesse
Nearby
Regions near Hesse
Other regions of Germany with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from the OpenHolidays API (ODbL); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.