Luxury

Guide Michelin once called Restaurant Vivaldi in the 5-stars Schlosshotel Grunewald "the most luxurious restaurant of Germany's capital". It's hard for lovers to find a place for a candle light dinner with more atmosphere in Berlin.

The Schlosshotel im Grunewald offers the ultimate engagement package with a candlelit dinner, overnight stay, and midnight swimming by candlelight in the pool.

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.

Right on Kurfürstendamm, in a listed city palace from 1904, you live in Charlottenburg as if you had rented a spacious Berlin apartment. Louisa's Place combines personal service with true home comfort, making it one of the most harmonious individual boutique hotels in the city.

In the embassy district of Tiergarten, directly on the edge of the Zoological Garden, SO/Berlin Das Stue resides in a listed building from the 1930s. The boutique hotel combines historic architecture with an interior by Patricia Urquiola and a spa by Susanne Kaufmann to create one of Berlin's most atmospheric city hotels.

The Stue Bar is part of the luxurious Hotel SO/Berlin Das Stue, a hotel with many design elements in the immediate vicinity of the Berlin Zoo. There is live music in the elegant bar every 14 days.

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.

In Charlottenburg, where Kantstraße has long been more than just a thoroughfare, one of Berlin's most remarkable boutique hotels is hidden behind a heavy iron gate. The Wilmina Hotel has transformed a listed women's prison from 1896 into a tranquil, family-run retreat that allows history to be felt without dwelling on it.

The Adlon Spa by Resense at the Hotel Adlon Kempinski is arguably Berlin's most renowned wellness address, located directly at the Brandenburg Gate in Mitte. Spread over three floors, one enters a world of white wood, polished marble, and quiet grandeur, which hardly suggests that one is in the middle of the capital.

Villa Contessa in Bad Saarow right next to Lake Scharmützel is a small luxury hotel with direct lake access and a noble Royal Spa.

Upscale Italian cuisine in Charlottenburg, less than a ten-minute walk from Ku'damm: Mine Restaurant on Meinekestraße stands for modern gourmet cuisine, influenced by international flavors, rethinking classic recipes. Plus, a wine bar with biodynamic wines and an interior that combines warmth with style.

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.

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.

More than just comfort shopping to mend a broken heart: With a free personal shopper, customers at KaDeWe can boost their attractiveness and regain self-confidence and cheerfulness.

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.

Not far from the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, Friedrichstraße, and other sightseeing points, the Hotel Arte Luise itself can be considered a landmark.

“All we want for Christmas is you” – The nhow Hotel Berlin invites you to a magical Christmas party in the PopUp restaurant on the rooftop terrace.

Countless people visit the Field of Stelae near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin daily. However, few Berliners and tourists know that there is also a free exhibition located beneath the Holocaust Memorial.

The beautiful Astor Film Lounge on Kurfürstendamm presents the 1963 film classic 'The Pink Panther' as its 2017 New Year's Eve Special.

In the backyard of an old factory in Moabit, between brick walls and train tracks, the Kulturfabrik Moabit's Open-Air Cinema shows films every summer that are rarely seen on a screen in Berlin. Admission is free, the atmosphere unique.

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 nhow Berlin currently no longer offers Sunday brunch. The next brunch date at nhow is an Easter brunch for Easter 2018.

A very special Valentine's Day gift is a romantic limousine ride through the capital.