IntercityHotel Essen
Contemporary rooms built for rail travellers
About this hotel
IntercityHotel Essen sits close to the rail-travel focus its name suggests, four minutes' walk from Hirschlandplatz with contemporary rooms and free Wi-Fi throughout. The restaurant and lobby bar cover an easy dinner without heading back into the busier pedestrian streets after a pool afternoon at Oase, and pet-friendly rooms mean travelling with a dog does not rule this one out. The business centre suits a parent handling work during part of the trip, and the full-service laundry is a genuine help for a family cycling through wet swimwear daily. Kid-friendly service rounds out a property built for practical convenience over character, and its position near the tram network keeps both Porscheplatz and onward Ruhr-region rail connections within easy reach for a family treating Essen as one stop in a longer trip.
- Near Hirschlandplatz
- Pet-friendly
- Business centre
- Restaurant on site
Our take
This suits a family combining Essen with onward rail travel elsewhere in the Ruhr region, wanting pet-friendly rooms and a business centre along the way. It is a practical, well-connected mid-range choice. Families staying purely for Oase without onward travel plans might find a hotel closer to Porscheplatz itself more convenient.
- ✓Use the hotel's rail-friendly positioning if your trip includes onward stops elsewhere in the Ruhr region.
- ✓Check the restaurant's hours if returning late from an evening at Museum Folkwang or the pedestrian centre.
- ✓Confirm pet policy details in advance, since business-focused hotels sometimes apply stricter pet rules than leisure properties.
Why we love it
- Four-minute walk from Hirschlandplatz
- Pet-friendly rooms
- Business centre and full-service laundry
- Restaurant and lobby bar on site
Why guests love itOur trip included a couple of days elsewhere in the Ruhr region, and this hotel's easy tram and rail access made the whole itinerary simpler. The lobby bar covered a relaxed evening drink after a pool day at Oase, and the pet-friendly policy meant our dog travelled with us the whole way without any extra planning. Between pool days at Oase and the rest of central Essen, it turned out to be a genuinely easy base to work from.