Le Meridien Stuttgart is a contemporary hotel, situated directly opposite the famous Schlossgarten Park and only 500 meters from the train station. The hotel also offers views across Castle Square. The 281 guestrooms are decorated with sleek dark woods and neutral colors, with well lit work spaces, high speed Internet access and minibars. Guests can make use of pay movies and satellite channels on plasma screen televisions. Guests can enjoy pre dinner drinks accompanied by live piano music in the hotel bar, before dining on regional and French dishes in Le Cassoulet restaurant. After dinner guests can make use of fitness facilities in the health club with swimming pool, or wind down in the sauna, solarium, hot tub or steam bath. Massage and facials are also available. There are ten conference rooms and a 400 square meter ballroom for business and leisure events, and banqueting services are also available. Guests can plan a day's sightseeing using the high speed Internet connections, while multilingual staff can advise on the area's best attractions. Le Meridien Stuttgart is close to a number of such attractions. The 16th century castle with its Renaissance courtyard, galleries and arcades houses the Regional Museum of Wurtemberg, and is one kilometer from the hotel. The Mecedes Benz and Porsche Museums are 3.5 and 6.5 kilometers away respectively, and the Greek influenced Solitude Castle is eight kilometers away. Stuttgart airport (STR is 15 kilometers from the hotel. The airport is connected to central Stuttgart by commuter trains departing every 10 to 20 minutes. There is also a 24 hour taxi service and a number of bus routes that serve the airport. Trains depart from level 1, Terminal 1: guests can take the S Bahn S2 or S3 to Stuttgart Central Station (Hauptbahnhof, which is 500 meters from the hotel. Journey time to Stuttgart Central Station is 27 minutes.