Hotel Merkur

Overview

Hotel Merkur is a family-run private hotel on Merkurstraße, a quiet street in the centre of Baden-Baden, now in the second generation of the same family. It describes its standard as three-star superior. Lichtentaler Allee, the pedestrian area and the Kurhaus are a few hundred metres away by the hotel's account.^{1, 2, 3}

• The hotel gives the distance to the Kurhaus with the casino, the theatre and Museum Frieder Burda as 300 metres each.³

• Breakfast is always included in the room price.⁴

• Rooms have a Bluetooth speaker and an in-room tablet, and all are carpet-free.^{4, 5}

• The hotel has its own car park and garage, with two charging stations for electric cars.⁴

Hotel details

Rooms

Room types run from single rooms to an 80 square metre suite with two bedrooms that sleeps four. Superior doubles and the higher categories have a coffee machine, and Wi-Fi is free throughout the hotel. The renovated superior doubles and one junior suite are in the hotel's newer building, which has no lift.^{4, 5}

Dining

Breakfast is a buffet served daily from 7 to 10.30 a.m., and until 11 a.m. on Sundays and public holidays. The restaurant LaVie, in the hotel building, serves French cuisine with Vietnamese flavours and lists opening from Tuesday to Sunday evenings on its own page. The hotel's FAQ page, however, says the restaurant is currently closed, so it is worth checking before planning dinner there.^{4, 6}

Wellness and leisure

The hotel's wellness and beauty lounge, Time for me, offers massages, pedicures and nail treatments, in the lounge or in the guest's room. The hotel says a new wellness area is planned.^{2, 7}

Getting there

The railway station is about 6 km away. Bus line 201 runs from there to the Augustaplatz stop, about 2 minutes on foot from the hotel, every 10 minutes during the day. Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport is about 18 km away. By car, the hotel is reached from the A5 motorway via the B500 and the Michaelstunnel, following the signs for Congress.^{3, 4}

Nearby

• The hotel lists these distances: bus stop and Lichtentaler Allee park 100 metres, pedestrian area 200 metres, Kurhaus with casino, theatre and Museum Frieder Burda 300 metres, Caracalla Spa and Friedrichsbad 600 metres, Festspielhaus 900 metres.³

• The walking route to the casino calculated on OpenStreetMap is about 510 metres, longer than the 300 metres the hotel gives for the Kurhaus with the casino.^{3, 9}

• Equipage, a bar in the Kurhaus that the hotel describes as its own, is next to the casino and about 3 minutes away on foot.⁴

Good to know

• Rooms are available from 3 p.m., and the latest check-out is at noon. A check-out at 2 p.m. costs 20 euros, subject to availability.⁴

• Parking in the hotel's car park or garage costs 19 euros per night according to the FAQ page, while another page of the site says 18 euros. A space can be reserved only by guests who book directly with the hotel.^{2, 4}

• Pets are not allowed.⁴

• Guests who arrive after the reception has closed are asked to give notice. The hotel then leaves the key in a key box and sends the code.⁴

• The hotel has no rooms designed for guests with disabilities, and the restaurant and breakfast room are reached by two steps.⁴

Questions and answers

Sources

1. 1.
   Hotel Merkur, official website

   Official hotel website, accessed 9 October 2026

2. 2.
   Hotel Merkur: hotel and team

   Official hotel website, accessed 9 October 2026

3. 3.
   Hotel Merkur: location and directions

   Official hotel website, accessed 9 October 2026

4. 4.
   Hotel Merkur: frequently asked questions and guest information

   Official hotel website, accessed 9 October 2026

5. 5.
   Hotel Merkur: rooms and suites

   Official hotel website, accessed 9 October 2026

6. 6.
   Hotel Merkur: restaurant LaVie

   Official hotel website, accessed 9 October 2026

7. 7.
   Hotel Merkur: wellness and beauty

   Official hotel website, accessed 9 October 2026

8. 8.
   OpenStreetMap: Hotel Merkur

   Maps, accessed 9 October 2026

9. 9.
   OpenStreetMap: walking route from Hotel Merkur to Casino Baden-Baden

   Maps, accessed 9 October 2026