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The hotel was a focus in the James Bond film `Tomorrow never dies` with Pierce Bosnan. This is certainly one of the most traditional and best hotels in Germany and there is also a music lounge in the basement which is very popular at the weekend. 0708 hm.
The hotel is a magnificent, traditional, grand, white building with a green copper roof. The entrance is on a side street, off the busy lake road with 2 white columns in the front.
There are various types of rooms, but all are furnished very elegantly to a very high standard. On average, the rooms are large and all are in exceptional condition, as are the bathrooms.
As is true of the rest of this fabulous hotel, the restaurant is of a grandeur that defies brief description. The decor and standard of the restaurant can hardly be better with its fabulous traditional decor and furnishings. There is also a Euro-Asian restaurant for the more informal traveller on the ground floor. In spring and summer the terrace/courtyard bar is also open which is very attractive to the locals and has a beautiful setting with a fountain in the middle.
The large, impressive lobby features tapestries on the walls, marble pillars and an open fire in the seating area, above which there is a large tiled portrait, which again is framed in marble. The black leather furniture was especially commissioned for the hotel.
Being located on the banks of the Alster, the hotel is situated in the heart of Hamburg, close to elegant shops and cultural attractions. The railway station is just a 10-minute walk away.
Area Details - 2 kms to city centre
- 12 kms to the nearest airport (hamburg)
- 5 minute walk to the nearest metro station (hauptbahnhof)
- 1 km to the nearest station (hamburg city)
- 5 minute walk to the nearest bus stop
- 1 km to the nearest fair site (hamburg messe + cch)
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