Garni Haus Weiskopf

We booked at the last minute as we were returning from quite a disappointing hotel in Switzerland. We knew we wanted to be on the Mosel as we travelled through ten years ago and loved the area. The lady who owns this lovely little hotel was very friendly and helpful, found a safe place to store my boyfriend's expensive bikes, and gave us a choice of rooms. Either a big room but only a partial view, or a bijou double room with a lovely view. We chose the lovely view! All the rooms are very nicely decorated, tasteful and clean. Our room had been very cleverly furnished to cope with the small size. The bathroom was definitely small and our choice of view over space was only possible because we are not terribly big people. Anyone much more portly might have regretted it, but we were given the choice. It suited us perfectly well. The breakfast is typical German, with cold meats and cheese, freshly hard-boiled eggs regularly restocked, yoghurts, all sorts of bread, jams, a couple of cereals, coffee and tea. The balcony and terrace are a perfect place to admire the view and have a glass of house wine, which you can buy by the bottle using the honesty book. There is essentially no parking available at the hotel, though you can get a special parking permit from the hotel to use the carpark by the river for far less than the normal ticket would cost. There are a lot of stairs to climb, or you can take a more gentle walk up the slope through the medieval town. It isn't far, and if you have big bags to unload it is possible to drive up to the hotel to unload, though the street is small. Not for nervous drivers. The wi-fi is free (look for "gast" in your wi-fi browser) but it works best in the breakfast room. It might work in the bedrooms but we were having a problem with our network anyway on the main day of our stay. There is a restaurant directly across the small street from the hotel, (I did wonder whether it was actually linked to the hotel - it seemed that way but I am not sure) which serves basic German lunchtime type meals. They serve all day, the food is lovely and the older gentleman who is the chief waiter is a fantastic character. You must try their very boozy Becker ice creams - we recommend the Morellabecker. It will make the waiter's day if you try to chat in German, and I suspect he adds an extra dash of liqueur to your ice cream if you do.