On a recent weekend getaway to Gera, we opted to go the route of a Ferienwohnung, as it would be…read moremyself and my fiance, plus his mother and her husband, and we wanted accommodations that included a kitchen, etc.
I didn't have any say in where we stayed but it didn't matter much because this place was great, and very inexpensive (€20 a person, per night, plus €1 per night for sheets).
Basically, it's a small apartment on the top two floors of 3-story home. There is a kitchen (with fridge/freezer, oven, stove), a bathroom (with bathtub and shower), a big living room area, and three bedrooms (2 downstairs and one open loft-style attic bedroom upstairs). There's also a nice backyard area where you can sit outside on warmer evenings - unfortunately, in our case, it rained most of the time we were there.
The decor of the apartment was a bit uncertain, in that every room had its own theme sort of, but nothing completely consistent throughout. Still, it was simple and tasteful, and most of all, clean.
The house is also in a quiet neighborhood, with a great view out over the Geraer Stadtwald. We attended a wedding in Untermhaus, and everything (the wedding, as well as downtown) was easy to access, either via a short drive or a 3-4 km walk along the Elster.
My only complaint is that the website lists WLAN. Knowing that, I brought along my computer and deadline work to do while out of Berlin for four days. Unfortunately, when we arrived, the owner told us she hadn't gotten around to setting it up. That's all fine and good, but to that I simply say that you shouldn't say a place has certain amenities that it doesn't. Oh well.
