Set in a striking white, 19th-century villa, this boutique hotel is designed by renowned Italian designers, Michele and Christine Bonan, and mixes romanticism with contemporary flair. The cool, elegant lines of the façade are echoed inside, and neutral colour schemes highlight the unique, custom-designed furnishings. Here and there, you’ll find reminders of Heidelberg’s lofty past, with sculptural busts and silhouettes of the town’s famous residents.

This small castle hotel is set in its own vineyard and offers views of the beautiful Murg Valley.

A design budget hotel by the German chain with a central location and the usual amenities and some cuckoo clocks.

Speicher7 is a cutting edge design hotel located on the banks of the river Rhine in Mannheim. It is set in a renovated 1950’s grain silo, which stood empty for over 30 years. The city centre with its many cultural institutions is a five minute walk, while the latest cultural hotspot Jungbusch is adjacent. The Rhine borders two German states here, with the city of Ludwigshafen in Rhineland-Palatinate just across.

Set in four timber-wood period buildings, Hotel Scholl offers contrasting contemporary design. Each room is an enticing amalgam of tidy minimalism and flamboyance: geometric wood desks are juxtaposed with bathrooms lined with gold-stained pinewood. Design: Selfried & Mack.

- design by Piero Lissoni. Styled as the town's ‘first luxury lifestyle hotel’, Roomers benefits from a terrific, hilly address with views of the Black Forest. Interiors feature geometric lines with pale coloured sandstone tiles and timber screens, low-slung furniture that fairly floats off the ground, Quaker benches, smoked mirrors and low hanging lamps, and a palette of cool greys, light turquoise and soft pastels.

This design boutique hotel is located right in the historic heart of Heidelberg. The hotel is set behind a 13th-century façade under monument protection, and offers a stylish environment which will let you experience the atmosphere of a traditional city with a contemporary feel. Some rooms feature ornate painted ceilings and parquet floors.

Hotel Rotdorn is a family owned and operated guest house located in the leafy suburb of Charlottenburg, Berlin. The hotel is originally a villa from the 1920‘s and decorated in an elegant, classical style. The Congress Centre ICC and the Olympic Stadium are just minutes away while the city centre can be reached in 12 minutes by subway (station located opposite). To the other side is the city forest, the Grünewald where there is plenty opportunity for hiking, cycling and even swimming.

Once the official VIP hotel to the Berlin Film Festival, the Hotel Zoo has reopened after a complete 2 year transformation on a prestigious location at the beginning of the Kurfürstendamm. Originally the building started life as a private mansion in 1889 and was turned into a hotel in 1911. The now revamped interiors evoke the glamorous Hollywood-style of the 1920s with soaring ceilings and whimsical touches as gold leaf-covered brick walls, and exposed steel work and introduce today’s high…

Spanish shoemaker Camper is known for its smart yet simple footwear, and he same functional aesthetic is applied to the Casa Camper Berlin, the firm’s second hotel. The bedrooms are decorated in a rich and restful red, with parquet floors and blond-wood wardrobes. From bedside lights to bathroom fittings, every detail is fit for purpose, with mod cons kept to a minimum and no superfluous frills or clutter.

This hotel occupies a beautiful listed bathhouse that dates back to the 19th century. As well as the 20-metre pool, open to the public as well as to hotel guests, it offers 70 lovely rooms, a decent restaurant and a great location in Berlin’s laid-back Prenzlauer Berg district.

Located just off Berlin’s famous Kurfürstendamm, Hotel Q! is an avantgarde design hotel featuring elegant rooms and studios with air-conditioning, a smart-flat-TV, an iPod docking station and an open-style bathroom.

Just off Berlin’s Kurfürstendamm shopping street is Provocateur Berlin where interiors mix 1920s Paris meets with urban Berlin today – think twinkling chandeliers, low lighting, contemporary artworks, and velvet curtains. The building is a perfect picture of the 1911 modern-style Art Nouveau architecture (originally designed by Wilhelm Gutzeit) that is typical of Berlin’s western Charlottenburg neighborhood.

An individual, privately-run hotel with flair, in a central location close to Kollwitzplatz in Prenzlauer Berg.

