centrovital

An old brewery on the Spandauer See

The centrovital sits at Brauereihof 6 in Spandau, directly on the Spandauer See, and draws its character from the building: the hotel is tucked behind the historic brick facade of the former Schultheiss brewery, parts of which are listed. Two bus routes run from Berlin-Spandau station to the Kirchhofstrasse stop, from where the house is already in view. The surroundings are unusually green and full of water by Berlin standards: the waterside promenade with the island of Eiswerder begins two minutes away, the old town of Spandau with its Nikolai church is around a quarter of an hour on foot, and the citadel with the Juliusturm about twenty minutes. The house has been in operation since 2004, counts 158 rooms and suites and holds four stars superior. It is the only house on this list that does not sit in the inner city, and much of its appeal comes from exactly that.

Three and a half thousand square metres of spa and sports club

The spa and sports club at the centrovital stretches across 3,500 square metres on two floors, which makes it considerably larger than most hotel spas in the city. The water area holds a 25 metre pool at thirty to thirty-two degrees and a fun pool with massage jets and a whirlpool. The sauna landscape covers five saunas with infusions that change by the hour, among them a Finnish dry cabin, a bio sauna, an experience sauna and a log cabin sauna on the roof terrace. An Ottoman steam bath, an ice igloo for cooling down and a rooftop bar overlooking the lake complete it. The fitness part works with one hundred and fifteen connected machines, joined by a functional tower, a Kinesis track, vibration training and a three-dimensional body analysis. Treatments use a French marine skincare line, from a collagen facial to a herbal stamp massage, with an Ayurveda offer of its own alongside. Visitors without a room pay from 18 euros for two hours, and the day ticket starts at 30 euros.