This hotel is very close to Hannover city centre. By using S-Bahn lines 1 & 2 (Red line) you are just 2 or 3 stops away from your desired location. (Ibis is Dragonerstraße stop) Links are frequent with no more than an 8 minute wait inbetween S-bahns up til 11pm. Hannover HBF is 3 stops away. HBF is huge and has many options in terms of food & shopping - as does the city centre of course. Also, the Zoo is only 1 change of lines on the S-Bahn away. City centre, HBF & Zoo are all in Zone 1 so very convenient price wise. For €9 you can get a day ticket for 2-5 people, so very cheap. Or you could even splash out €25 on a Niedersachsen ticket which allows 2-5 people to travel anywhere in Northern Germany (Lower Saxony) - we visited Bremen and a little town called Osnabruck. Hamburg is another option, all within 1-2 hours train ride - just make sure to get the Regio (RE) train as the ticket only works on these trains. The reason I've not mentioned the hotel yet is that the greatest part for me was its location. However the hotel had friendly staff, free wifi in the lobby (but €9 for 24 hours in-room). The hotel offered bar and food service, we never tried as links to restaurants & bars/pubs in city centre were so convenient & were so much more competitive in terms of price and food choice. Hotel was quite modern, very clean and everything (TV, shower, hair dryer etc) worked as it should. Would definitely stay here again if visiting Hannover, definitely recommended.