The Altstadt centers on the Marktplatz, a cobbled square where a mighty Hercules flexes his muscles over a fountain and where for many years punishments from beheading to imprisonment in a rotating hanging cage took place. Now tourists and locals gather not to laugh at convicts but to drink a coffee or to buy fruit in the market on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
“Why does everybody else have to like this town too?” This is the question bitter tourists searching for a room in Heidelberg ask as they encounter one booked hotel after another. It is very important to call ahead to reserve, and the tourist office is very helpful in booking rooms. Hotel-Pension Elite is a quaint Victorian place in the bustling old part of town.
Heidelberg?s buzz of tourism is without a doubt worth enduring as its stunning hillside setting, endless list of attractions, and lively nightlife can always inspire poetry and romance.
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