The Congress Hotel is fairly basic for a 4 star hotel but is very clean and the staff are excellent. The hotel was very quiet and I think only 20 of the rooms were occupied, therefore there was limted room service and the restaurants were closed, but there are lots of great places to eat in Hannover.

There is a tram stop right outside the hotel and Hannover centre was only a few stops away or 8 euros in a taxi. We managed to get to the Christmas Markets on the 22nd Dec, which were fab and highly reccommended. Also Hannover Zoo was only 800 metres walk from the hotel and we went on Boxing Day. They also have a winter zoo in addition to the normal zoo with ice skating, etc..Very Christmasy.

The rooms are very clean and the tv had many channels. Great shower, loads of storage space. Although there are no tea/coffee making facilities in the room, room service as very speedy and reasonable. The breakfast is very good too, and again the breakfast room was very clean.

Great places to eat are the Pancake House and Alexanders (which is open till 4am).

There was a pc in reception were you could access the internet but had to pay for wifi in the room.

We were there for a wrestling tournament and plan to return in April for another and we will be staying at the Congress again.

All in all, we had a great Christmas and was very happy with the hotel. The chamber maids even left us chocolate santa's in our room on Christmas Eve.

Thanks to all the staff and management.