We spent last night at the Hotel Restaurant Hector on the Kues side of Bernkastel-Kues. Even though Bernkastel-Kues (on the Moselle river) is a tourist destination, we visited after the season in mid November and found a number of Hotels already closed for the season. After we drove around the town a few times we stumbled across the Hector and even though we had no idea what to expect, as we had not expected to stay, we were pleasantly surprised.

The Hector is a plain hotel, the rooms are smallish but the owner has gone to a lot of trouble to pretty them up. They are as published on the website. We were given a choice of any of the rooms and the 3 we looked at look were clean, tidy and comfortable. This is not a luxury hotel and I can't find any reviews since staying there that classifies it but I would say a 3 * at best.

The biggest plus about staying at the Hector was the owner Ludmilla Hector, who really looked after us for such a short stay. Indeed, as it turned... more