26 Locations
Choosing a hotel in Berlin is a pleasure, with options from opulent landmarks to arty boutique stays. Across Mitte, Kreuzberg and the City West, a hotel here pairs comfort and service with easy access to the city's sights and nightlife.
This overview gathers Berlin locations that work as a hotel, from luxury houses and design stays to budget and family options. Some focus on spa and fine dining, others on individual style and a lively neighbourhood.
Browse the places below to find the best hotels in Berlin, compare rooms and prices, and book your stay.
Hotel Zoo Berlin on Kurfürstendamm in Charlottenburg is Berlin's elegant answer to the design boutique hotel: an 1891 Gründerzeit building, reinterpreted by US designer Dayna Lee, with 141 rooms, a legendary bar, and a rooftop terrace that showcases Berlin's rooftops on one level.
Next to the Brandenburg Gate, a spa of around nine hundred square metres spreads across three levels, with eight treatment rooms and three private suites that each have their own sauna and steam bath. An eleven metre pool with whirlpool and its own pool bar, several theme saunas and a gym rebuilt in 2024 complete the picture.
On the shore of Lake Scharmützelsee, there is no thermal bath, but a pure sauna resort: seven saunas and a steam bath, including the SATAMA Theater for up to 160 guests and the Maa-Sauna with up to 120 degrees Celsius. Founded in 2002 with five saunas, today it hosts infusion world championships and attracts around 80,000 guests annually.
In the luxurious Patrick Hellmann Schlosshotel in Grunewald, a 5-star superior hotel, a festive seven-course New Year's Eve Gala Dinner will be served in a noble ambience.
The hotel Oderberger is a boutique hotel of a special kind. It resides in a historical former city bath in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, originally opened in 1902.
The Restaurant Sæson at the Hotel Lulu Guldsmeden in Berlin-Tiergarten offers fresh, international cuisine. A highlight of the Sæson is the Sunday brunch with international delicacies.
Hidden in a Wilhelminian old building on Weinbergsweg in Berlin-Mitte is one of the city's most remarkable design hotels: The Gorki Apartments combine Berlin living culture with boutique hotel comfort, without sacrificing anonymity. Instead of room numbers, there are engraved keys, instead of a lobby, a green courtyard.
The 25hours Hotel Bikini Berlin in Charlottenburg is arguably Berlin's most famous design hotel: housed in the listed 1950s Bikini Haus, directly between the Zoo and Ku'damm. Following a comprehensive redesign by Studio Aisslinger, the hotel will shine in 2025 with a new "Urban Jungle" concept, remaining as unique as the city itself.
The Generator Berlin Prenzlauer Berg utilizes a former GDR office building on Storkower Straße and offers the widest range of rooms among Berlin hostels: from four-bed rooms to fourteen-bed rooms. A bed starts at 13 Euros per night. For groups, there's a private bus stop and a free private room for twenty beds or more.
The Estrel Showtheater in Neukölln belongs to Germany's largest hotel and has been hosting the impersonator revue Stars in Concert since 1997, which is now in its 29th season. With 1,120 square meters, it accommodates up to 1,000 guests, includes three bars, and features a summer garden by the canal and a private boat dock right outside.
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In Lübbenau, a 45.5-meter-long curved plexiglass pane separates the guests' outdoor pool from an enclosure with Humboldt penguins. There are also fourteen saunas, the largest selection on this list, spread across an indoor area and a sauna village styled like a Spreewald farmstead, with a cucumber sauna, a hay sauna and a cave where Spreewald legends are read aloud.
nhow Berlin in Friedrichshain is Europe's first music hotel and one of the city's most striking design hotels. Star designer Karim Rashid transformed all 304 rooms into futuristic worlds of color and form directly on the Spree, just a few minutes' walk from the East Side Gallery.
Hotel Q! in Charlottenburg proves that design hotels in Berlin don't need cool distance. Architecturally bold, designed by the Berlin office GRAFT, it combines flowing forms and warm materials to create a place that has its own unique rhythm between Kurfürstendamm and Savignyplatz.
The Vienna House by Wyndham Andel's Berlin in Lichtenberg represents an urban design hotel concept with real substance: 557 rooms with modern interiors, a Michelin-starred restaurant high above the rooftops of Berlin, and a wellness area that welcomes both hotel guests and day spa visitors alike.
Grimm's Hotel at Potsdamer Platz, on the border of Kreuzberg and Tiergarten, combines a fairy-tale design concept with a modern Berlin city hotel. Each floor is dedicated to a different Grimm's fairy tale. This sparks curiosity.
Restaurant Ausspanne is crafting a delicious Easter menu for Easter 2019, featuring Easter eggs, Easter lamb, and homemade eggnog!
Located in the heart of Berlin-Mitte, just steps from the former Checkpoint Charlie, Gat Point Charlie bridges the gap between the Cold War and contemporary minimalism. This design hotel resides in the former STASI headquarters, combining industrial architecture with clear, modern interiors. History sleeps particularly deeply here.
The Michelberger Hotel on Warschauer Straße in Friedrichshain is arguably Berlin's most renowned design hotel with character: a former factory building from 1903, combining raw materials, handcrafted furniture, and an organic gastronomic concept with genuine Berlin coolness.
The Linnen in Prenzlauer Berg is a privately run boutique hotel in a renovated 19th-century old building, whose individually designed apartments combine vintage furniture, parquet floors, and industrial charm into a harmonious design concept. Small, personal, and close to Mauerpark.
The Relexa Hotel Berlin, also known as Relexa Hotel Stuttgarter Hof, is located in Kreuzberg, just a few minutes' walk from Potsdamer Platz. Those who want to explore Berlin with their dog will find one of the most consistently dog-friendly hotels in the capital here, accommodating their four-legged friend without surcharge and providing full amenities.
The St.-Michaels-Heim Youth Hostel is located in the former Palais Mendelssohn by Lake Herthasee in Grunewald and has 140 beds in 40 rooms, many with balconies. Four bus parking spaces are available free of charge on the property. The group rate for twenty people or more starts at 34 Euros with breakfast; several halls serve as seminar rooms.
What could be more romantic than a cinematic three-course meal in the beautiful restaurant Duke and a subsequent visit to the Astor Film Lounge? This combo can be booked as a gift set "Cinema & Kitchen" at the Ellington Hotel.
Enjoy having your Christmas dinner at the Centerpiece table in the elegant five-star-superior Hotel Regent Berlin with a glass of Veuve Clicquot vintage champagne!
If you are cultivating a conscious lifestyle at home, you should take a closer look at the organic Almodovar Hotel in Friedrichshain for your next trip to Berlin.
The Unique Bar at the Sheraton Berlin Grand Hotel Esplanade is well known for its international drinks menu featuring a selection of around 100 different drinks.