ROUTE TO OUR HOTEL
BY CAR: Coming from the North of the Netherlands on the highway the A2; and coming from the East (from Aachen/Heerlen) on the highway the A79 (which merges with the A2 North of Maastricht).
- When you arrive at the first lights on the Highway (A2), you turn right: direction Centrum/Ring Noord. Then you keep on going straight following this road. It becomes a bridge that takes you over the railroad tracks and the river Maas.
- When you are driving down after the bridge you will arrive at a set of lights, closely after one another. You get into the left lane for the first lights and turn left at the second lights, direction Centrum/Vrijthof.
- Follow this road till you arrive at a roundabout called the Emmaplein (with a church standing next to it). Turn left at this roundabout and go immediately right onto the service road.. This is the Hertogsingel.
- The hotel is after 50 meters on the right hand side, nr. 28. On the hotel facade is a white flag with ‘Hotel iban’ written on it.
- You drive on the highway and even before reaching the first traffic lights you turn right, exit Centrum/Ring Zuid/N278.
- This exit is a strong bend onto a bridge passing over the highway you came from, over the rail road tracks and over the river Maas.
- At the end of this bridge you will arrive at traffic lights. Go straight ahead throug the lights and the next lights and straight at the first roundabout, called the Tongerese plein. Now you are on the hertogsingel.
- Go straight through the traffic lights. After 50 meters you will see the hotel on the left hand side.
- To be able to park in front of the hotel, you go straight past the hotel, to the next roundabout: the Emmaplein (with a church next to it). You go all the way around the roundabout (360 degrees). Now you go back onto the Hertogsingel in the opposite direction. Go immediately right onto the service road, the hotel is after 50 meters on the right hand side, nr. 28. On the hotel facade is a white flag with ‘Hotel iban’ written on it.
- Take any bus stopping at the "Koningin Emmaplein": line 1,2,5 and 6. Most drive between 5:30/6:00 am and midnight. Between 7:00 and 18:00 almost each 5 minutes and less frequent (15 minutes) outside those hours.
- At the Koning Emmaplein stand with your back to the church. The road straight ahead of you is the "Hertogsingel".
- Walk into this street and find the hotel after 50 meters on the right hand side, number 28 (it has a white flag with "Hotel iban" hanging above the door. (Travel time: about 7 minutes).
Please beware that Maastricht Central Station is not located in the City Centre. From the station it is a 15 to 20 minute walk to the main square the 'Vrijthof' and another 10 minutes from the 'Vrijthof' to the hotel: a total walk of almost half an hour.
- Walk out of the main entrance of Maastricht Centraal and straight ahead into the 'Stationsstraat', after a major intersection this street turns into the 'Wijckerbrugstraat'.
- Keep going strait and cross the Maas river over the old pedestrian bridge: 'Wijckerbrug'.
- Go straight until you walk into a shop called Bijenkorf turn left just before a shop called the Bijenkorf and immediately left (in between the Hema and the V&D, 2 big department stores) into the 'Grote Staat' until you walk into a square: 'Vrijthof'.
- Cross the square straight ahead into the street the leaves the square in between the post office (='postkantoor') and a place called 'Groote Sociëteit'.
- After the post office this street is called 'Keizer Karelplein' for 30 meters, then 'Oude Tweebergerpoort' for another 30 meters and then 'Brusselsestraat' Walk up the 'Brusselstraat' for about 500 meters until a roundabout with a Church: 'Koningin Emmaplein'.
- At the 'Koningin Emmaplein' turn left into the 'Hertogsingel'
- The hotel is on the right hand side on number 28, there is a white flag with 'Hotel Iban' hanging outside.