In the university city of Erlangen, the Best Western Hotel Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, is a comfortable hotel with large, bright rooms looking onto greenery or a quiet courtyard, good soundproofing, free Wi-Fi, family maisonette suites, and flats with kitchenettes for longer family stays and multifunctional meeting rooms for business or private occasions. An underground car park with electric-charging points makes arriving by car easy, pets are warmly welcome, and a breakfast of fresh regional produce opens the day. A spacious fitness room is available for active guests. The main station is close by, with the big city of Nuremberg a short hop away. Erlangen is a tidy old university town near Nuremberg, laid out by Huguenot settlers in neat tree-lined avenues and squares. A grand old palace and its formal garden anchor the old centre, a huge spring beer festival fills the wooded hillside each year, and parks and the green Regnitz river meadows spread through the town. Big city Nuremberg and its old castle lie a short train ride away.