We selected this hotel in former east Berlin near good public transport facilities and because our daughter lives in e Berlin. It was the best of four hotels so far.
Located next to a tram stop on a useful radial route that serves the inner suburbs; trams make lots of connections with other rail services. The hotel is 5 min walk from Warschauer Str. interchange stations with frequent S-Bahn services to Alexanderplatz and all the way through the former west Berlin, in minutes. The U-Bahn equivalent station is a further 5 min walk away along the same road overbridge and is actually the terminus of the historic original U-Bahn line. A significant surviving remnant of the Wall is a further 5/7 minutes on towards the river.
Hotel has been redecorated and redesigned in a classic way as suits its name. All was top notch. Breakfast ample with ample choices served in the long thin dining area that links to the room lifts. All mirrors and reflective lighting. Small front reception doubles as a bar. The staff clearly expects certain good standards of behaviour and appearance and certain guests were reprimanded for their unacceptable appearance. Good.
Do not be put off by the immediate surroundings nor by the somewhat scruffy rail station which is located on a split site with an open air ticket hall. Lots of regular taxis in the area. It is about Euro28 to Schonefeld airport by taxi if you can't face the rail links.
Even the humble Lebanese self-service cafe next door can offer great food. The main street/boulevard with the tram service offers a mix of health food supermarkets, good chemists, nail bars and second hand book shops. Generally, the area behind the hotel (away from the rail station) offer the most terrific choice of cafes, restaurants, specialist shops and small fashion shops. You can eat something, somewhere, 'around the clock' in the hotel vicinity even if it is only from a take-way cafe. There is a big Sunday fleamarket 15 minutes north of the hotel in a small park square. We would stay there again.
- Klassik Hotel Berlin
