Gartenstadt Hotel

I stayed here because it was close to the hospital—. My husband was there for orthopedic surgery. We were Americans on a river cruise when he broke his femur in Speyer and eventually got moved to the hospital in Ludwigshafen. It was a bad situation for my husband at the hospital in Speyer and I was extremely stressed and worn down by the time he was transferred to Ludwigshafen. So I was not at the Gartenstadt for happy reasons and I ended up staying there almost a month. First, the people who own and run the hotel could not possibly have been kinder or more helpful. The is a family run business that has been in this family for many years and clearly they care about their reputation and also enjoy making people feel comfortable. Now that I have been back in the US for a few weeks, I am still overwhelmed thinking about their kindness. They really helped me feel less lost and that there were kind people in the world. The hotel is basic— everything worked great, the bed was comfortable, I always had hot water, the room was quiet at night. There was a good buffet breakfast every morning. The hotel also had a lovely dining room with very good food—. It was open for dinner, Monday through Thursday. Ludwigshafen is a corporate town—the guests are mostly traveling on business or on weekends, traveling to see family. There is a very limited downtown (with a lovely independent bookstore). If I ever had to travel to this part of the world again, hopefully for less stressful reasons, I wouldn’t hesitate to stay here again.