The family run Hotel Fortuna is just 20 minutes to Berlin centre and in the calm and ... more
tranquil district of Pankow, close to the hip and lively Prenzlauer Berg area. Prenzlauer Berg is one of the hippest areas in the city, and is what Mitte was several y...
Situated just a 10-minute tram journey from the famous Alexanderplatz square, this ... more
family-run, 3-star hotel offers comfortable, en-suite rooms close to Berlin's popular Prenzlauer Berg district.Start your day in Berlin with the Hotel Fortuna's deliciou...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Advantages: Germany's capital and most interesting city Disadvantages: a bit too large, distances too long
Berlin*, Berlin,
Wir fahren nach Berlin!
(Berlin, Berlin,
We're heading for Berlin!)
(pronounced Ber-leen, stress on the second syllable)
This slogan has been chanted enthusiastically for ages whenever a German sports team made it to the capital for the last round, meanwhile it has left the confines of sports and is now even used by the Berlin Tourist Board for a campaign to attract visitors.
I've been to four Berlins in my life: when in my mother's womb I was in Berlin, then the capital of the Third Reich, from the GDR (German Democratic Republic), where we later lived, I visited Berlin once in the 1950s, a much smaller city then (only the Soviet sector), but still a capital, the capital of the GDR.
After fleeing to West Germany I visited West Berlin, not a capital any more, but no ordinary city, either, it had become ...
In April 2009, my generous self booked a weekend away to Berlin for my Germany-loving boyfriend to celebrate his birthday. After many hours scouring the net, looking at hundreds of reviews on a number of websites, I decided the 'Meliá Berlin' would be the perfect hotel. I was really impressed with the hotel, especially it's location. It was an excellent base in which to explore the city from and it gave us both a refreshing sleep so that we'd have the energy to trek around gorgeous Berlin!
The Hotel
Meliá Berlin is a very new hotel, it first opened in October 2006 and you can tell as the hotel looks fairly modern. I think 'Meliá' is a Spanish chain of hotels, as you will notice from the names of the bars and restaurants. The hotel is situated on the corner of Friedrichstraße and Am Weidendamm. It boasts 364 rooms over eight ...
It is one of my life's ambitions to visit all the capital cities of Europe so I was thrilled when my parents said we could go to Berlin. Berlin is the Capital City of Germany and is located in the north-eastern part of the country.
We stayed in Berlin for four nights. That may not sound like a long time but we managed to cram an awful lot of exploring into our time there! I will go through which attractions we visited each day to give you an idea of how long it takes to see the main sights.
~ Day 1 ~
The majority of day one was travelling to Berlin. We flew with easyjet from Newcastle airport. It was late afternoon when we arrived at Schonefeld airport. It took us about an hour to get from the airport to our hotel (Marriott) which was in Berlin City's centre. After unpacking we went for a walk in the immediate area of our hotel ...
