Ducherow Holidays from £370

The one thing we found that was slightly off-putting was that the photos on-line are designed to make the hotel look new, modern and spacious, when in fact it's a beautifully restored older building with smaller bedrooms, tiny elevators, and lovely winding staircases. There's enough modern hotels go around. Please brag about this lovely unique hotel on the waterfront of the Aussen-Alster See.

Beautiful clean Rooms.

Disappointed that the air conditioning and the mini fridge were not working properly.

Stayed at the Engel for the Simple Minds concert at the Barclays Arena Hamburg (great concert!). The hotel and staff are great and a quite nights sleep. The Papilon resturant attached to the Hotel is also great! Pubic transport (Bus) into Hamburg City centre is a 10 metre walk and a Taxi around 18 Euro.

Nice environment in park area

I had a comfortable basement en-suite twin room for use as a single room. The bedroom had a comfortable single bed for my use. It had a large washbasin and large mirror in front of it. There was a writing desk with chair. The desk had a lamp, and phone to reception, and above the desk was a flat screen tv with remote. The beds had lights and there was a light for the room. The tiled shower room had a shower cubicle and w.c. Sufficient towels, toilet rolls, paper tissues, and shower/ hand gel dispensers were provided. The bedroom and hotel entrance could be accessed with an electronic keycard. My only problem was that most days, the hot water from the tap was barely warm The buffet - style breakfast was more than adequate and cost 10 Euros. Please note that the reception desk is NOT manned late in the evening or overnight. Although the hotel in Norderstedt is not strictly-speaking in Hamburg, transport is good with local buses and an affordable U-Bahn (metro/tube - style trains), also S-Bahns, buses and ferries. The Hamburg-Card for various lengths of stay provide access to public transport and give some discounts to, say, museums. These reasonably-priced cards are obtainable from ticket machines at stations by paying cash or using a payment card.