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The glass pavilion on Midori's roof terrace at blue hour, with grasses in planters and the wooded hills behind

Where to stay near Heidelberg

Our recommendation · Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 4, Dossenheim · 4 km from the Old Town

Midori is Japanese for green: a bright, modern guesthouse built to passive-house standard in Dossenheim, at the foot of the hills just north of Heidelberg.

The Midori idea

Everything you need,nothing you don't

Midori was planned by Conceptaplan, a Rhine-Neckar company that has been building homes in the region for more than 25 years. They designed a new kind of hotel and guesthouse to passive-house standard, with geothermal heating and solar panels, quality materials and a service built around what guests really use, whether they stay one night or half a year.

“What you don't need, we simply left out. On your bill, too.”

The Midori team, on their own website

66+4Rooms + suites
45+Free parking spaces
50mTo the tram stop

Rooms

Four colours,four ways to stay

Each room category has its own colour, from the curtains to the name. All of them have quality furniture, a bright bathroom with indirect daylight and a rain shower (the suite has a bathtub), free high-speed Wi-Fi and a flat-screen TV.

  • A Midori Blue Standard room with blue curtains, a long white desk and a large window

    01

    Blue Standard

    The everyday room: calm, bright and well thought out, with a desk along the wall.

    • About 23 m²
    • Bed 1.60 × 2.00 m
    • Rain shower
  • A Midori Yellow Comfort room with a yellow bedspread and light wooden floor

    02

    Yellow Comfort

    A bigger bed and a tea station with a kettle in the room.

    • About 24 m²
    • Bed 1.80 × 2.00 m
    • Tea station
  • A Midori Yellow Superior room with a yellow bedspread and a glass door to the balcony

    03

    Yellow Superior

    Like the Comfort room, but on the south side, away from the street, with a balcony to sit out in the sun.

    • About 26 m²
    • Bed 1.80 × 2.00 m
    • Balcony
  • The Midori Green Suite living area with green curtains, a dining table and a lounge corner

    04

    Green Suite

    A two-room apartment: a separate bedroom, a large living area to have people over and a fully equipped kitchen.

    • About 50 m²
    • Bathtub
    • Full kitchen
    • Balcony
  • Barrier-free rooms
  • Non-smoking house
  • Windows that open
  • Extra bed in every room
  • Allergy bedding on request
A bright living area with lime-green curtains, a leather lounge chair, a plant and a wooden dining table
Inside the Green Suite

Dossenheim

At the footof the hills

Midori is in Dossenheim, a small town on the Bergstrasse right next to Heidelberg, with wooded hills behind the house. It is quieter than the Old Town, which is 4 km away, and the tram stop is 50 m from the door.

The white guesthouse building on a sunny afternoon with a blue sky The same corner of the building at dusk, the windows lit warm against a pink and violet sky

Same corner, a few hours apart

Up on the roof

Panorama Loungeand two roof terraces

The highlight of the house is on top. From the two roof terraces you look out towards Heidelberg or to the Leferenz quarry in the hills above Dossenheim. Next to them is the Panorama Lounge: a place to wind down after a long day, meet friends or colleagues for a drink, and in summer, to move the evening outside.

There is no minibar in the rooms; drinks are served in the lounge instead.

The roof terrace with black lounge sofas among tall grasses, looking over Dossenheim to the wooded hills and the quarry
The view to the hills and the Leferenz quarry
Lounge furniture on the roof terrace between ornamental grasses under a blue sky
Afternoon on the terrace
The Panorama Lounge with its glass front open to the terrace, warmly lit in the evening
The Panorama Lounge
The roof terrace at night with glowing lamps and lounge furniture
After dark

Breakfast

A buffet withregional produce

Breakfast is a varied, healthy buffet with many regional and organic products. If you have to leave early, there is a quick breakfast to go as well.

Bowls of muesli, nuts and dried fruit and a tray of oranges at the breakfast buffet
The buffet
The bright breakfast room with wooden tables and a wall of windows
The breakfast room
Mon–Fri06:30–10:00
Sat, Sun, holidays07:00–10:30
Early startBreakfast to go

Getting there

Tram 5to the door

From Heidelberg main station, tram 5 (the OEG line) runs straight to the stop Dossenheim Süd, a few metres from the house. A bus or taxi from the station takes about 15 minutes.

By car, the motorway is 3 km away, and Midori has more than 45 free parking spaces in its own underground garage and along the house. Frankfurt Airport is about 80 km away.

For our walking tour, ride tram 5 to Bismarckplatz and walk along the Hauptstrasse to the Rathaus on Marktplatz, about 20 minutes on foot.

For whom

Who it suits

  • Business travellers

    Three glass-walled meeting rooms for up to 75 people, one of them on the roof, and breakfast from 06:30.

  • Long stays

    Special terms from seven nights, rooms with a fridge and microwave on request, and a guest laundry room.

  • Families

    An extra bed fits in every room, and the Green Suite has a separate bedroom and a full kitchen.

  • Road trips and bikes

    Free parking, the motorway 3 km away, and city, trekking and e-bikes to hire at reception.

The glass-walled meeting room on the roof, lit at dusk, with box hedges in front
The meeting room on the roof

Practical

Good to know

  • Check-inFrom 15:00; earlier on request
  • Check-outUntil 11:00
  • ArrivalSelf check-in terminal, and a digital room key for Apple or Google Wallet
  • ParkingFree, underground garage and outside
  • AccessAll rooms are barrier-free
  • PetsOn request, for a fee
  • CardsMastercard, Visa, American Express, EC card
  • Wi-FiFree in every room and the whole house

Details can change, so check the guesthouse's website before you travel.

Stay

Book your stay

Midori – the green guesthouse
Midori – the green guesthouse
Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 4, 69221 Dossenheim

Check availability and book directly on the guesthouse's website.

Visit Midori

Start your stay with a walk through the Old Town

Our small-group walking tour meets at the Rathaus on Marktplatz 10, by the fountain. From Midori, take tram 5 to Bismarckplatz and walk along the Hauptstrasse.

Book the walking tour