Lulu Guldsmeden is quirky, upbeat and so very Berlin. It offers 81 rooms and several suites with signature Guldsmeden (a Danish hotel chain) four-poster beds in a renovated building on the city’s hip Potsdamer Strasse. There's an on-site restaurant and bar, and guests can hire bikes and make use of a quiet rear courtyard.

Area: Charlottenburg. This luxury boutique hotel is set in a palatial villa dating to 1914 in the leafy Grunewald district. Suite designed by Karl Lagerfeld.

Area: Friedrichshain. A pension in 1970s retro DDR style.

Area: Charlottenburg. From the large, stylishly renovated lobby, with its shiny floors and large artwork on one wall, to the neutral-but-smart rooms, the ambience here is quietly stylish and crisply efficient rather than anything über-chic or eye-catchingly flamboyant.

Area: Charlottenburg. Design by Saar Zafrir. Set in a building from 1893, interiors feature cool metals, cozy calfskins, and wood, while Art Nouveau elements complement with mid-century modern details.

This Jugendstil (or Art Nouveau) building, dating to 1906 offers commanding views of the River Elbe and seagoing vessels into the Hamburg harbours. a former fishing village, Blankense now is an affluent suburb of Hamburg.

Located in the center of Hamburg – Tortue, is an ode to time, life and new perspectives. Tortue is the French word for “turtle”, the hotel expends the joy of taking one’s time and proffers a certain Gallic savoir-vivre; a stylish translation of the French occupation of this city between 1806 and 1814, when none other than Napoleon lived on the same street.

The hotel is situated inside a clinker-brick building that was once a tea merchant’s house. The spacious main lobby — a multifunctional space that serves as a public lounge, library and breakfast area — heralds the hotel aesthetic with a retro and homely blend of dark wooden floors, cosy armchairs and hand-woven rugs, all created with the help of Munich designer Marc-Ludolf von Schmarsow.

This quirky, boutique b&b townhouse sits smack dab in the heart of the Schanzenviertel party zone. Rooms are smallish, with wooden floors, angular furniture and large windows; seven of the 17 have a balcony. Those without are quieter as they face the courtyard.

This hip hotel is located directly on the Hamburg harbour. Elements and materials from shipbuilding are interpreted in a lighthearted style and held together with some seaman‘s yarn. The warm and cosy rooms (cabins) are in the style of a sailor‘s home at foreign ports. The Heimat Café+Bar offers Hanseatic cuisine and international dishes, and guests can enjoy drinks and live music in the evenings.

- design by Dreimeta. The renovation and modernization of the hotel’s public spaces on the ground floor impacted areas such as the lobby, retail space, and conference and event facilities. Crafted with a reinterpreted midcentury-style design, the new speisebar restaurant comprises a café, bistro, and bar. The eatery is adorned with a warm, earthy palette accented with gold tones.

Located in Düsseldorf's Stadtmitte district (also known as the Japanese quarter) is the hip Max Brown Hotel Midtown. An instantly recognazible post-war hotel, you can see the vast potential of places like this. The interiors here are 50s retro chic, with black marble floors, mid-century furnishings, velvet cushions, oriental rugs, and wallpaper inspired by a lush wild rainforest.

From Düsseldorf you expect precision German engineering, and the Swedish design team from Stylt Trampoli delivers — along with a distinct French influence (three guesses as to what “Das Tour” refers to). The rooms, in fact, are one or the other: industrial metal surfaces and saturated colors in the German, a warmer, more Mediterranean style in the French. They’re smart, efficient, and comfortable, and come with Bluetooth audio systems at all levels; some add balconies and freestanding tubs.

The Wellem is a luxury art hotel, part of the Andreas Quartier, a former courthouse dating to 1913 in grand classic style. Located in the Altstadt (Old Town) district, the hotel is located nearby the Rhine River embankment and Königsallee, the city’s most prestigious street that is home to high-end retailers and theaters. Additionally, the hotel is a 15-minute drive to Düsseldorf International Airport.

This 19th-century water tower shaped like a big brick cake is now a stylish five-star hotel and a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World. The 78 rooms are arranged over 10 storeys. Upper floors offer nice views of Cologne.

