Hotel Palatino, Langscheid am Sorpesee-Sundern
A cottage-style stay on the Sorpesee shore
About this hotel
Hotel Palatino sits out near Sorpe Dam, a genuinely rural stretch of the Sauerland rather than central Plettenberg, which suits a family planning to split a trip between AquaMagis and the lake itself rather than a stay built purely around walking to the water park. The hotel's own winter garden dining room and Thai-influenced kitchen mean dinner happens on-site most evenings rather than a drive back into town, and breakfast is included as standard, useful given how little is open nearby before a morning departure for the pools. Free parking and pet-friendly rooms round out a stay clearly built for families arriving by car, and the cottage-style rooms give the place a warmer, more countryside feel than the plainer town-centre guesthouses closer to AquaMagis itself.
- Free breakfast
- Near Sorpe Dam
- Free parking
- Pet-friendly
Our take
Hotel Palatino suits a family who wants to pair AquaMagis with genuine Sorpesee lake time and does not mind a drive to reach the water park itself. It suits less well a family wanting to walk to the pools, since this is a rural, lake-oriented base first and a water park stay second, with breakfast and dinner both handled comfortably on-site.
- ✓Book a Sorpesee-facing room if available, since the lake is as much a part of this stay as AquaMagis itself.
- ✓Reserve dinner at the on-site restaurant in advance during busier weeks, given how little else is open nearby.
- ✓Plan the drive time to AquaMagis into your daily schedule, since this is a rural base rather than a town-centre one.
Why we love it
- Winter garden dining room on-site
- Free breakfast included daily
- Near Sorpe Dam and the lake
- Pet-friendly with free parking
Why guests love itWe split our week between the Sorpe Dam shoreline and AquaMagis, and Hotel Palatino worked well as the base for both: breakfast in the winter garden before a drive to the water park, dinner from the Thai-influenced kitchen most nights so we never had to go looking for somewhere open nearby. Free parking meant the car was always ready for whichever direction the day was heading in.