Hamburg Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM): Approximate driving time is 30 minutes and distance is 14 kilometers (9 miles).

The airport bus shuttle and taxi cabs are available for transfer from the airport to the center of Hamburg (fee). The hotel also offers airport transportation by limousine (fee).

The extensive Hamburg public transport system connects the hotel with the rest of central Hamburg within five minutes. The U-Bahn station closest to the hotel is Gänsemarkt. The hotel can order taxi cabs on request.

This hotel has 156 guestrooms, all uniquely shaped and with individual antique furniture from as early as 1897. Fresh flower arrangements and oil paintings complement traditional turn-of-the-century design in warm red or blue and cream colors. Rooms have armchairs and large desks with gold lamps and dial-up and wireless Internet access (fee), as well as a television with 35 channels. Lavish drapes cover large soundproofed windows looking onto the inner courtyards. Bathrooms have contemporary white decor with marble flooring, porcelain and marble wash basins and old-fashioned tubs. Combined or separate bath and shower tubs have glass shower curtains and two showerheads. All bathrooms have telephone connection and air conditioning.

Restaurant Haerlin - This Michelin-starred restaurant is furnished with 16th- and 17th-century Flemish gobelin tapestries, timber flooring, antique Chippendale and Art Nouveau furniture, fresh flower arrangements and chandeliers. This à la carte restaurant serves classical French cuisine with Mediterranean elements for dinner. Live piano music in the evening and the view over the Alster Lake complement the restaurant’s first class Kaiserservice. The menu includes duck and saddle of venison, all carved at the table, as well as an extensive selection of international wines. Guests are expected to wear formal dress.

Jahreszeiten Grill - Built as a tea room in the 1920s, this quality restaurant is decorated in an Art Deco style, with timber flooring, stucco on the ceiling and walnut wainscoting. Hanseatic dishes and international grill specialties are served for lunch and dinner, including the traditional Atlantic sole fish. Grilled dishes are prepared at the table and guests are free to choose individual sauces and side orders. In addition to the à la carte menu, a business lunch menu is also served.

Café Condi - Decorated in Biedermeier style, this café and restaurant was first opened in the 1930s and serves the popular Jahreszeiten breakfast buffet with freshly prepared egg dishes. Timber flooring, antique tapestries and carefully selected paintings and drawings create a warm ambience for light lunch and dinner à la carte. Hotel guests mingle with locals, who equally enjoy the specialty cakes, such as the champagne cake and the mousse-au-chocolat cake, together with the view of the Alster Lake.

Raffles Deli - This modern café combines European coffee house style with American coffee shop ambience, with a minimalist wood and marble decor. Coffee and cake specialties, as well as countless bagel and sandwich variations, are served throughout the day for take-away or eat in. Guests enjoy muffins or cream cheese brownies, sitting on bar stools with views over the Alster Lake.

Doc Cheng’s - Located in the basement of the hotel, this restaurant serves European-Asian fusion cuisine in a mélange of Far Eastern and Western 1920s-style decor. Oriental wood carving, black and white photographs, chandeliers and antique furniture with red and gold patterned fabrics create a intimate atmosphere. Prepared in a showroom kitchen, the lunch and dinner dishes are based on traditional Asian recipes, enriched with fresh European and Asian ingredients. The menu includes sushi, sashimi and tuna tartar and a choice of 20 international beers and extensive wines.

Bar Indochine - Part of the Doc Cheng’s restaurant, the decor recalls Shanghai from the 1920s with black and white photographs, wood wainscoting and comfortable wicker chairs. The bar serves 36 international beers, including beer from China, Japan and Singapore, as well as exotic cocktails, spiced up with ginger, curry and lemongrass. The popular Doc Cheng’s Lemon consists of lime, contreau and passion fruit juice, while the bar’s Singapore Sling is reputed to be the best in Hamburg. A wide selection of cigars and cigarillos can be ordered.

Jahreszeiten Bar - This small two-story bar is decorated with dark-wood wainscoting has seating made from red Rolls-Royce leather, as well as antelope leather tapestry and a 16th-century wood church door. International drinks and cocktails are served throughout the day and the evening for hotel guests, locals and celebrities. Bar snacks include the hotel’s own brand of caviar.

Wohnhalle Lounge - Centered around the original fireplace, this living room lounge features wood wainscoting, marble floor, oil paintings, stucco on the ceiling, lavish red drapes and antique armchairs and sofas. The menu includes light snacks, coffee and cake specialties and the popular British High Tea, with an international selection of teas served by a tea master together with scones or finger sandwiches. Open throughout the day and the evening, the lounge arranges live piano music in the afternoon.

What to expect: Hotel guests enter the white grand hotel façade from the Alster Lake side. First opened in 1897, the hotel’s reception area has wood and marble décor, antique furniture and lavish drapes. The view of the Alster Lake and the grand hotel charm, with its columns and ornamental stucco, equally attracts businesspeople, tourists and celebrities.

Amenity highlights: The hotel’s wellness and fitness center, Amrita Spa, offers body and facial treatments based on Far Eastern philosophy in purist Asian surroundings. Hotel guests can also relax in the two bars, coffee shop, traditional lounge with fireplace or in one of the four gourmet restaurants, serving cuisine ranging from Far Eastern to regional German.

Insider tip: Hotel guests can take advantage of the hotel’s exclusive wellness facilities by taking a power break on one of the wooden chaises longues in the Spa’s rest room. Headphones with sea murmurs and dolphins singing, free newspapers and magazines, fresh fruits, iced water or different types of tea, create the setting for complete relaxation and renewal.

Built in 2000, the hotel’s exclusive wellness and health center, Amrita Spa, provides a panoramic view over the roofs of Hamburg. In harmony with Far Eastern body, mind and soul philosophy, the Spa has five treatment rooms in a minimalist decor, with warm earthy colors, paneling with tropical woods and filigree mosaics. Euro-Asian treatment programs include aromatherapy, hydro massage, thalassic and ayurveda treatments, as well as the popular couple massage. Wellness facilities include sauna, steam bath, solarium, restroom and fitness center with natural daylight. Amrita Spa offers its own cosmetic series with products based on organic ingredients and offers personal adviser for diet and fitness issues.

The hotel’s business facilities include five splendid conference and meeting rooms, salons and a ballroom for up to 500 people. Carefully restored antique furniture, stucco and chandeliers complement the rare Flemish gobelin-tapestries from the 16th and 17th centuries. The historic look is combined with modern technological equipment. The self-service business center provides computer, printer, fax machine, telephone and Internet access (fee). Complimentary wireless Internet access is available in all public areas for hotel guests.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.

Tax of 16% is not included in the price but will be added at the time of payment.
Extra person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
There are no room charges for children 12 and younger who occupy the same room as their parents or guardians.
Rollaways and cribs (infant beds) may be available and should be requested at the time of booking; fees may apply.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests made via this Web site cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.