Dear guests,
at this point our team has compiled its own "Kassel hotspots" for you. Here you will find favorite places that are worth visiting. Explore Kassel's sights, for example, with an e-bike or our Mercedes e-car.
We look forward to seeing you!
Your team of the Schlosshotel Kassel
Rent our new e-car* - Mercedes EQC 400 - with a rich picnic basket and picnic blanket for 150,00 € per day or 100,00 € for 4 hours.
(Only in the period between 7 am and 10 pm. Bookings subject to availability through the reception team).
*The driver must be at least 21 years old and have held a driver's license for at least 2 years.
Rent one of our e-mountain bikes or Holland bikes at the price of 4 €/hour or 24 €/day. For further question or reservations please contact the hotel reception.
Guests who have booked one of our packages enjoy a variety of MeineCard Plus benefits.
Visit the following attractions free of charge:
Images: Marble Bath © Kassel Marketing GmbH, Herkules © Kassel Marketing GmbH - Jörg Conrad, Cycling © Kassel Marketing - Paavo Blåfield
During Advent, the beautiful Fairy Tale Christmas Market invites you to store for gifts, enjoy mulled wine and linger.
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The Kassel Fairytale Christmas Market always opens its doors at the end of November and invites you to spend romantic hours as a couple and convivial evenings with friends and colleagues until December 30.
In addition to hot mulled wine and the scent of almonds, you can of course expect everything else that has made the Kassel Fairytale Christmas Market the most popular of its kind in Hesse: Between Königsplatz and Friedrichsplatz, Kassel's city center is transformed into a sparkling sea of lights, which you can enjoy a breathtaking view of from the Ferris wheel. In the cozy fairytale forest, you can spend the evening in a rustic atmosphere, while the world's largest fairytale pyramid greets you from afar. The fairytale slide is also there every year, inviting you to take a speedy slide down the stairway!
If you are still looking for original gift ideas, you are guaranteed to find something in the fairy-tale decorated stalls - and you can also fulfill almost every culinary wish at the many food stalls.
Source: https://www.weihnachtsmarkt-kassel.de/
Bilder: Weihnachtsmarkt © Kassel Marketing GmbH - Fotograf Paavo Blåfield & Mario Zgoll
The Schlosshotel in Kassel - starting point for many great exhibitions and cultural highlights! Kassel is internationally known especially for the world art exhibition "documenta", which takes place every 5 years since 1955.
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Obelisk: For documenta 14, in June 2017, the obelisk was erected on Kassel's Königsplatz. In April 2019, it got its permanent location in the city center. The 16.20 m high monument entitled "The Stranger" bears the inscription in four languages: "I was a stranger and you sheltered me", a quotation from the Gospel of Matthew.
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Images: Frame Construction © Kassel Marketing GmbH - Paavo Blåfield, The Strangers © Kassel Marketing GmbH - Paavo Blåfield, Skystormers © Kassel Marketing GmbH - Paavo Blåfield, 7,000 Oaks © Kassel Marketing GmbH - Paavo Blåfield
The Schlosshotel Bad Wilhelmshöhe Conference & SPA is located in the middle of a dreamlike landscape - the UNESCO World Heritage Site Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, which is unique in the world as the largest mountain park in Europe. It has an area of 240 hectares and merges into the Habichtswald Nature Park. Part of the park is also a designated spa park. More info
Photo credits: Fountain Pond © Kassel Marketing GmbH | photographer Paavo Blåfield, Cascades © Kassel Marketing GmbH | photographer Paavo Blåfield, Teufelsbruecke illuminated © Kassel Marketing GmbH | photographer Mario Zgoll, Jussowtempel © Kassel Marketing GmbH - Sascha Mannel
The two neighboring parks Karlsaue and Fuldaaue together form one of the largest inner-city parks and one of the most extensive park-like recreational areas in Germany.
Planetary hiking trail: Since 1996, a unique planetary hiking trail has turned walkers into globetrotters: a kind of "map of the universe" that miniaturizes the distances and sizes of the planets on a scale of about one to a billion.
Orangery: Landgrave Karl (1654-1730) had the Orangery Palace built at the starting point of the baroque axes into the park as a summer residence and place for overwintering Mediterranean potted plants. Worth seeing!
Siebenbergen Island: Every year, a colorful sea of blossoms displaces the gray winter colors on the Siebenbergen Island of Flowers. Freshly planted beds with tens of thousands of early bloomers are a special attraction for walking excursions in the Auepark. More info here.
Pictures: Karlsaue © Kassel Marketing GmbH - Mario Zgoll, Aueteich © Kassel Marketing GmbH - Mario Zgoll, Orangerie © Kassel Marketing GmbH - Jörg Conrad, Marmorbad © Kassel Marketing GmbH
You will find the Botanical Garden in the district of Wehlheiden. It is a beautiful place to stay. It changes its image with the changing of the seasons.
On the walks through the park one encounters a varied splendor of blossoms. It is not without reason that the award-winning Kassel city beekeeper Viktor Hernandez, whose bees also have a home with us at the Schlosshotel, has his honey "produced" here by many hard-working helpers. By the way, our mascots Wilhelm & Wilhelmine also like to stay here.
Pictures 1,4 Botanical Garden © Kassel Marketing GmbH - Mario Zgoll | Pictures 2,3 © Schlosshotel Betriebs GmbH
Only a few minutes from the city center stretches the large nature reserve of the Fuldaaue with the Buga Lake.
The spacious landscape makes you forget that you are in the middle of the city. For sportsmen and recreationists there are many possibilities. Here you can find more information about Buga Lake zum Bugasee and more information about Fulda/Fuldaaue.
