The Holiday Inn Essen City Centre is located in the centre of Essen, where there are several shopping possibilities. The Colosseum music hall is next door, where the ABBA musical "Mamma Mia!" will play from 6 May 2007 onwards. The Holiday Inn Essen City Centre is the optimal starting point for a sightseeing tour through Essen and the Ruhr area.
From Frankfurt:
- Take the A3 motorway towards Köln/Oberhausen.
- At the Breitscheid junction take the A52 motorway towards Essen.
- Exit Essen-Rüttenscheid.
- Follow the street until you reach the B224 (Alfredstraße), then turn right towards Essen-Zentrum.
- Keep going straight on for approximately 3 km (over Bismarckstraße, Hindenburgstraße).
- Turn left before the Jet petrol station - into Frohnhauser Straße
- You will see the hotel on your right-hand side.
From Hamburg:
- Take the A1 motorway towards Osnabrück/Münster/Köln.
- At the junction signed Münster-Süd take the A43 motorway towards Dülmen/Marl/Recklinghausen/Bochum.
- At the junction for Bochum take the A40 motorway towards Essen.
- Exit at Essen-Zentrum.
- Follow directions from the B224 from Frankfurt.
By public transport from Essen central station:
Take the underground/subway U11, U17 or U18 towards Berliner Platz/Universität. Alight at the second stop, Berliner Platz. Exit towards Ostfeldstraße. Walk straight on past the Jet petrol station. Turn right into Frohnhauser Straße. You will see the hotel in Frohnhauser Strasse on theright-hand side.