Ettersburg Castle and Park — Restaurant in Am Ettersberg

We booked this as a fun place to stay - I mean, who doesn't want to stay in a palace? However, the rooms are so extremely modern that they are a bit of a disappointment. The property is beautiful, though. The view of the hunting grounds from the old palace is breathtaking.||||BEWARE of their nightmarish door locks. I've never seen anything so ridiculous. You have to press your electronic button key on the elevator to get it to move. It took us 15 minutes to get our door to work. I'm not sure who thought those locks were a good idea.||||There was a language barrier. They practically had to go into the village to find someone who spoke English and then their English was about as good as our German. I don't expect people to speak English everywhere, but, I was surprised that a hotel didn't have people on staff who did. ||||Breakfast was fantastic the next morning in the restaurant in the old Palace. The chef spoke almost no English but we managed to get along just fine and his food was delicious. ||||It's a little tricky to find where you go in - pull in by the old church into the cobblestone courtyard and check in at the new building. Then you go park off the property after getting your luggage out. It wasn't clear at all and we spent a lot of time trying to figure out where the entrance was. It wasn't well marked.||||The rooms were comfortable and quiet. Listening to the church bell clang outside the window the next morning was worth going there for. ||||It was a fun experience despite a...

We booked this as a fun place to stay - I mean, who doesn't want to stay in a palace? However, the rooms are so extremely modern that they are a bit of a disappointment. The property is beautiful, though. The view of the hunting grounds from the old palace is breathtaking.||||BEWARE of their nightmarish door locks. I've never seen anything so ridiculous. You have to press your electronic button key on the elevator to get it to move. It took us 15 minutes to get our door to work. I'm not sure who thought those locks were a good idea.||||There was a language barrier. They practically had to go into the village to find someone who spoke English and then their English was about as good as our German. I don't expect people to speak English everywhere, but, I was surprised that a hotel didn't have people on staff who did. ||||Breakfast was fantastic the next morning in the restaurant in the old Palace. The chef spoke almost no English but we managed to get along just fine and his food was delicious. ||||It's a little tricky to find where you go in - pull in by the old church into the cobblestone courtyard and check in at the new building. Then you go park off the property after getting your luggage out. It wasn't clear at all and we spent a lot of time trying to figure out where the entrance was. It wasn't well marked.||||The rooms were comfortable and quiet. Listening to the church bell clang outside the window the next morning was worth going there for. ||||It was a fun experience despite a...

War dort am ersten heißen Wochenende im April, der herrliche Bergpark schien in seinem Frühlingserwachen zu explodieren, es blühten Wildprimeln, Miniorchideen, Bärlauch und andere Exoten, von denen man als Großstädter sonst nur hört. Genau so angetan von der grünen Umgebung war ich vom Hotel und vom Restaurant. Das gehobene und stilvolle Ambiente besticht durch eine gelungene Verschmelzung von historischer Sanierung und moderner, schnörkelloser Einrichtung. In dem Zimmer fand ich alles was ich brauchte. Das Restaurant ist klein, aber fein, mit einer schönen Außenterrasse mit Parkblick, auch hier ein Beispiel einer ansprechenden Rekonstruktion historischer Baumasse in das 21. Jahrhundert. Die Speisen gefielen mir sehr gut, das Preis-/Leistungsverhältnis ist angemessen. Das angerichtete Frühstück am Tisch war exzellent, von allem etwas, frisch und lecker. Die Ruhe im Schloss, im Restaurant und im umgebenen Park hallt in mir immer noch nach, so was kannte ich aus der Vergangenheit nicht. Nur das Knarren der Holzböden durch den Temperaturwechsel in der Nacht war am Anfang für mich noch irritierend. Die Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter in Hotel und Restaurant sind sehr freundlich und entgegenkommend. Ich konnte bereits um 11.00 Uhr in mein Zimmer (regulär erst um 15.00 Uhr), was ich nach fünf Stunden Bahnfahren sehr gerne annahm. Auch war ein Deponieren meines Koffers am letzten Tag bis zur Abfahrt möglich. Da es in Ettersburg keinen Geldautomaten gibt, konnte ich an der Rezeption gegen Kartenzahlung Bargeld erhalten.

Mir gefiel es sehr gut, komme im August in Begleitung wieder.

Zur Anfahrt ohne Auto: Entweder vom Bahnhof Weimar mit der Buslinie 4 oder 6 (und viel Geduld, bis der Streckenabschnitt Ettersburg angefahren wird) oder mit dem Taxi (ca. 20,00 - 23,00 € pro Fahrt).

Zum Schluss noch zwei kleine Mankos: Im Bad (Zimmer 207) bitte einen Kleiderhaken installieren und im Fernsehen bitte...