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This ultra-swanky icon is the very definition of luxury, from its 800-square-metre spa occupying the basement to the elegant ballrooms, conservatory and wood-panelled conference rooms. Its grandeur is further enhanced by the gourmet restaurant Lorenz Adlon, which serves haute cuisine and Champagne. With a spectacular view of the Brandenburg Gate, this is truly an elegant place.

 

The Kempinski Hotel has all of the amenities, facilities and comforts you would expect from a hotel of this class. Each room provides a cordless telephone, internet and fax connections. After a consuming working day, unwind in the heated pool, the sauna or the steam room. The Kempinski also offers shiatsu treatment and full body massages. The elegant dining option, the Porcelain Room of the Kempinski Grill, boasts international specialities and excellent wines. Its Bristol Bar features live music or live broadcasts of sport events.

 

There’s no denying that the Ritz-Carlton is serious about luxury—chandeliers, marble and divine bathrooms abound. The opulent spa includes a spacious swimming pool, saunas and an impressive menu of services and treatments. High-tech amenities like touch-screens to control all electronic appliances within the rooms, internet access and a telescope with tripod all add to the luxury. Guests can take breakfast and lunch in the authentic French brasserie and later choose to dine in the Vitrum restaurant, which serves European cuisine with Italian influences.

 

Writer Thomas Mann felt right at home in the Savoy, which fuses turn-of-the-century elegance and comfort with tech-savvy amenities. The Weinrot, the inn’s classy restaurant, is the perfect spot for tasting some seasonal and regional delicacies and brushing up on your manners. Sip cocktails in the Times Bar while enjoying one of the best selections of cigars in the city, or rummage through the library for a good book or pick up one of the international newspapers.