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served party bigwigs but has since been overhauled to
provide oodles of traditional upmarket luxury with a
refined Belle Épo que i nterior and beautifully appointed
rooms and suites. €120
SPANDAUER VORSTADT
Casa Camper Weinmeisterstr. 1 T 030 20 00 34 10,
W casacamper.com; U-Weinmeisterstrasse; map
pp.72-73. Smart boutique hotel whose solid-wood
interiors try to mirror a bit of Berlin's quirkiness. Breakfast
included in rates, as are around-the-clock snacks and
drinks at the hotel restaurant with its impr essive rooftop
views. Wi-fi, sauna and bike rental available. €191
Ì Circus Hotel Rosenthalerstr. 1 T 030 20 00 39 39,
W circus-berlin.de; U-Rosenthaler Platz; map pp.72-73.
More upmarket and eco-friendly than the Circus Hostel , its
sister establishment over the road, with sixty rooms,
including junior suites and apartments, decorated in striking
colours with wooden floors and antique furniture. Restaurant
Fabisch serves organic and locally sourced G erman cuisine.
Buffet breakfast €4-8. Beer garden and wi-fi. €105
Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Haus Ziegelstr. 30 T 030 28 46 70,
W hotel-dietrich-bonhoeffer.de; U- & S-Friedrichstrasse;
map pp.72-73. This small, church-a liated hotel and
conference centre is where the first round of talks between the
GDR regime and the opposition - which led to free elections
and reunification - were held in December 1989. The airy
en-suite rooms are simple, quiet and equipped with desks and
TVs. A good buffet breakfast is included in the rate. €139
Ì Hackescher Markt Grosse Präsidentenstr. 8 T 030
28 00 30, W hotel-hackescher-markt.com; S-Hackescher
Markt; map pp.72-73. Quirky little hotel on a quiet side-
street, in the middle of the Hackescher Markt bar scene. It
has an eclectic mix of furnishings and some pleasant
touches, including underfloor heating in the en-suite
bathrooms and some non-smoki ng rooms. Rooms
overlooking the courtyard are quieter. €99
Honigmond Garden Hotel Invalidenstr. 122 T 030 28
44 55 77, W honigmond-berlin.de; U-Naturkunde
museum; map pp.72-73. Downtown bargain in a
charming 1845 building. The rooms are sparsely furnished,
but their original wooden floors help generate an authentic
elegance. Guests h ave ac cess to the relaxing back garden.
Breakfast included. €169
Ì Hotel Taunus Monbijouplatz 1 T 030 283 52 54,
W hoteltaunus.com; S-Hackescher Markt; map
pp.72-73. No-frills budget hotel with clean and simple, if
cramped, rooms at extraordinarily low prices for the
location - arguably as good as it g ets in central Berlin.
En-suite rooms cost an extra €10. €59
Kastanienhof Kastanienallee 65-66 T 030 44 30 50,
W kastanienhof.biz; U-Senefelderplatz; map pp.72-
73. This slightly old-fashioned hotel in an elegant
nineteenth-century tenement house has 35 rooms with
decorative touches that nod to Berlin's fascinating history,
including photos, illustrations and maps . Great location for
Prenzlauer Berg and Mitte nightlife. €80
Merkur Torstr. 156 T 030 282 95 23, W hotel-merkur
-berlin.de; U-Rosenthaler Platz; map pp.72-73. Budget
ALEXANDERPLATZ AND AROUND
Alexander Plaza Rosenstr. 1 T 030 24 00 10,
W alexander-plaza.com; S-Hackescher Markt; map
p.60. Once housing a fur atelier, this building survived the
war and the GDR, and has been beautifully renovated to
become a sleek, bright, dynamic hotel. Some rooms have
kitchenettes and all a re decorated with modern art.
Breakfast included. €99
Ì art'otel Berlin Mitte Wallstr. 70-73 T 030 24 06
20, W artotel.de; U-Märkisches Museum; map p.60.
Smart, lively, quirky hotel - lots of contemporary and
modern art, including an impressive range of Georg
Baselitz paintings - in a quiet corner of Berlin, close to the
U-Bahn. When reserving, you can p ick t he colour of your
room: green, blue, red or aubergine. €63
Grosser Kurfürst Neue Rossstr. 11-12 T 030 24 60 00,
W deraghotels.de; U-Märkisches Museum; map p.60.
Sleek hotel in a renovated early twentieth-century
building, with straightforward, spotless rooms and suites.
Facilities include laundry, wi-fi and sauna and steambath.
Discounts for longer stays. €71
Lux 11 Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 11 T 030 936 28 00, W lux
-eleven.com; U-Weinmeisterstrasse; map p.60. This
designer apartment-hotel, oozing style, has big, comfy
rooms (with kitchenettes and spacious, open bathr ooms) , a
decent restaurant-bar ( Luchs ) and an Aveda salon. €109
Ì Motel One Alexanderplatz T 030 20 05 40 80,
W motel-one.com; U- & S-Alexanderplatz; map p.60.
German hotel group whose stylish lobbies - flatscreen TVs
and modular 70s furniture - suggest far higher prices than
its cheerfully straightforward en-suite rooms command.
The location, a couple of minutes' walk from Alexanderplatz,
makes it a downtown bargai n; th e chain has seven other
locations in Berlin. Free wi-fi. €84
Park Inn Alexanderplatz T 030 238 90, W parkinn
-berlin.com; U- & S-Alexanderplatz; map p.60. Big, ugly
block bang in the middle of things, with brilliant views over
the city and hard to beat for convenience. Of the nine
hundred en-suite rooms, the newly renovated business-
class ones are a clear not ch above the rest. Gym, sauna and
top-floor casino too. €80
Radisson Blu Hotel Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 3 T 030 23
82 80, W radissonblu.com/hotel-berlin; S-Hackescher
Markt; map p.60. Impressive central modern hotel
that offers rooms either with views over the Spree and
the Dom, or facing inwards, onto a vast aquarium of
2500 tropical fish in the lobby-cum-atrium, which is part
of the Se a-Life Center (see p.63). Spa and good
restaurant. €134
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