Leipzig Travel and Tourist Information
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ABOVE: The Auerbachs Keller restaurant is
beneath the Mädlerpassage, one of Leipzig's nearly three dozen glass-roofed
shopping arcades. INSET BELOW: The Hotel Fürstenhof, the Holiday Inn Garden
Court, Auerbachs Keller, and Coffe Baum.
Hotels
 Leipzig
has more than 100 hotels, pensions, and guesthouses, ranging from luxury
properties such as the Hotel Fürstenhof to
the inexpensive Central
Globetrotting Hostel (both of which are in the city center). The local
tourist office, Leipzig Tourism und Marketing GmbH, has a booking form on its
Web site, or you can phone +49 (0)341
7104-255 for help with reservations.
 Our
booking partner, Venere, represents a number of
hotels in Leipzig.
Most are outside the city center, but one--the 115-room, reasonably-priced
Holiday Inn Garden Court Leipzig City Centre (inset photo) is conveniently
located next to the Hauptbahnhof or main railroad station, with a modern cherrywood decor and a
fitness center. (Venere is a hotel consolidator, and its discount rates are
usually lower than published hotel rates.)
Tips:
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If possible, stay in Mitte, or the city center. Most
of Leipzig's attractions are in or within walking distance of the center,
and it's more convenient to stay in the heart of town or near the railroad
station than to commute from the outskirts.
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Leipzig Tourism und Marketing GmbH has a variety of packages
that combine a hotel stay with concerts, meals, tours or exhibitions, etc.
Availability varies by season; check the tourist office's Web site or phone
the accommodations line (see above) for current offers.
Restaurants and nightlife
 You won't have any trouble finding a place to eat or drink in
Leipzig: The city center has several outstanding restaurants with historical
connections, such as the nearly 500-year-old
Auerbachs Keller (where the Devil rode a cask in Goethe's Faust) and
Gasthaus Barthels Hof, which serves
Saxon cuisine and other specialties in a restored building and courtyard where
merchants held "sample fairs" in the late 19th Century. Or, for a
change of pace, try the
Restaurant
"SteakTrain" in the Park Hotel Leipzig, which serves American food in a
steakhouse disguised as a vintage dining car.
 Coffeehouses are another
Leipzig tradition, and Zum Arabischen Coffe
Baum is one of the oldest continually-operated coffeehouse in Europe. (If
you don't read German, see Google Translate's
English-language version of the Coffe Baum's history, which will open in a
new browser window.)
For more information on Leipzig's estimated 1,400 restaurants
and pubs (including some 500 in the city center), see the
Dine and Dance section of the tourist office's Web site.
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