Family Hotels with Spa & Wellness Facilities in Cottbus

In Cottbus the spa hotels split into two kinds: the larger four-stars with an indoor pool and a spa, and the smaller guesthouses with a sauna or a wellness corner. Children need the pool, parents need the spa hours, and everyone needs a room that works. I compare the six on those three points.

Best Western Plus Parkhotel & Spa is the best rated of the six at 9.0 from 1,326 reviews. The four-star has an indoor pool, a spa and wellness area, a fitness centre, a garden, a terrace and a restaurant serving a buffet breakfast and an à la carte dinner, with private parking and a 24-hour front desk. Rooms are air-conditioned with free Wi-Fi and private bathrooms. For a family that wants to swim, use the spa and eat in the hotel, it is the one I would choose, and its rating sits well above the average of the others.

Radisson Blu Hotel Cottbus sits directly opposite the train station, which suits a family arriving by rail. It has soundproofed family rooms with free Wi-Fi and satellite TV, a spa with a large indoor pool, an à la carte restaurant, a game room and a pet-friendly policy. It is the most reviewed of the six, with 3,287 reviews, and it scores 7.8, the lowest of the four-stars. I would book it for the pool, the game room and the station location rather than for the rating. The spa and the large pool make a wet day workable, and the station location removes the need for a car on arrival.

Two smaller hotels offer a lighter wellness side. Spree-Waldhotel is a three-star in a green suburb, a 5-minute drive from the town centre and a 10-minute drive from the Spreewald forest, with rustic rooms, family suites, a sauna for an extra fee, a peaceful garden, bike rental and a pet-friendly policy. It scores 8.7. Hotel zur Sonne has family rooms with a sofa bed, a family-friendly restaurant serving German and local cuisines, a spa and wellness area and bike rental, but it scores 7.4 from 157 reviews, so I would read recent reviews first.

Two hotels carry the wellness tag without a spa in their listing. SORAT Hotel Cottbus is central, steps from Spremberger Street and a short walk from the Staatstheater, with air-conditioned family rooms, a fitness centre, a playground and a game room, and it welcomes pets. Holiday Inn Cottbus is next to the city hall, minutes from the Old Town and the parks, with family suites, a fitness area, the Bee Stube restaurant and the Bee Bar, and pets are welcome. Both suit a central city break, but I would not book either of them for a spa.