Situated on the green promenade which surrounds Münster’s city centre, Mauritzhof is a stylish boutique design hotel decorated in dark, masculine colors. The hotel is located within comfortable walking distance of the railway station, theatre, cathedral and shopping streets. The hotel offers elegant rooms with air conditioning and flat-screen TVS, an all-day restaurant, bar, terrace and libaray/lounge. Bicycle rental.

Located in Cologne's northern old town, 25hours Hotel The Circle is a new design hotel set in the former headquarters of an insurance company, a striking postmodernist curve of grey concrete and stone. It offers 207 open-plan, sun-lit rooms, and a rooftop restaurant serving Oriental fare, cocktail bar and terrace with views of the cathedral.

- design by Marcel Wanders. This 5-star Rhine riverside design hotel offers excellent views of the Rhine valley and Siebengebirge Hills. Modern, spacious rooms feature a unique net-baroque style. The Spa and fitness centre are located on 2 floors with a heated outdoor rooftop pool. Guests can dine in the Next Level brasserie and Yu Sushi Club restaurant. 4 different bars and lounges serve a variety of drinks and snacks.

- design by Scott Brownrigg. The Park Plaza is set in a 1930s era building and features stylish interiors themed around Nuremberg's Renaissance sons Albrecht Dürer and Martin Behaim. There is a restaurant in a soaring space with original black and white tiled floors, a classic hotel bar and lounge. Rooms come in a variety of typologies and are decorated in a soothing palette of purple, gray and cream contrasting with splashes of tangerine. Fitness centre and sauna.

Stylish and elegant, the Cortiina is situated in the heart of Munich's old town. The acutely modern façade introduces guests to the minimal aesthetic that’s on display throughout the hotel with a spectrum of regional materials ranging such as bronze, linen, Jura limestone, bog oak and local stone pine which has a fragrant and light aroma. The arrangement of the hotel’s guest rooms is inspired by the principles of Feng Shui that is both relaxing and sensually stimulating.

Set in a renovated 16th century patrician's house, Hotel Hezelhof offers contemporary, even purist, stylish apartment accommodation in the heart of the medieval Altstadt (Old Town) of Dinkelsbühl. Regular art exhibits give extra flair to this extraordinary building. ✅Complimentary breakfast and terrace at the inner courtyard in summer.

Nestled in the tranquillity of the mountainous German-Austrian boarder in Bavaria, berge is a converted bakery that dates back to 1671. The painstakingly transformed the building has 14 neat alpine apartments plus 2 "sheds" in the garden. The design is natural, simple and warm. Wood and stone are the predominant materials while key design pieces from the collection stand out against the simplicity of the environment.

Though dating back to 1862, this outstanding hotel took on its present guise when Korbinian Kohler bought it in 2010. A local 'Tegernseer', he modernised and expanded it to such a degree that it’s now a premier spa-hotel location in this part of the Alps.

This wonderful boutique hotel is set in a carmelite convent dating to 1298.

Gekko House is an urban design hotel located in the heart of Frankfurt’s up-and-coming Gallus district known for its converted warehouses and factories, which is now home to eclectic music venues and theaters. The fair (Messe) and the central train station (Hauptbahnhof) are both a 10-minute walk away.

“Neither a classic hotel nor a flat share community, and yet both at the same time,” the guests—some staying for months, others days and the odd one overnight—share a number of the living spaces and co-working areas in this building located at Lindleystraße 17.

Located in Frankfurt's creative hub Ostend (East End), this quirky design hotel is themed around the stories of local and international patrons. The city centre is a 10-minute tram ride away (stop in front of the hotel). Colourful, individually designed rooms come with a minibar, a safe, and an iHome sound dock. In the Goldman restaurant, a relaxed atmosphere with a maritime feel meets high-quality regional products and creative ideas.

Travel back in time to the German North Sea island of Langeoog- that is to the 1970s. The comfortable Retro Design Hotel Garni is fitted out in groovy wallpapers, eccentric lighting and design objects from the era and offers all amenities of a four star hotel. A 7-minute walk to the beach it offers a daily breakfast, a cocktail bar and Ayurveda treatments and massages.

