In the old centre of Aachen, the Best Western Plus Hotel Regence, Aachen, Germany, is a comfortable hotel close to the cathedral and old town, with a lounge, daily newspapers, a 24-hour front desk, a concierge, meeting and banquet rooms, free Wi-Fi, and rooms with satellite TV, air conditioning, a coffee and tea maker and a safe. The cathedral, the market square and the town hall are all a short walk away, with the spa quarter and shopping streets close by. Tram and bus links reach across the city. Aachen sits at the three-country corner where Germany meets Belgium and the Netherlands, the old city of Charlemagne and a spa town since Roman times. The great eight-sided cathedral, the first site in Germany on the UNESCO World Heritage list, holds Charlemagne's throne and shrine beneath a golden dome, the medieval town hall rises over the market square, and hot mineral springs still feed the city's bathhouses. Crisp gingerbread scents the old-town bakeries.