Choices in Frankfurt
Mar 10, 2023, 12:54 pm
#61
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"Artists who have performed or will be performing at Schloss Elmau include the Amadeus Quartet, Martha Argerich, Avi Avital, Julian Barnes, Lisa Batiashvili, T.C. Boyle, Alfred Brendel, Benjamin Britten, Till Brönner, Yefim Bronfman, Khatia Buniatishvili, John Burnside, Joseph Calleja, Gautier Capuçon, Renaud Capuçon, Christopher Clark, Chick Corea, Dan Diner, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Paolo Fresu, Saul Friedländer, Sol Gabetta, Jan Garbarek, Timothy Garton Ash, Christian Gerhaher, Monika Grütters, Friedrich Gulda, Jürgen Habermas, Thomas Hampson, André Heller, Daniel Hope, Janine Jansen, Hans Jonas, Leonidas Kavakos, Navid Kermani, Alexander Kluge, Gidon Kremer, Nils Landgren, Walter Laqueur, Igor Levit, Loriot, Avishai Margalit, Ian Mcewan, Mischa Maisky, Brad Mehldau, Yehudi Menuhin, Reinhold Messner, Sabine Meyer, Herfried Münkler, Bill Murray, Gregory Porter, Thomas Quasthoff, Quatuor Ebčne, Christoph Ransmayr, Rachel Salamander, Fazil Say, Brendan Sims, Grigory Sokolov, Esbjörn Svenson, Daniil Trifonov, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Maxim Vengerov, Jan Vogler, Arcadi Volodos, Edmund De Waal, Yuja Wang, Michael Wollny, Frank Peter Zimmermann, and many more."
other than brendel, not sure i'd want to see anyone listed more.
also, did you throw bill murray in there to see if anyone would catch it?
Mar 10, 2023, 2:21 pm
#62
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https://www.merkur.de/lokales/garmis...l-8464439.html (sorry, it's in german...)
Mar 11, 2023, 1:55 am
#63
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Update: the owners had a change of heart (after seeing current room rates in Frankfurt I suppose) and the hotel is going to reopen as part of the Althoff Collection.
https://m.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main...34802.amp.html
https://m.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main...34802.amp.html
Mar 11, 2023, 5:42 am
#64
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Anything good, or at least passable, near hauptbahnhof? I know Virtuoso has Steigenberger, but the place looks pretty decrepit.
What about near Frankfurt? Schlosshotel Kronberg any good? Is it easy to flag a cab at the Kronberg station to go to Schlosshotel?
What about near Frankfurt? Schlosshotel Kronberg any good? Is it easy to flag a cab at the Kronberg station to go to Schlosshotel?
Last edited by TOMFORD; Mar 11, 2023 at 6:02 am
Mar 11, 2023, 6:38 am
#65
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Update: the owners had a change of heart (after seeing current room rates in Frankfurt I suppose) and the hotel is going to reopen as part of the Althoff Collection.
https://m.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main...34802.amp.html
https://m.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main...34802.amp.html
when you say “the owners had a change of heart …” what did you mean ? Rocco was not doing a good job or were they planning to change from being a hotel ?
Mar 11, 2023, 11:42 am
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Mar 11, 2023, 2:48 pm
#68
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Can't second this. It's surely a nice hotel (at least the Retreat), but not great or outstanding. The German market is difficult and there are not many great options, but I have no intention to return to Elmau soon.
Mar 11, 2023, 3:29 pm
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Mar 11, 2023, 3:33 pm
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Railway to Kronberg is a commuter train, and I would't bank on there being taxis wating at the station. But you could certainly call one (use the FreeNow app).