Featured Hotels

Hotel Jurine

Hotel Jurine

Berlin, Germany

This three-star B&B hotel opened in 1997 and has since doubled in size, but it is still 'welcoming and quiet', says its nominator.

Buchholz Downtown Hotel

Buchholz Downtown Hotel

Cologne, Rhineland, Germany

In the city centre, this listed building with its attractive Victorian facade is one of Cologne's most charming town house hotels.

Hotel Adler Barental

Hotel Adler Barental

Feldberg-Barental, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

A traditional mountain hotel run by Walter Wimmer and his wife, Sabine, who is also the chef. More than 200 years old, this large brown chalet with flowery balconies is in the Black Forest near the high Feldberg peak.

Sporthotel Fleckl

Sporthotel Fleckl

Fleckl, Bavaria, Germany

This simple holiday hotel, partly in chalet-style and with an extension, has been owned and run by the Voit family since 1876. It's set in a quiet resort village amid the scenic upland country of Fichtelgebirge.

Gasthof zum Baren

Gasthof zum Baren

Meersburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

On the small market square of this “beautiful town, a fun place to visit”, on Lake Constance, this 17th-century inn is regularly praised.

Residenz Heinz Winkler

Residenz Heinz Winkler

Aschau Im Chiemgau, Bavaria, Germany

At the foot of the Chiemgau Alps, in a 'charming, unspoilt' little town, this is 'a place to feel self-indulgent', says an enthusiastic visitor.

Das Bareiss

Das Bareiss

Mittetal, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Family-run for three generations, this large hotel in the Black Forest provides 'service of the highest quality'.

Ackselhaus & Blue Home

Ackselhaus & Blue Home

Berlin, Germany

Ackselhaus & Blue Home is set on a residential street in the trendy district of Prenzlauer Berg and comprises of two distinct hotels in one 19th century building, one blue and one ochre in colour.

Bleibtreu Hotel

Bleibtreu Hotel

Berlin, Germany

In the Charlottenburg district, this 'funky' designer hotel is run with an emphasis on healthy living.

Residence Nikolai

Residence Nikolai

Berlin, Germany

Residence Nikolai is located on a quiet street in the Mitte district in the heart of Berlin, with Museum Island just 700m away.

Ringhotel Seehof

Ringhotel Seehof

Berlin, Germany

Located in Charlottenburg, near the conference centre, is this 'excellent' hotel, 'civilised, peaceful', wrote one reviewer; the atmosphere is quite smart and formal, with pleasant staff

art'otel Berlin Mitte

art'otel Berlin Mitte

Berlin, Germany

'Comfortable, minimalist and elegant,' say its fans. This hotel was built by the Austrian architect Johanne Nalbach in the lively Berlin-Mitte area.

Circus Hotel

Circus Hotel

Berlin, Germany

The location of this hotel is great – opposite the Rosenthaler Platz, a transport hub, and on the northern edge of the Mitte district, adjoining the hip Prenzlauer Berg area – and the value for money found here is outstanding.

Berghotel Schlossanger Alp

Berghotel Schlossanger Alp

Pfronten, Bavaria, Germany

'Particularly enjoyed', the Schlachter-Ebert family's modern chalet-style hotel has a 'spectacular setting' amid fields, facing 'a panorama of peaks', on the edge of a ski and summer resort in the Allgäu Alps.

Hotel Meder

Hotel Meder

Andernach, Rhineland, Germany

'Pleasant, friendly and well appointed', and 'excellent value for money', this neat town house (c. 1900) is an upmarket B&B hotel, yellow-painted and fronted by flowery window boxes.

City and countryside, stylish hotels, B&Bs We are delighted to announce that we are going to start recommending hotels in Germany once again. We have begun by putting up a selection of our favourite hotels in Berlin along with a couple of places in Cologne and the Rhineland, but further recommendations in other cities will follow. We hope readers will nominate their favourite hotels in Germany too that we can gradually expand our selection. Please do help us get this exciting project off the ground. The more help and feedback we get from you our readers, the more reliable and comprehensive our selection of hotels will be.