Our hotel is just inside the Old Town city walls and therefore is very convenient to the cathedrals, the Pegnitz river, most museums, the Castle on the hill and of course eateries, shops and transport. We face the back of the hotel where we have a view of the old city wall, the new museum which we can look into because of its glass facade. We also have a fountain which turns on at 10am and turns off at 10pm. The hexagonal shaped fountain spurts up parallel shafts of water and each section goes up progressively until the fountain has 16 sections of water working, then it suddenly stops and starts again. People, especially children stand in between the shafts of water, squealing delightedly. We have become used to this noise, but are thankful that it
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