Originally we were travelling to London, but due to visa problems we were sent back home from the Prague airport. As we did not want our weekend to be ruined completely, we have decided on last minute to go to Berlin and hotel Mercure. GREAT CHOICE!
The hotel is located just few minutes walking distance from U-Bahn station near the street Kurfurstendamm. We arrived about 11:15 p.m. and had a very nice check-in by the night receptionist Herbert. We got a room 401 on the 4th floor, even better than we expected. Large room, totally clean, modern, beautiful bathroom.. Great bed, after all the travelling we slept like angels. :-)
We had a room breakfast excluded, however we paid 12 EUR/person extra and we took it. Another great choice. Best breakfast we have ever had in any hotel. Unbelievable choice. Everything tasted fresh and great. Also very good stuff working there. Always smiling. So no wonder we paid for a breakfast also next morning.
Only thing which did not work during our stay was internet, neither wifi connection, neither the computer down in the lobby. But that was not a problem, as Emina at the reception explained for us everything we needed to know (like how to get somewhere and stuff).
On Saturday we went to Tropical islands, but as it was really nice weather, we took a long walk around Tiergarten to Brandenburger Tor, Unter den Linden and further on up to train station Ostbahnhof for our train (S-Bahn) to Tropical islands. (We were a little disappointed from TI, as it was really not so warm in there, kinda like if you leave the shower early in the morning and go to cold hall).
When we came back to our room that night, we found out cleaning ladies did a good job, everything was so clean again. :-)
On our last day we wanted to go out for a walk before we had to leave back to Prague and pnce again we got some great suggestions from receptionist Christin, who was very nice to us and explained also few things we did not quite understood about Berlin. We took U-Bahn to Charlotenburg Schloss, took some pictures there and went back to hotel to pick up our luggage and went home.
Overall - if you are going to Germany, this hotel should be your choice, because of the location, cleaningness, food, quality of rooms and sleep quality, extremely nice and helpful stuff.
It's definitelly going to be our choice for a hotel next time we go to Berlin.
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