Hotels in Hamburg
It seems that just about every major international chain on earth has an outpost in Hamburg, so if familiar surroundings are what you want, you won’t have any trouble finding them. But Hamburg also has some truly distinctive lodgings, from legendary landmarks to hip hostels. Some are in your face with over-the-top design, others stress low-key comfort. You’ll probably want to stay near the center of this far-flung metropolis—choice locales are the cental city in the Altstadt and around the Alster, and near the waterfront, around the port and St. Pauli. A hotel in any of these spots will put you within easy reach of sights, restaurants, and nightlife. If you need a room last minute, stop by Hamburg’s Tourismus Centrale (Tourist Information Office) in the Hauptbahnhof (tel. 040/30051300; www.hamburg-tourism.de), where a counter can book accommodations. Rooms in more than 200 hotels in all price categories are available. There’s a fee of 5€ per reservation. You can use this agency on a last-minute basis, but no more than 7 days in advance of the time you’ll need the room. Hotel-booking desks can also be found at the airport in Arrival Hall A.
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25hours Hotel HafenCity
If you’re smack dab in the middle of Hamburg’s new waterfront district you’d better make the most of your surroundings, and that’s exactly what this trendy outpost of a Hamburg-based, design-oriented hotel group does. Shipping crates, old timbers, and stacks of Oriental carpets (a…$$Waterfront
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East
Style has soul in this sophisticated redo of a formidable, red-brick early 20th-century iron foundry where minimalist design is accented with exposed brick, wrought iron, and natural fabrics to create a transporting environment that is surprisingly warm and welcoming and vaguely…$$$Waterfront - Hotel
Fritzhotel
Hamburg doesn’t get much more hip than it does in the arty Sternschanze quarter, and here’s a hotel that cooly—as in quietly and tastefully—suits the surroundings. Bright, high-ceilinged guest rooms on a floor of a 19th-century apartment house are done in soothing neutrals with bold…$Waterfront - Hotel
Hafen Hamburg
This waterside complex does not have a lot of designer flash and flair but the modern, businesslike accommodations put you within easy walking distance of St. Pauli nightlife. Best of all, a room with a view here provides a front row seat for the comings and goings in the busy harbor…$$Waterfront - Hotel
Hotel SIDE
Offbeat and postmodern, built around an elliptical atrium, this design statement in steel and glass puts you right in the heart of Hamburg while giving you a break from the typical chain hotel circuit. Matteo Thun, the well-known Milan designer, left nothing to chance in creating…$$$Central City - Hotel
Kempinski Hotel Atlantic
The first thing to know about this gleaming white palace on the shores of the Alster, built for transatlantic passengers in the early 1900s, is that it’s one of the world’s truly legendary hotels. The second is that with a little internet sleuthing you can book one of the commodious,…$$$Central City - Hotel
Superbude
It’s a little too cool for it’s own good sometimes—montages made from newspaper clippings on the walls, funky furnishings fashioned from crates, lots of high-tech lighting. But if that’s the only snarky thing to be said about an incredibly fair-valued hostel, the place must be okay.…$Central City - Hotel
The George
A handsome library and some other clubby touches play off the English-sounding name, but for the most part these lodgings at the edge of the St. Georg neighborhood give off a chic, contemporary vibe. More than half of the handsome guest rooms open to balconies, as do most of the…$$Central City - Hotel
Wedina
You can chose from a lot of options at this stylish and low-key retreat near the shores of the Alster: a choice of pillows and bedding, the style of decor (traditional or soothing minimalist), which of four buildings you prefer (from a 19th-c. villa to a sleek concrete and glass…$$Central City
