Decent if nondescript location just outside the city center. Aachen is a small town so the cathedral and major tourist attractions and restaurants are within a 10-15 minute walk. Friendly, helpful staff and fairly up to date decor, as Novotels go. My main criticism is the walls, which are either paper thin or specially engineered to magnify sounds from adjacent rooms. I had the TV on as I was getting ready for bed, at a normal volume, wondering what the hell was causing a knocking sound I heard every couple of minutes. Then I realized it was my neighbor pounding on the wall because he could hear the TV. I turned it off, smiling, knowing that within a few minutes, he'd have a much bigger problem on his hands once the moose calls of my nightly snoring began. read more