Accommodation in Leipzig

Leipzig: Bachstadt mit Seenkranz

Leipzig has reinvented itself without denying its past: in St Thomas Church the Thomanerchor sings as it did in Bach's day, the former lignite pits around the city now glitter as the Neuseenland lake district, and the Baumwollspinnerei cotton mill in Plagwitz shows why the city is traded as an art address. In between: arcades, coffee houses, floodplain forest.

The places to stay follow that mix: Apartment Central Thomaskirche lives beside the Bach memorial, AMANO Home Leipzig brings Berlin nonchalance, Alt Connewitz sits in the alternative south, and Atlanta Hotel International Leipzig keeps up the classic trade-fair hotel tradition. Self-caterers find room in apart-houses like Apartmenthotel Quartier M.

The Monument to the Battle of the Nations, paddling the floodplain canals, an evening in the Moritzbastei – Leipzig rewards curiosity. Book directly with your host and you pay no agency commission – plus the tip on which lake the sunset is currently falling into most beautifully.