Alternative base · Messe Stuttgart
Hotels in Stuttgart city centre for Messe Stuttgart
If the hotels near the venue are full or expensive, it's worth looking at Stuttgart city centre. The S2 and the S3 run direct, with no change, from Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof to the Flughafen/Messe stop, 200 metres from the entrance – 27 minutes according to Messe Stuttgart. We're still putting together the hotels in Stuttgart city centre – until then you can search for them live further down.

- journey time according to Messe Stuttgart
- 27 min
- straight-line distance from Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof to the East entrance
- 10 km
- major trade fairs at Messe Stuttgart until January 2028
- 11
- next trade fair: südback
- 24–27 Oct
Connection
S2 and S3 direct to Flughafen/Messe
The S2 and the S3 run direct, with no change, from Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof to the Flughafen/Messe stop, 200 metres from the entrance – 27 minutes according to Messe Stuttgart.
In the source's own words (German): „27 Minuten ohne Umsteigen: Die zwei S-Bahn-Linien S2 und S3 bieten fast rund um die Uhr die schnellste Verbindung zwischen Stuttgarts Hauptbahnhof und der Messe. Die Messe-Haltestelle liegt 200 m (8 Minuten Fußweg) vom Eingang entfernt.“
Source: Messe Stuttgart, checked on 11 October 2026. Timetables change; the next timetable change is on 13 December 2026 – check the connection before you travel. Station location: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Hotels
Hotels in Stuttgart city centre
We're still putting together the hotels in Stuttgart city centre – sorted by straight-line distance to Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof, every property checked. Until then you can search live here. Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof and the dates for südback 2026 are already filled in – you can change everything.
Roughly every one to two weeks we ask Google's hotel search for hotels within 1.5 km (straight-line distance to Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof) and check whether one of our partners offers the property. As soon as there are enough, they appear here – sorted by distance, with the date we checked; how we work.
Messe Stuttgart