With a prime setting on Unter den Linden, just a stone’s throw from the Brandenburg Gate, Hotel Adlon Kempinski is a Berlin landmark, with the most glamorous address of all the city’s top hotels. Coffered, arched ceilings in its opulent lobby, overhauled in 2017, now feature updated lighting, which brightens and dims depending on the time of day. There are still plenty of classic details, though, including the enormous stained-glass and gold-leaf cupola and the iconic elephant fountain, which was presented to the Adlon in 1930 by India’s Maharajah.
Rooms are classic and timeless with wooden floors and traditional wood furnishings. There’s a two Michelin-starred restaurant here, too, as well as the Adlon Spa by Resense – a calm, tri-level space with custom therapies and treatments, and a pool and sauna in another part of the building. Catherine Fairweather
Price: Rooms from around £320 per night.
