At the Motorworld classic-car centre near Stuttgart, the V8 Hotel Motorworld Region Stuttgart, BW Premier Collection in Boblingen, Germany, is a design hotel that delights car lovers, with a car themed restaurant and bar, air-conditioned rooms, floor-to-ceiling windows, high-speed internet and daylight bathrooms.
Themed rooms turn the fun up a gear, with beds built from classic cars and rims for bedside tables, while roomy service apartments with kitchenettes and terraces suit longer stays. Three flexible conference rooms seat up to 90, and a larger hall handles events for as many as 200.
Boblingen sits just south-west of Stuttgart, the cradle of the German motor car, where Mercedes and Porsche museums trace the story of the automobile. The Motorworld next door fills a former airship hangar with gleaming vintage and sports cars, the city's lakes and parks offer a green breather, and the vineyards and wooded hills of Swabia roll out all around. Frequent trains run into central Stuttgart.