Mercure Hotel Wings Frankfurt Airport - Raunheim, Germany 

This hotel is little more than an airport hotel. The rooms are clean and well appointed with the usual hotel furniture. Bed, desk, chair, TV, shower over the bath etc. The hotel has it's own shuttle bus from Frankfurt airport. Easy to locate the bus stop and scheduled times of arrival are spread out accross the whole day. Raunheim is a very small German town. There's not much there. I assume it's really for airport staff as there is nothing 'touristy' about Raunheim. The hotel has it's own restaurant. Breakfast buffet is good and very European. Breads, meats, cheeses, cereal, fruit etc. Dinner did not look very exciting, but as the town is very small there isn't really much choice. Very dark and quite at night - so wouldn;'t recommend walking the town in search of food. Would definately recommend getting something from the airport before going to the hotel. Definately request a non-smoking room when booking as many Germans smoke heavily in the rooms. Handicapped rooms available, but don't expect carpet in it. Ask for a room in the main building as the second building is more for 'long term' renters. Beds okay, but wouldn't stay for long. Usual European style. "Let's push two single beds together and call it a double" Extra blankets and pillows in the cupboard under the TV. Mini packet of Gummi bears on the pillow. cute! The TV has two english channels - both news stations. Internet in the lobby, but didn;t see if it was free as was always being used by other guests. Reception was friendly, but they might want to learn a bit more english. Corridors lined with pictures of Lufthansa aircraft. Even a shoe polish machine on each floor. Big TOOM store (Like Walmart/Big W) about 5 blocks away. Good place to buy provisions such as drinks etc. Although TOOM (see www.TOOM.de) has everything. Hotel didn't have a clock radio that worked, but i could get one at TOOM for EUR5.99. Overall a reasonably nice hotel. Wouldn't stay there for more than one night. But considering the price and proximity to the airport, worth it. Just don't expect too much and you won't be disappointed.

We selected the hotel because it had a shuttle to the airport and we didn't want to take the car into the city. The hotel was 12 kms. from the airport. The room was large, clean and comfortable although 111 Euros was a little pricey. Anja at reception was wonderful. Nothing was too much trouble. No trolleys were available so she carried most of our luggage to the room. She provided all the information we could want. Most important she made arrangements with Avis to pick up our rental car at the hotel so we didn't have that miserable drive to the rental area at the airport. Lovely outdoor terrace restaurant, large inside restaurant and bistro. Salad buffet was excellent. Had dinner at Zum Bembelsche a short walk away. Wonderful dumplings. Shuttle right on time. We had to take another shuttle to a different terminal which was a minor inconvenience.