Germany (Lonely Planet, 6th Edition) - Andrea Schulte-Peevers [264]
Cortiina (Map; 242 2490; www.cortiina.com; Ledererstrasse 8; s €165-270, d €225-390; ) This stunning hotel offers modern stylish elegance minus the usual antique knick-knacks. The design is chic and minimalist without losing any comfort. Dark wood and low lighting run throughout the hotel, while the bedrooms are lined with oak panelling, have parquet floors and individual furnishings, as well as glass-encased bathrooms lined with Jura stone.
Dorint Sofitel (Sofitel Munich Bayerpost; Map; 599 480; www.sofitel.com; Bayerstrasse 12; r €170-450; ) The brilliantly restored neoclassical facade of the former Royal Bavarian Post Office contains a jewel that satisfies all cravings for luxury. The 396 rooms and suites are a cocktail of style, surprise lighting effects and supreme comfort.
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Altstadt & Around
Hotel Blauer Bock (Map; 231 780; www.hotelblauerbock.de; Sebastiansplatz 9; s €45-72, d €78-118; ) This hotel once provided beds for Benedictine monks and coachmen for the grain market nearby. Smart rooms with individual touches overlook the Schrannenhalle, a blink away from the Viktualienmarkt.
Bayerischer Hof (Map; 212 00; www.bayerischerhof.de; Promenadeplatz 2-6; s €221-480, d €338-480; ) Room doors fold away into the stucco mouldings at the Hof, one of the grande dames of the Munich hotel trade. It boasts a super-central location, a pool and a jazz club. Marble, antiques and oil paintings abound, and you can dine till you drop at any one of the three fabulous restaurants. Rates include a champagne breakfast. There’s wheelchair access.
Kempinski Vier Jahreszeiten München (Map; 212 50; www.kempinski-vierjahreszeiten.de; Maximilianstrasse 17; s/d from €249/252; ) This illustrious hotel has a grand facade featuring statues of the managers, the four seasons and four continents. The rooms don’t have as many amenities as you’d think, but the suites are palatial and the rooftop pool is an incredible blue-sky swim.
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Schwabing
BUDGET
Pension am Kaiserplatz (Map; 349 190; fax 339 316; Kaiserplatz 12; s €31-47, d €49-59) The facade of this Jugendstil villa is a throwback to more romantic times, when Schwabing was awash with art and culture. The superb-value rooms (just 10, all with hall bathrooms) are lovingly decorated with a family touch, and breakfast is delivered to your door by the congenial host herself.
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Gästehaus Englischer Garten (Map; 383 9410; www.hotelenglischergarten.de; Liebergesellstrasse 8; s €65-169, d €75-169; ) Wake up to the quack of ducks in the adjacent Englischer Garten at this cosy pension occupying a graceful old ivy-covered mill with a private garden for breakfast (€9.50 extra). Most of the antique-filled rooms have private bathrooms.
Cosmopolitan Hotel (Map; 383 810; www.cosmopolitan-hotel.de; Hohenzollernstrasse 5; s/d from €90/100; ) Plenty of dark wood and subtle lighting meets the eye at this upmarket art-filled hotel. Rooms are tastefully done out, but can feel a touch cluttered. It’s ideally located for Schwabing’s nightlife.
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Nymphenburg, Neuhausen & Around
BUDGET
DJH hostel (Map; 2024 4490; www.muenchen-city.jugendherberge.de; Wendl-Dietrich-Strasse 20; dm under/over 27yr €25.10/29.10; closed Dec; ) This is the most central DJH hostel, located in Neuhausen northwest of the Altstadt. Relatively loud and busy, it’s also popular and friendly. There’s a restaurant, a garden, bikes for hire, and no curfew. Take the U1 to Rotkreuzplatz.
Hotel Flora (Map; 597 067; www.hotel-flora.de; Karlstrasse 49; s €45-60, d €56-80; ) This is a quiet, simple hotel in a venerable complex with good-value rooms, including quads (€88), that are an ideal set-up for families. Rates include breakfast. It’s just a five-minute walk north of