Hotel Villa Toskana

This is a strange hotel! Although the advertising shows that it is in the country, it actually is in the middle of a light industrial area (including a large cement plant). The layout is chaotic (everyone got lost all the time). It is not a good fit for a single or couple or family traveling (it is set up and makes its money on large conferences): the normal menu dinner service was replaced with a buffet; and we were constantly overrun by loud conference delegates and their need to smoke everywhere. If you want air-conditioning, then you need to pay for one of the more expensive rooms. If you want the spa, then you can only use it for limited times in the afternoon. If you want to park you have to scramble for a place in the surrounding neighborhood. Rumor has it that the hotel started as a place for the business visitors for the nearby computing giant SAP, but since SAP built their own hotel, this one has had to go down market to get business from hardware store product companies and hair stylists. On the positive side: the breakfast buffet was excellent (!), and this is the only place that anyone would want to stay in this town (Leimen) which is a run-down dump. I wish I could be more positive.