Meininger Hotel Leipzig Hauptbahnhof

This is a budget hotel that keeps it simple - clean, central with the minimum in service but not too little, for the price. I think in every respect the hotel was great with one very serious exception - see below.

Firstly, the hotel at the time of my stay was opposite a large and serious construction site. High power tools and rather extreme noise levels continued all day from about 6.45 in the morning. This was terrible - but i not the fault of the hotel and will, of course, cease, once the construction is complete. //Secondly and more importantly// - the windows are locked so that they can only be tilt opened at the top and there is a sign saying that you should not try to open them further. With no air conditioning and with the sun on the windows all day - it was unbearably hot. In the end, I bought a fan to help me sleep. It was positively absurd. The evenings were cool but with no way of opening the windows it was simply unbearable. A single but very stupid decision on the part of the management means that an otherwise excellent hotel is simply terrible. I cannot recommend this hotel in the summer months until they resolve this problem.