Bensberg Palace

Bensberg, Germany

Bensberg Palace (Schloss Bensberg) is a former hunting lodge of the Counts Palatine of the Rhine (the House of Wittelsbach). The palace was commissioned by Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine for his wife Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici. Anna Maria Luisa enjoyed the site's elevated scenery and views onto the River Rhine, Rhine Valley and Cologne Bight. The building was designed by Italian Baroque architect Matteo Alberti and completed in 1711.

Today Bensberg Palace is a hotel.

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Jana Detering (2 years ago)
Really nice 5 star hotel! Awesome service and a very welcome feeling! amazing food and a nice spa area.I would give 5 stars but I wasn't able to turn off the heating (central system not manually in the room) which was quite loud. So I'll be back in summer !
juan martinez (2 years ago)
We were there for a 4 day meeting. Great ambience. The meeting rooms are great. The service is exceptional.
David Proctor (2 years ago)
A great five star hotel with peerless service and cleanliness. The food for breakfast was great and for a company event we also ate lunch and dinner at the hotel - exceptional. Really feels like royalty staying in this castle!
Abbas Khasho (2 years ago)
It is one of the best plasce where I had the best meal ever. Supper tasty, supper quality supper enjoyable environment. I love it.
Arild Braute Årdal (2 years ago)
Superb rooms, extremely quiet and fantastic beds. Lovely pool area and very good gourmet food. A nearby forest is ideal for trekking and if you brought your electric Porsche with you, it can be charged in their spacious garage under the hotel.
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