I’m guessing from studying the headline, 99% of OMAAT readers are saying “huh?” So yeah, let’s get into a totally totally different sort of resort assessment…
Why & how we booked Lodge Fiester Hannes
After just a few nights on the pretty 4 Seasons Cap-Ferrat, we flew to Germany to go to household. We flew Lufthansa enterprise class from Good to Frankfurt, however I received’t be reviewing that flight, since I’ve reviewed Lufthansa’s regional enterprise class so many occasions.
We had been assembly up with my mother and her associate in Germany (they’d simply flown over from the US), and our first cease was visiting my aunt, cousins, and many others. Each of my dad and mom are from small cities in Germany, nearly an hour drive outdoors of Frankfurt.
Rising up we’d spend most of our summers in Germany, and I’ve fond reminiscences of that. Whereas I’ve all the time stayed with my aunt when visiting the world, she solely has one spare visitor bed room, and my mother and her associate stayed along with her, so we volunteered to remain at a resort.
The catch is that these small cities don’t actually have main resorts, however fairly have simply small visitor homes and inns. The closest main chain resort is a Vacation Inn Categorical in Siegen (a few 30 minute drive away), although there are many visitor homes within the Haiger space, the place my household is from.
My aunt beneficial Lodge Fiester Hannes, which has a restaurant she has eaten at many occasions earlier than. We determined to go along with that, primarily as a result of all of the rooms right here have personal bogs, which isn’t the case at most different properties within the space.
This resort is positioned in Burbach-Holzhausen, just some minutes from the place my aunt lives in Allendorf. The resort solely has 5 rooms, and the room that was out there for our date was the second most premium room. That room retailed for 140 EUR per night time, after which we added breakfast to our fee for 19 EUR per night time.
Lodge Fiester Hannes check-in
There’s one thing so refreshing and private about staying at a visitor home fairly than a resort. We may park proper outdoors the doorway to the resort, and as we pulled up one of many extremely pleasant workers got here out and confirmed who we had been, after which walked us straight to our room.
She didn’t ask for an ID and stated we may simply present a bank card after we checked out. Be aware that no bank card was required to order the room, so it’s sort of cool to be someplace with the “honor system” on the subject of paying in your keep.
She additionally requested what time we wished to have breakfast. It’s not like there was a buffet setup right here, however fairly somebody involves the breakfast room and personally prepares breakfast for you everytime you need it.
Lodge Fiester Hannes backyard room
We had booked a backyard room, marketed as being 42 sq. meters, or round 450 sq. ft. All the rooms had been in a constructing to the facet of the restaurant.
Inside the doorway to the constructing was a desk with some pamphlets concerning the space.
Behind that was a typical room the place I suppose visitors may hang around.
We took the steps up a degree, and the door to our room was straight forward.
The room was unfold throughout two flooring — the primary ground had the residing space and toilet, whereas the second ground had the bed room. As soon as contained in the room, the lavatory was to the precise, whereas the remainder of the room was straight forward. The residing space had a desk with a chair, a lounging chair with a blanket and pillow, after which a loveseat dealing with a TV.
There was a bottle of water and a few glasses on the desk.
The lavatory had a sink, a walk-in bathe, and a bathroom in a separate room. There was even a heated towel rack.
Toiletries had been from Le Labo… simply kidding. 😉
Lastly the bed room was upstairs, and it had a fairly typical German mattress — there have been two twin mattresses pushed collectively, after which two separate duvets.
The room had views of the opposite facet of the constructing and the backyard.
Whereas the resort didn’t have air-con, it was loads cool whereas we visited (in July), particularly at night time. So holding the home windows open did the trick. The resort additionally had Wi-Fi, although it was on the sluggish facet.
Lodge Fiester Hannes breakfast
Each mornings we loved breakfast on the resort, and it was actually like somebody making ready breakfast for you of their house. Although the resort was offered out, we by no means noticed anybody else at breakfast — Germans appear to like to sleep in when on vacation, so I suppose we had been simply early risers.
There was additionally a backyard space so one may in principle take pleasure in breakfast outside, although it was a bit too chilly for that early within the morning.
Breakfast was a feast, with an enormous tray that had chilly cuts and cheese, hardboiled eggs, yogurt, bread, pastries, orange juice, and occasional.
There have been additionally just a few cereal and muesli choices on the counter that we may select from.
All the things tasted nice, and jogged my memory oh-so-much of my childhood (besides I’d normally beg my aunt for Nutella, or ideally Eszet Schnitten (mainly skinny chocolate squares), as a result of if you’re eight years previous, chocolate completely needs to be a meals group at breakfast. 😉
The subsequent morning the breakfast was served barely in another way because it was another person working, but it surely was nonetheless glorious.
An superior meal at Villa Busch in Haiger
Whereas we didn’t find yourself having a lunch or dinner at Fiester Hannes, we did have an incredible meal at Villa Busch in Haiger, which is the close by city. Like I stated, I spent a lot of my childhood on this city, and it wasn’t precisely a lot of a culinary vacation spot, past cute small city pub-style eating places. I had heard {that a} good new restaurant opened on the town, and my gosh, this was such a enjoyable meal.
We celebrated my aunt’s birthday right here with a few dozen relations. We may sit outdoors, and the climate was merely excellent.
The meals was additionally actually, good. It’s not usually you’ll discover a place that serves each Thai meals and Wiener Schnitzel, and does each very properly, however this place did. I can’t wait to return right here once more.
Backside line
We had a beautiful keep at Lodge Fiester Hannes. Now, I’m not suggesting vacationers needs to be flocking to the Haiger space, except you could have a purpose to be there. However for us it was the right place to remain.
The room was clear and properly maintained, the breakfast was nice, and most significantly, the workers had been genuinely hospitable. It’s good to go someplace and really feel like an precise visitor fairly than only a quantity, and that’s an space the place this place excelled. We’ll undoubtedly be staying right here once more.