This thirties embassy building was built, at least in part, to convey a grand impression—and its atmosphere, after a massive architectural overhaul by Annette Axthelm and an interior renovation by the renowned Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola, is about as far as you can get from the boxes-and-boxes sameness of the typical contemporary hotel.
Also Spanish (or Catalan, to be precise) is the chef, Paco Pérez—and it’s a measure of how far we’ve come that the nationality of a hotel’s chef is a topic of interest. In today’s boutique hotels, however, the chef might have nearly as much influence over the guest’s experience as the designer does, and here that influence is certainly a positive one.
Pérez’s work at Cinco, the hotel’s fine dining restaurant, has earned a Michelin star along with heaps of acclaim. The spa, however, is German through and through, the architecture crisply modernist and the treatments mixing holistic influences and scientific exactitude.
And the rooms, it must be said, are more than a bit Danish, owing to the building’s history as the Danish embassy—if nothing else, you’re sure to recognize Arne Jacobsen’s Egg chairs.
The views, however, place you squarely in Berlin; if you’re not facing the interior courtyard you’ll look out over the Tiergarten or the Berlin Zoo.
The main text, immediately above, has been adapted from an article by Tablet Hotels.
Categories: Boutique Hotel, Business, City, Creative Vibe, Grand, Lively & Cool, Modern Design, Nightlife, Shopping, Sightseeing, Spa,
Number of rooms & suites: 79
Rate per night: From €180 (approx. £148)
*The rate is only approximate and is based on our own independent research, at the time of writing. We cannot guarantee the rate in any way.
Check room rates and bookWhat was once Berlin’s Royal Danish Embassy today serves as one of the city's most distinctive boutique hotels, full of inspiring contrasts and confident design ideas.
Author: Travel+Style. Last updated: 20/03/2015