Aachen

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A spa town par excellence and world-famous for its cathedral built in honour of Charlemagne, Aachen is located in Germany, close to the borders with the Netherlands and Belgium. Thanks to the diversity of our Best Western hotels, you are sure to find the hotel that meets your expectations.

By staying in a hotel in Aachen, you will have easy access to the town's must-see sights, such as the cathedral, the burial place of Charlemagne, who has rested there since 814 AD, as well as the Baroque-style town hall, the Aachener Rathaus, not forgetting the museums or the Elisenbrunnen fountains, from which sulphurous water flows. Enjoy your holiday in a hotel in Aachen city centre and come and marvel at this extraordinary city with its rich historic past.

Your hotel in Aachen

Thanks to the ideal location of your hotel in Aachen city centre, set off to discover the city of Charlemagne. The city centre invites you to dream with its fountains, romantic lanes, historic squares and patrician houses. The cathedral and the town hall deserve special attention. The public thermal fountain, called the Elisenbrunnen, is recognised as the emblem of the city.

Continue with a visit to the sumptuous cathedral of Charlemagne, who above all wanted to fulfil a dream: to build a new Rome. Construction of the cathedral began in 786, but the chapels and the choir were only completed in the 14th and 15th centuries. The cathedral houses an immeasurable treasure for every Christian, namely the loincloth and swaddling clothes of Jesus Christ, the beheading cloth of Saint John, one of the robes of the Virgin Mary and, of course, the bust of Charlemagne. It took nearly 1,000 years to build this Carolingian-Gothic monument, which will surprise you with the variety of its styles. The cathedral is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Aachen city centre offers many treasures to discover besides the cathedral, such as the Town Hall, where Alfred Rethel's frescoes on the life of Charlemagne sit harmoniously alongside large Romantic paintings. But Aachen is not just about historic or religious monuments. Museums also play a prominent role. The Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, for example, offers a magnificent collection of contemporary art, modern art, old art and more than 3,500 works devoted to Pop Art, with artists such as Horst Antes and Roy Lichtenstein. And if you have extra time during your sightseeing stay in Aachen, the small town of Kornelimünster, 10 km to the south, is well worth a short detour.

How to get to Aachen?

By car, you can easily reach your hotel in Aachen via the A15 motorway, and also by train with Thalys, as Aachen is only 2 h 30 from the French capital. As Germany has many airports, flying is a fast means of transport, particularly with the airline Lufthansa, which regularly operates national and international flights.