ÜberFluss (meaning both abudance and over the river in German) is a design hotel located in Bremen's city centre backing up to the Weser River. The building’s asymmetrical, slate coloured façade reflects the subdued quirkiness of its interiors. ÜberFluss has a colour palette that strays from its black, white or metallic mainly to delve into various shades of light wood, and occasionally to reach as far as a deep red or vibrant yellow.

- interiors by Anja Müller. Set in a 17th-century building inside the medieval town walls of Duderstadt, the Hotel Zum Löwen is a stylish hotel offering elegant rooms, two restaurants, a café, a wellness centre with swimming pool, its own brewery and not to mention a vast art collection.

Surrounded by a 180 hectare estate with century-old trees, lakes and walking paths park is the elegant Schlosshotel Burg Schlitz in the heart of the Mecklenburg region. This award-winning five-star hotel offers a spa, gourmet cuisine and spacious rooms.

The Charlottenhof is a small, charming hotel in the heart of the artist’s colony Ahrenshoop at Germany’s Baltic Sea Coast. This unique hotel is housed in a classic building from 1855, which awakened out of its Sleeping Beauty slumber in 2012 after a thorough renovation. The beach can be found only a minute walk.

Set in its own beautiful grounds near the scenic Moselle river, the Weinromantikhotel Richtershof is an ensemble of buildings from the Baroque, Wilhelminian and Art Nouveau eras. It offers exquisite cuisine, fine wines, beautiful accommodation and luxurious spa treatments in a unique atmosphere. It is situated in the picturesque village of Mülheim, surrounded by vineyards and just a few minutes’ drive from Bernkastel-Kues.

Until recently, the sedate town of Andernach, in the German Rhineland, was best known for its cold-water geyser, which erupts some 60 metres skywards at regular intervals. Now, travellers between Frankfurt and Cologne have another reason to break their trip here: PURS, a handsome 11-room hotel in a 17th-century chancellery building, mere steps from the River Rhine.

Nestled in the Moselle region, one of Germany’s most popular holiday destinations, Schloss Lieser is a magnificent castle with 50 sumptuous rooms. Built in 1885 and painstakingly restored in recent years, the hotel offers the grandeur of a 19th century castle with all the comforts of modern day. Rooms and suites are individually and tastefully furnished with antique furniture and ornate chandeliers, transporting guests back to a more decadent era.

Run by the 5th generation of local winemakers, this boutique design hotel located in the almost rural district of Olewig, just a few minutes' drive from the historic city centre of Trier. The hotel, which is made up of a modern and a traditional building, has a restaurant with two Michelin stars and a more low-key Weinstube - a sophisticated wine bar exudes a cosmopolitan feel and serves Becker’s own wines, alongside regional and international vintages.

A stately historic mansion replete with its own park, La Maison Hotel is defining a new market for upscale hotels in Saarland, a state in the west of Germany, about 10km to the border of France and 45km to Luxemburg. Saarlouis city was named after Louis XIV, and La Maison nobly reflects this namesake. Throughout the villa, the life of the King of France is chronicled in pictures and graphics, connecting the modern interior with the history of Saarlouis.

Set amid a haven of greenery on the shores of Lake Bostalsee in the culturally rich, stunningly beautiful low-mountain region of southwestern Germany, the hotel is a sublimely relaxing retreat—a natural extension of the tall oak trees, rolling hills, and hypnotic water that surrounds it. Bordering the Saar-Hunsrück nature reserve, the escape is a restorative world of natural materials; sand, white, and brown color tones; oiled parquet; and local wood that anchors a restorative design scheme.

This boutique hotel offers contemporary rooms and a gourmet restaurant in the heart of scenic Naumburg, in the Saale-Unstrut area, Europe's most northern winegrowing area.

A wonderful boutique full of atmosphere and autenticity, mixing classic and vintage in a 16th-century grand city mansion.

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Set in a former steelwork, Altes Stahlwerk is a design hotel offering modern rooms with a flat-screen TV, a coffee machine and a shower. Regional and Mediterranean dishes are served in the restaurant “1500°C” and guests can enjoy the spa with sauna and massages. The hotel is located ten minutes' walk from Neumünster train station.