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Top 25 hotels in Germany

25 memorable places to stay in Germany, from grand landmarks to characterful boutique hotels.

25 hotels

  1. 1
    Grand & luxury

    Hotel Adlon Kempinski

    Berlin

    Rebuilt landmark hotel beside the Brandenburg Gate, reviving Berlin's most famous pre-war address.

  2. 2
    Grand & luxury

    Hotel Bayerischer Hof

    Munich

    Family-owned grand hotel on Promenadeplatz, a Munich society institution since 1841.

  3. 3
    Grand & luxury

    Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa

    Baden-Baden

    Classic spa-town grand hotel set in parkland along the Lichtentaler Allee.

  4. 4
    Resort

    Schloss Elmau

    Krün

    Secluded castle hotel in an Alpine valley, known for its concerts, library and hosting G7 summits.

  5. 5
    Grand & luxury

    Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten

    Hamburg

    Traditional grand hotel on the Inner Alster lake, a Hamburg landmark since 1897.

  6. 6
    Grand & luxury

    Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski

    Munich

    Grand hotel on Maximilianstrasse that has received royalty and statesmen since 1858.

  7. 7
    Grand & luxury

    Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof

    Frankfurt am Main

    Historic grand hotel of 1876 at the heart of Frankfurt's city centre.

  8. 8
    Historic & heritage

    Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski

    Dresden

    Baroque palace built for Augustus the Strong's mistress, facing the Zwinger.

  9. 9
    Resort

    Grand Hotel Heiligendamm

    Bad Doberan

    White neoclassical ensemble in Germany's oldest seaside resort on the Baltic coast.

  10. 10
    Historic & heritage

    Hotel Elephant

    Weimar

    Centuries-old hotel on Weimar's market square, featured in Thomas Mann's novel Lotte in Weimar.

  11. 11
    Historic & heritage

    Schlosshotel Kronberg

    Kronberg im Taunus

    Tudor-style castle built for Empress Frederick, set in parkland in the Taunus hills.

  12. 12
    Historic & heritage

    Althoff Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg

    Bergisch Gladbach

    Baroque hunting palace overlooking Cologne, converted into a grand hotel.

  13. 13
    Resort

    Hotel Traube Tonbach

    Baiersbronn

    Family-run Black Forest hotel with a long culinary tradition in the valley of Baiersbronn.

  14. 14
    Grand & luxury

    Breidenbacher Hof

    Düsseldorf

    Düsseldorf's traditional grand hotel, first opened in 1812, on the Königsallee.

  15. 15
    Grand & luxury

    Excelsior Hotel Ernst

    Cologne

    Privately owned grand hotel of 1863 directly opposite Cologne Cathedral.

  16. 16
    Historic & heritage

    Hotel Atlantic

    Hamburg

    White palace hotel of 1909 on the Outer Alster, built for transatlantic liner passengers.

  17. 17
    Historic & heritage

    Hotel Louis C. Jacob

    Hamburg

    Eighteenth-century hotel on the Elbchaussee with a lime-tree terrace painted by Max Liebermann.

  18. 18
    Boutique & design

    The Fontenay

    Hamburg

    Contemporary hotel of curving white architecture on the shore of the Outer Alster.

  19. 19
    Boutique & design

    Das Stue

    Berlin

    Design hotel in the former 1930s Danish embassy on the edge of the Tiergarten.

  20. 20
    Resort

    Bachmair Weissach

    Rottach-Egern

    Alpine resort hotel on the shores of Lake Tegernsee with traditional Bavarian styling.

  21. 21
    Resort

    Weissenhaus Private Nature Luxury Resort

    Wangels

    Restored manor estate and village of thatched buildings beside the Baltic Sea.

  22. 22
    Country house

    Söl'ring Hof

    Rantum, Sylt

    Thatched country hotel set in the dunes of Sylt, overlooking the North Sea.

  23. 23
    Resort

    Der Öschberghof

    Donaueschingen

    Golf and spa resort hotel near the source of the Danube in the southern Black Forest.

  24. 24
    Boutique & design

    Michelberger Hotel

    Berlin

    Creative Friedrichshain hotel in a former factory building, known for its music and food scene.

  25. 25
    Budget & hostel

    Jugendherberge Burg Stahleck

    Bacharach

    Youth hostel inside a rebuilt medieval castle high above the Rhine at Bacharach.

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