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$ Frau Liebler
rents two large, modern, ground-floor rooms with kitchenettes. They're
great for those looking for real privacy—you'll have your own room fronting a quiet
cobbled lane just below Market Square. On the top floor is an attractive two-bedroom apart-
ment (Db-€44, apartment-€55, extra bed-€12, show this topic and ask about discount for
stays of 2 or more nights, breakfast-€6, cash only, non-smoking, free Wi-Fi, laundry-€5,
behind Christmas shop at Pfäffleinsgässchen 10, tel. 09861/709-215, fax 09861/709-216,
www.gaestehaus-liebler.de
)
. Frau Liebler also has three more apartments on Rödergasse, a
couple blocks away.
$ Rossmühle Youth Hostel
rents 186 beds in two buildings. While it's mostly four- to
six-bed dorms, this charming hostel also has 15 doubles. Reception is in the droopy-eyed
building—formerly a horse-powered mill, it was used when the old town was under siege
and the river-powered mill was inaccessible (dorm bed-€24, bunk-bed Db-€56, guests over
26 pay €4 extra unless traveling with a family, nonmembers pay €3 extra, includes break-
fast and sheets, all-you-can-eat dinner-€6, free Wi-Fi in common areas, self-serve laundry
including soap-€5, close to P-1 parking lot, entrance on Rossmühlgasse, tel. 09861/94160,
fax 09861/941-620,
www.rothenburg.jugendherberge.de
,
rothenburg@jugendherberge.de
).
$$$Hotel Hornburg,
agrand1903mansion, isclose tothe train station, atwo-minute walk
outside the wall. With groomed grounds, gracious sitting areas, and 10 spacious, tastefully
decorated rooms, it's a super value (Sb-€61-78, Db-€78-110, Tb-€100-130, non-smoking,
family-friendly, dogs welcome—ask for pet-free room if you're allergic, free Internet access
and Wi-Fi; if walking, exit station and go straight on Ludwig-Siebert-Strasse, then turn left
on Mannstrasse until you're 100 yards from town wall; if driving, the hotel is across from
parking lot P-4; Hornburgweg 28, at intersection with Mannstrasse, tel. 09861/8480, fax
09861/5570,
www.hotel-hornburg.de
,
info@hotel-hornburg.de
, Gabriele and Martin).
$$ Pension Fuchsmühle
is a guest house in a renovated old mill on the river below the
castle end of Rothenburg, across from the Toppler Castle. It feels rural, but is a pleasant
(though steep) 15-minute hike to Market Square, and a €10 taxi ride from the train station.
Alex and Heidi Molitor, a young couple with kids, offer eight bright, modern light-wood
rooms. The building'selectric power comes from the millwheel bythe entrance, with excess
sold to the grid (Sb-€52, Db-€74, Tb-€96, Qb-€132, 3-room suite-€165/5 people or €198/6
people,lessifyoustayatleast3days,includeshealthyfarm-freshbreakfasts—or€7lessper
personifyoudon'twantbreakfast,non-smoking,freeWi-Fi,freeparking,laundryfacilities,
flashlights provided for your walk back after dark, Taubertalweg 101, tel. 09861/92633, fax
09861/933-895,
www.fuchsmuehle.de
,
fuchsmuehle@t-online.de
)
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