Description of the Hotel
This luxurious hotel is housed within a listed building that was once a Dominican monastery and dates back to the year 1285. Covering 4 floors, there are a total of 100 rooms on offer to guests including 2 suites. Facilities include an elegant foyer that emanates a historical ambience, a 24-hour reception desk, a currency exchange facility, a cloakroom, a hotel safe, a newspaper stand and several lifts in addition to several seminar rooms suitable for seminars and conferences offering the most modern of technical equipment, and a range of first-class gastronomic options, with a selection of international and national dishes available at the in-house à la carte restaurant, in the rustic Dominikanerstube as well as on the Logenplatz beside Lake Constance, the Seeterrasse. Guests may bring the evening to a pleasant close in the hotel bar and room and laundry services round off the exclusive offerings. Bicycles may be hired and there are several parking spaces available to those arriving by car.
Location description
This hotel enjoys a unique location on an island on Lake Constance, just off Constance's historical old town with its winding alleyways and history-rich houses that may easily be reached on foot in just a few minutes by crossing a bridge. The train station is some 500 m from the hotel and it is about 65 km to Zurich airport whilst Friedrichshafen airport is approximately 30 km away.
Description of the rooms
The highly comfortable rooms each come with an en suite bathroom with a hairdryer, a direct dial telephone, satellite/ cable TV, Internet access, a minibar and a hire safe as standard. Selected rooms feature a balcony and the suites additionally come with a separate lounge/ bedroom. There are non-smoking rooms as well as rooms with access for the disabled.
Entertainment and sports facilities
Leisure options include a sauna area with a Jacuzzi, steam baths and a solarium as well as an in-house gym to make use of. Moreover, in the outdoor area is a sun terrace with parasols and sun loungers laid out ready for use and guests may improve their handicap on the golf course that lies some 20 km away. The local area offers many more leisure options, ranging from water sports, to cultural trip, to hiking.
