Originally Posted by
offerendum
@ Stuttgart: No hotel to write home about, nothing above "First Class" what means 4 star in Germany. Schlossgarten seems to be renovated, it was for years a Museum of the 70th. When I´m next time in Stuttgart I will choose the Graf Zeppelin or Schlossgarten. Not sure, I´m not to keen to go.... Perhaps best choice would be Schlosshotel Friedrichsruhe (60 km)
There's a really nice boutique hotel in Stuttgart called Der Zauberlehrling. The owner runs a cooking school there also. It's not a luxury hotel per se but it is much nicer than the GZ.