Göttingen is situated in the middle of Germany and can easily be reached by car, train and long-distance busses. It is served by high-speed long-distance trains (ICEs), with direct connections existing, e.g. to Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin, Stuttgart and Vienna. The highway A7 passes by Göttingen (two exits; Göttingen and Göttingen-Nord), and the major long-distance bus companies serve Göttingen; the bus stop is situated at the train station.
The closest airports are Kassel-Calden (approx. 60 km), Paderborn (approx. 130 km), Hanover (approx. 140 km), Erfurt (approx. 160 km), Frankfurt (approx. 240 km) and Hamburg (approx. 275 km).
Göttingen has a large selection of hotels and hostels; nevertheless, accomodation can become scarce in case of large trade shows in Hanover or multiple conferences in Göttingen. It is therefore recommended to book accomodation well in advance. The Göttingen Tourism Office provides an accomodation service.
In the following we provide a non-exhaustive list of hotels in Göttingen:
City Center:
FREIgeist Hotel, Berliner Straße 30, 37073 Göttingen; 118 rooms
Gebhards Romantik Hotel, Goetheallee 22-23, 37073 Göttingen; 50 rooms
Stadt Hannover, Goethealle 21, 37073 Göttingen; 32 rooms
Eden Hotel, Reinhäuser Landstraße 22A, 37083 Göttingen; 99 rooms
GHotel and living, Bahnhofsallee 1, 37081 Göttingen; 144 rooms
Central, Jüdenstraße 12, 37073 Göttingen; 30 rooms
Leine Hotel, Groner Landstraße 55, 37081 Göttingen; 101 rooms
Hostel 37, Groner Landstraße 7, 37073 Göttingen; 26 beds
B&B Hotel Göttingen-City, Maschmühlenweg 19-21, 37073 Göttingen; 102 rooms
Göttingen North (Weende, Nikolausberg):
Best Western Papenberg, Hermann-Rein-Straße 2, 37075 Göttingen; 79 rooms
Astoria, Hannoversche Straße 51-53, 37075 Göttingen; 144 rooms
Beckmann, Ulrideshuser Straße 44, 37077 Göttingen-Nikolausberg; 27 rooms
Göttingen West (Grone):
Best Western Parkhotel Ropeter, Kasseler Landstraße 45, 37081 Göttingen; 116 rooms
Schweizer Hof; Kasseler Landstraße 118-120, 37081 Göttingen; 50 rooms
AS Hotel, Kasseler Landstraße 64, 37081 Göttingen; 25 rooms
Novostar First Class Garni, Kasseler Landstraße 25, 37081 Göttingen; 70 rooms
Rennschuh, Kasseler Landstraße 93, 37081 Göttingen; 104 rooms
Zum Stresemann, Stresemannstraße 27, 37079 Göttingen; 32 rooms
Göttingen South (Geismar):
Onkel Toms Hütte, Am Gewende 10-11, 37083 Göttingen; 44 rooms
GDA Hotel Göttingen, Charlottenburger Straße 19, 37085 Göttingen; 25 rooms