Budget Hotels & Hostels
Apartments
Guesthouses and B&Bs
Hotel Laimer Hof Nymphenburg Palace Munich
Just a five-minute amble from Schloss Nymphenburg, this tranquil refuge is run by a friendly team who take time to get to know their guests. No two of the 23 rooms are alike, but all boast antique touches, oriental carpets and golden beds...
Hotel Loccumer Hof
Some of the stylish and well-decorated rooms here are themed by nations (‘Australia’), elements (‘Air’) and feng shui. Others are low-allergy...
Van Der Valk Hotel Hildesheim
Behind its historic frontage on the central market place, this luxury hotel reveals a surprisingly large interior, with a flagstone-floored atrium entrance giving way to tasteful rooms in subtle tones...
Hotel Atlantic Kempinski Hamburg
Imagine yourself aboard a luxury ocean liner in this grand 252-room hotel, which opens onto Holzdamm. Built in 1909 for luxury-liner passengers departing for America, it has ornate stairwells, wide hallways and subtle maritime touches...
Top City Line Hotel Kaiserworth Goslar
This magnificent 500-year-old former merchant guild building has tasteful rooms and a good restaurant open daily from 6am to 11pm. Insomniacs should head for the hotel’s Café Nouvelle, which is open till 2am or the last customer.
Top City Line Klassik Altstadt Hotel
Each room at this elegantly furnished boutique hotel is dedicated to a different, mostly German, writer or artist, such as Thomas Mann and Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as international luminaries like Denmark’s Hans Christian Andersen...
Wyndham Garden Quedlinburg Stadtschloss
Tasteful features and the wellness area (Finnish sauna, steam bath and whirlpool) of this hotel in a restored Renaissance residence make it a great choice in the town centre. Most rooms are designed to accommodate those in wheelchairs.
Romantik Hotel Gebhards
This quaint, elegant four-star hotel has art deco touches, wellness facilities like a large whirlpool and small sauna, and a 24-hour bar in its excellent restaurant...
Hotel Auf Der Wartburg
Built in 1914, this hotel has subdued colours and furnishings to match the location on the historic Wartburg. The singles at this luxury address are called ‘Luther’ rooms, but, for serious opulence, book one in the ‘Prince’ category.
Hotel Graf Von Mansfeld
Eisleben’s premier in-town hotel is a classic outpost of charm and tradition. Although over 500 years old, it has seriously slicked-up rooms with four-poster beds, and bright and airy flair. No two rooms are alike...
Hotel Schloss Eckberg
You’ll feel like royalty when arriving at this romantic estate set in its own riverside park east of the Neustadt...
Hopper Hotel Et Cetera
A waxen monk welcomes you to this former monastery whose 49 rooms sport eucalyptus floors, cherry furniture and marble baths along with lots of little pampering touches like iPod docks...
Travel Charme Gothisches Haus
The warm Tuscan colours and thoughtful design of this luxury hotel make it literally a very attractive option, and the wellness area is hard to beat, with three saunas and a ‘beach’ with real sand. One suite has a waterbed.
Re4hostel
If you’ve ever spent a night in a police lock-up, staying in this former police station might give you flashbacks – or not. It’s run by an energetic, clued-in crew, happy to help you make the most out of your stay in Erfurt...
East Seven Berlin Hostel
Perfect for solo travellers, this small, friendly and fun hostel is within strolling distance of hip hangouts and public transport...
Dom Hotel
Augsburg's top choice packs a 500-year-old former bishop's guesthouse (Martin Luther and Kaiser Maxmilian I stayed here) with 57 rooms, all different but sharing an stylishly understated air and pristine upkeep; some have cathedral views...
United Hostel Frankfurt City Center
Popular with young travellers (and families, too), this lively, 200-bed establishment is a great place to meet other travellers...
Abion Spreebogen Waterside Hotel
This classy hotel occupies a heritage-listed ex-dairy and fuses postmodern chic with early-20th-century industrial architecture. It's a full-service affair, hugging an idyllic stretch of the Spree...
Travel Charme Kurhaus Binz
For the ultimate in traditional style and luxury, this lemon-yellow landmark is it. Many of its 137 sand-and-sky-toned rooms have balconies or terraces...
Arcotel John F
This urbane lifestyle hotel pays homage to President John F Kennedy with plenty of whimsical detail, including hand-carved rocking chairs (because the President had a back problem that rockers helped him with) and curvaceous lamps inspired by Jackie...
Adina Apartment Hotel Berlin Checkpoint Charlie
Adina's contemporary and roomy one- and two-bedroom apartments with full kitchens are tailor-made for cost-conscious families, anyone in need of elbow room, and self-caterers (a supermarket is a minute away)...
Steigenberger Drei Mohren
A proud Leopold Mozart stayed here with his prodigious kids in 1766 and it remains Augsburg’s oldest and grandest hotel...