Parkhotel Laurin

This early-20th-century Liberty-style edifice takes up an entire city block just a few hundred meters from both the train station and Piazza Walther. Though it's full of modern comforts, the quirky old structure gives it character and style (and plenty of windows). The modern furnishings reinterpret antique styles, such as angular postmodern settees or exaggeratedly swooping Empire-style chairs lacquered black and red. Rooms are spacious. "Comfort" rooms are roughly the same as "superior," but they're smaller and all face the street. About half the "superior" rooms overlook the garden, while the others face downtown. Suites are like mini-apartments with a hall off of which open the bedroom, a tiny sitting room (often with a balcony), and the bathroom (in brown marble with double sinks and separate tub and shower stalls); one even has its own sauna. The hotel's real selling point is its large, landscaped garden of flower-lined and tree-shaded gravel paths.

Facilities:
Italian restaurant; period bar; babysitting; children's center and small playground; outdoor heated pool; room service for a 5€ service fee; smoke-free rooms

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