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on Choriner Strasse (Db-€130-€250 depending on size and furnishings, 3-night minimum
stay preferred).
$ Karlito Apartmenthaus
offers 12 well-located, modern, and comfortable apartments
on a tranquil side street and above a hip café near Hackescher Markt. All of the sleek,
Ikea-esque units have miniature balconies and are fully equipped (Sb-€62-77, Db-€72-85,
price depends on season, extra person-€15, up to 2 children under 8 sleep free with 2
paying adults, breakfast in Café Lois-€5, no minimum stay, elevator, free Wi-Fi, bike rental-
€8/day, Linienstrasse 60—check in at Café Lois around the corner on Gormannstrasse,
350 yards from S-Bahn: Hackescher Markt, even closer to U8: Rosenthaler Platz, mobile
0179-704-9041,
www.karlito-apartments.de
,
info@karlito-apartments.de
)
.
$ easyHotel Berlin Hackescher Markt
is part of an unapologetically cheap Europe-
wide chain where you pay for exactly what you use—nothing more, nothing less. Based
on parent company easyJet's sales model of nickel-and-dime air travel, the hotel has inex-
pensive base rates (small Db-€25-65, larger Db-€35-65, prices vary by season, it's cheaper
to book earlier), then charges you separately for optional extras (breakfast, Wi-Fi, using
the TV, and so on). The 125 orange-and-gray rooms are very small, basic, and feel popped
out of a plastic mold, but if you skip the extras, the price is right, and the location—at the
Hackescher Markt end of Prenzlauer Berg—is wonderful (air-con, elevator, after booking
online call to request a quieter back room, Rosenthaler Strasse 69, tel. 030/4000-6550,
Near Oranienburger Strasse:
$$$ Hotel Augustinenhof
is a clean hotel with 66 spa-
cious rooms, nice woody floors, and some of the most comfortable beds in Berlin. While
not exactly in Prenzlauer Berg, the hotel is on a side street near all of the Oranienburger
Strasse action. Rooms in front overlook the courtyard of the old Imperial Post Office, rooms
in back are a bit quieter, and all rooms have old, thin windows (official rates: Sb-€119, Db-
€151—butyou'lllikelypayclosertoDb-€99,elevator,freeWi-FiorcableInternetinrooms,
Auguststrasse 82, 50 yards from S-Bahn: Oranienburger Strasse, tel. 030/308-860, fax 030/
308-86100,
www.hotel-augustinenhof.de
,
augustinenhof@albrechtshof-hotels.de
).
Hostels in Eastern Berlin
Berlin is known among budget travelers for its fun, hip hostels. These range from upscale-
feelinghostelswithsomehotelesqueprivateroomscomfortableenoughevenfornon-hostel-
ers, to more truly backpacker-type places where comfort is secondary to socializing. These
are scattered around eastern Berlin, including some (Circus, Meininger, and EastSeven) in
the Prenzlauer Berg area just described.
