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rooms and dorms with quality furnishings, flat-screen TVs and handy blackout blinds to
combat jetlag (or hangovers). It's close to bars, markets and transport. Breakfast is €7.90.
Check the website for other Meininger locations.
HOSTEL
PFEFFERBETT
€78; ; Senefelderplatz)
This convivial hostel has an edgy design nicely matching the industrial flair of its ex-brew-
ery location. Dorms (some with bathroom) sleep four to eight and come with individual
lockers. The women's dorm has thoughtful extras such as a hairdyer, cosmetic tissues and a
make-up mirror.
There are free concerts on Thursdays, a 24-hour bar and more liquid entertainment within
stumbling distance. Optional breakfast is €6.50.
BOUTIQUE HOTEL
ACKSELHAUS & BLUE HOME
breakfast from €120/150; ; Senefelderplatz, M10)
At this charismatic retreat in a 19th-century building you'll sleep in large, classily decorated
themed rooms (eg Africa, Rome, Maritime), each with thoughtfully picked special features:
a free-standing tub, perhaps, a four-poster bed or Chinese antiques. Many face the enchant-
ing courtyard garden. Breakfast is served - beneath crystal chandeliers - until 11am (until
12.30pm at weekends).
GUESTHOUSE
LINNEN
€124-140; ; Eberswalder Strasse)
This little 'boutique inn' brims with charisma and character in each of its six rooms. No 4,
for instance, gets forest-cabin flair from wooden walls decorated with bird feeders, while No
5 oozes vintage romance and comes with a soaking bath-tub. The on-site cafe serves an op-
tional a la carte breakfast menu.
HOTEL
HOTEL KASTANIENHOF
; Rosenthaler Platz, M1 to Zionskirchstrasse, Senefelderplatz)
Right on Kastanienallee with its plethora of cafes, restaurants and boutiques, this family-
owned traditional charmer has staff that are polite and knowledgeable to a tee. The 35 good-
