Where to Stay
If you are looking for opulence and luxury then your first choice has to be
The Regent Hotel located in Gendarmenmarkt Square in the heart of
Berlin. It is famous for its friendly and attentive staff and provides a
veritable feast for the senses - everything exudes luxury and eloquence. A room
at this hotel will cost upwards of £220.00 per person per night. For more on luxury hotels, take a look at Abercrombie and Kent.If you are looking for
budget, no frills accommodation then you could always book yourself into one of
the many hostels. For example the
Odyssee Globetrotter Hostel has rooms from
about £8.50 per night. Even though it is so cheap it is still a very good
hostel/hotel and has won awards for it service. The staff are friendly and the
bar, which stays open until the early hours, is the main focal point.
If you want something a little different then try booking a room in the
Propeller Island City Lodge. The German artist Lars Stroschen designed this
hotel and each room has a different design theme. It is often described as a ‘habitable work of art’. For example there is a
‘coffin room’, where you sleep
in actual coffins, and the ‘upside down room’, where all the fittings are on the
ceiling – there’s even a diamond-shaped room where all of the walls are covered
in mirrors. Room cost around £80 per night and for more information, and some
bizarre pictures, visit their website at
www.propeller-island.com. For more
hotels in Berlin, take a look at Lastminute.com.
What to See
If you’ve seen all the usual attractions then you might want to consider going
on the
Time Bandit’s Adventure Tour of Berlin. This company enjoys creating
fun-packed walking tours of the city with puzzles and challenges along the way.
Their aim is to bring people together and provide a fun and exciting walking
experience. For example, on their Berlin Adventure Tour you are armed with a
route book, a map and a digital camera and provided with a playful opportunity
to explore Berlin’s sights of historical interest.
Where to Eat
One of the finest restaurants has to be the Zur Letzten Instanz, which is
Berlin’s oldest restaurant. It is said to have been a haunt of Napoleon who
apparently liked to warm himself at the ancient 200 year stove whilst tasting
their delicious meals. It is also supposed that Beethoven dined here and in more
recent times has been frequented by Jack Nicholson. The menu itself is a little
old fashioned but it is all good traditional German food. The speciality is the
authentic dish known as eisbein - a pork knuckle (also known as a ham hock),
served with potatoes dumplings or sauerkraut.
If you want something different then Nocti Vagus comes well recommended. Here
the food is served in the dark by visually impaired, or blind waiters, so that
the dinner can get an experience of what blindness is like and so that their
other senses are heightened. The menu itself is a surprise but tailored to suit
your likes and dislike by the highly-trained waiters. |
