Places to stay in Germany ?

[cr550]

Hi,
I'm driving from London to Munich on Thursday for the Oktoberfest and a good excuse to give my new GTS a blast on the autobahn. I'm slightly pushed for time, so can anyone recommend places close to the autobahn to stay for the night ? Are there German equivalents of Premier Inn ?! Nurburgring is of course about half way, but not sure how long off the autobahn it is ?
Cheers

[agtlaw]

if it's open for tourist driving or something is on then go see the nurburgring. just 20 mins off the motorway..

[MDahmen]

You can just drive it all in one go, should be in Munich in time for an early breakfast (also much less traffic during the night).

In terms of hotels, the Frankfurt airport is right at the highway - I would assume they have a hotel with late check in. Of course once you are in Frankfurt it is only another 2.5 hours to Munich

I counted 4 speed cameras from Calais to the german border (Aachen)

Edited: I assumed younger leaving in the evening

[Aused]

If you're going to get in a visit at the Porsche museum (highly worth it) the Stuttgart Holiday Inn just five minutes away is a very comfortable reasonably priced place to stay.

[Leigh996tt]

After just returning from a eurohoon, I can recommend hopping off the ferry at Rotterdam, calling in at the 'ring and onto an overnight stop in Koln. What a buzzing city, fantastic!

Next day to Stuttgart and the Porsche museum and then onto Munchen all in good time.

Have a great time whatever you decide on.

[cr550]

Thanks for the info. I will indeed be setting off in the evening from London, and then going through the tunnel. I did a factory collection at the end of June, so already "did" the museum and Stuttgart. Very good it was too. So I think I'll try and stop off near the ring and have an early morning blast round there.

[noneedtolift]

it will be tricky to get a hotel at such short notice here (munich). Come "oktoberfest", Munich is naturally flooded with (usually very drunk) tourists.

Munich ain't that big and has a good infrastructure (current roadworks aside) - you are never going to be that far away from an Autobahn.

As I've said I don't think you'll have much choice anyway and will probably end up in a Hotel outside Munich anyway.

[cr550]

Hi - already have a hotel in Munich with safe parking !

[captainwull]

Probably too late in saying this but.....I just came back from Stuttgart on Monday after picking up my new car.
The Stuttgart beer festival has just started (24th sept) it lasts for 17 days.
I was at the Oktoberfest in Munich last year and in my opinion the one in Stuttgart is every bit as good. Maybe even better...
There were no queues to get into the tents, even on the opening night we just walked straight in!
The atmosphere and format is exactly the same as Munich, the only difference I noticed was the lack of non Germans.

The hotel we stayed at in Munich last year was £300 per night room only, it and was no different to a Premier in or Travelodge.
In Stuttgart we paid £120 per night at the Maritim Hotel, it had a small pool and included a breakfast that would choke a Horse.

Even if you are fully booked for Munich stop off en route and check it out for another time.

[Wacky Racer]

I can recommend this hotel, around 20 minutes out of Stuttgart, great service and reasonable prices with private parking.

http://www.hasen.de/