Picture 1 © Kassel Marketing GmbH - Paavo Blåfield, Picture 2+3 © Kassel Marketing GmbH - Angelica Jacob, Picture 4 © Kassel Marketing GmbH
The Lake Edersee in beautiful Hesse is one of the most exciting destinations for the whole family.
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Pictures 1,2 © Baumkronenweg Edersee, Pictures 3,4 © Schlosshotel Kassel Betriebs GmbH
Great sights and excursion opportunities around the Schlosshotel await you. Whether the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe with the Wilhelmshöhe Castle and the Löwenburg or the Karlsaue as a green oasis in the middle of the city center - walk in historical buildings and parks on historical traces.
Wilhelmshöhe Palace: The neoclassical summer residence Wilhelmshöhe Palace (1786-98) was built under Wilhelm IX, which today is one of the most attractive museum locations in Germany. Here you will find, among other things, the collection of paintings "Old Masters" with world-famous works by Rembrandt and Dürer.
Lion Castle: Next to the summer palace, the Löwenburg (1793-1801) was built under Wilhelm IX. It is one of the most important examples of neo-Gothic ruin architecture on the continent and houses valuable medieval, early modern and romantic furnishings.
Orangery: The Orangery was built at the beginning of the 18th century by Landgrave Carl (r. 1677-1730). Numerous orange and laurel trees wintered in the central building.
Wilhelmstahl Place: From Wilhelmshöhe, the path goes north along the lawn avenue. After about 9 km, the visitor encounters near the village of Calden, a gem of the Rococo - a piece of France on Hessian soil.
Photo credits: Wilhelmshöhe Castle © Kassel Marketing GmbH | photographer Paavo Blåfield, Löwenburg © Kassel Marketing GmbH | photographer Paavo Blåfield, Orangery © Kassel Marketing | photographer Jörg Conrad, Wilhelmsthal Castle © Kassel Marketing GmbH - Patrick Baensch
Kassel is documenta city and is considered one of the most important museum locations in Germany. Wilhelmshöhe Palace houses one of the world's most extensive Rembrandt collections and is located right outside the doors of the Schlosshotel.
Gallery Wilhelmshöhe Palace © Kassel Marketing GmbH, Fridericianum © Kassel Marketing GmbH Photographer Paavo Blåfield, Grimmwelt © Hessen Agentur Florian Trykowski, Ottoneum © Kassel Marketing GmbH | Photographer Patrick Baensch
Kassel, the capital of the German Fairy Tale Road
Fairytale-like, unique and somehow enchanted - in such a landscape you will meet many a fairy godmother at dusk. The Brothers Grimm, who spent 30 years of their lives in Kassel and collected their world-famous fairy tales and legends here, thought so too. The Brothers Grimm Museum bears witness to the life and work of the famous linguists Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
Sleeping Beauty Tour in the Reinhardswald: Via Hofgeismar, the Sleeping Beauty Castle Sababurg in the Reinhardswald and Trendelburg with the castle of the same name you reach Bad Karlshafen. Along the river Weser you will reach the picturesque half-timbered town of Hann.-Münden. Through the idyllic Fulda valley you return to Kassel.
Frau Holle tour through the romantic Werra Valley: The cherry town of Witzenhausen, the historic brine town of Bad Sooden-Allendorf with its salt museum, as well as Eschwege, Hessisch Lichtenau and Großalmerode lie within the catchment area of the High Meißner. This excursion to the "realm of Frau Holle" is a varied trip over hill and dale and along the Werra river.
Red Riding Hood Tour through the Schwälmer Land: The first stops on this round trip are the Bartenwetzer town of Melsungen, Morschen with the former Haydau Monastery and Schwalmstadt, where a visit to the Schwalm Folklore Museum in the Ziegenhain district is the first highlight. A tour of the medieval imperial and cathedral city of Fritzlar is the crowning finale.
Excursion to Lake Edersee with Waldeck Castle: From the castle of the same name, you can enjoy the magnificent panoramic view over Lake Edersee. Afterwards, you will stop at the dam wall before returning to Kassel via Fritzlar and Gudensberg, the realm of the "Chatti". Boat trip on Lake Edersee on request.
Huguenot Experience Tour: The Huguenot settlements of Mariendorf, Carlsdorf, Schöneberg and Bad Karlshafen will be visited. There, there will be a guided tour of the Huguenot Museum. After a short tour of the town, the route leads through the idyllic valleys of the Weser and Fulda rivers back to Kassel. On an eight-hour tour, the day is rounded off with a historical tour of Kassel and a visit to the city museum.
Whether by bus, on foot, boat or streetcar, there are many ways to discover Kassel from our Schlosshotel. Take advantage of one of our many guided tours and join us on a discovery tour.
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Brothers Grimm Monument © Kassel Marketing GmbH - Paavo Blåfield, City Tours © Kassel Marketing GmbH, Pickaxe © Kassel Marketing GmbH Photographer Paavo Blåfield
Downtown: In the heart of Kassel is the pedestrian zone "Obere Königsstraße" with numerous shopping opportunities.
Kletterwald Kassel: Whether with the whole family, as a group or as a couple - the Kletterwald Kassel in the Habichtswald is the perfect place for exercise and fun in the fresh air. Eight different courses with different levels of difficulty promise lots of action. You can find more information here.
Auestadion/ Eissporthalle/ Rothenbachhalle: For soccer, ice hockey and handball fans, there is the opportunity to attend live games of KSV Hessen Kassel, the Kassel Huskies and the Bundesliga handball team of MT Melsungen.
Golfing in Northern Hesse: The delightful combination of unique scenery with a variety of challenging golf courses makes Northern Hesse a special destination for golfers.
Image 1,2 © Kassel Marketing; Image 3 © Kletterwald Kassel; Image 4 © Golfclub Kassel