After I had a lovely stay on my Four Countries, Four Trains trip in the Hilton Milan and this was just too pricey on that day, I went for a very budget location close to Milan Central Station (Milano Centrale):…
NH Collection Munich Bavaria
Before Germany went to a lock-down of touristic travel in November 2020, I had a short trip to Munich. For my overnight, I went for the NH Collection Munich Bavaria, which is having an excellent location if you are traveling…
Hilton Milan
The first “real” night of my Four Countries, Four Trains trip to Italy in summer 2020 lead me to Milan. As a Hilton Hotel Group addict, I of course went for the Hilton Milan – especially as the rates were very…
Pullman London St Pancras
As I delayed some reviews after I saw that Covid-19 will have a significant impact on us and our travel behavior, there are still some outstanding experiences in the Flyctory.com backlog. Based on a stay in February 2020, however, this…
ibis Dusseldorf Main Station
In order to have a more comfortable (and longer) sleep, I decided to go for a night at the ibis hotel at Dusseldorf Main Station (Hauptbahnhof) before I headed on to Amsterdam. The hotel prices right after the Covid-19 openings…
NH Collection Eindhoven Centre
During a July 2020 trip through the Netherlands, I had two nights at the NH Collection Hotel Eindhoven Centre, right at Eindhoven Main Station. The ideal location for a rail trip was also the key argument for my overnight choice.…
IntercityHotel Nuremberg
IntercityHotels are a quite interesting joined venture of the German Rail System (Deutsche Bundesbahn, which was a fully state-driven company at that time) and the Steigenberger Hotels, which are typically driving quite upper class hotels. The goal of the franchise…
1st Creatif Hotel Elephant Munich
Arriving at Munich Main Station by rail at 22:00, grabbing a rental car there at 8:00 (earliest possible time during Covid-19 times) – for my trip to the Berchtesgaden-Salzburg region in late June 2020, I opted for a real budget…