The name sounds cheesy, or sleazy, or yeah - easy, but the Easy Palace Hotel in Munich was the perfect location for our time in Munich.  I didn’t have a clue about the area other than knowing that the enormous central train station was a good hub to base yourself at. I saw online and from Google Earth that the Easy Palace Hotel was literally steps from the entrance to the train/UBahn/SBahn station, along a relatively quiet pedestrian street.

The hotel is a standard European small hotel.  There’s five stories and it’s sandwiched between some other buildings.  A large wide staircase wraps through the center and a small elevator serves those with luggage, or those not caring for a hike up the stairs.  The interior is standard and although the carpet is a bit shabby we found ourselves content and at home here.  We stayed in two rooms, one before our trip to Prague and then a during our remaining three days back in Munich.  Both were clean, quiet, and comfortable.

Like many smaller hotels they offer a free breakfast in the morning.  We enjoyed cold cuts, cheese, muffins, fruit, cereal and fresh coffee - and it ends up being a real money and time saver too.  By night it’s a restaurant serving standard German and American food which a small selection of beers.   The restaurant atmosphere is perfect for that night when you’ve partied for the past few days and just want to stay in and chat with some new friends.

The young staff was friendly and helpful.  There’s someone on duty at all hours - everyone was very helpful with any questions, and they made sure we were up the morning of our flight home as well.

Easy Palace also operates the Easy Palace City Hostel, near the Octoberfest grounds.

Their English site is at www.easypalace.de/english/index.html