Beautiful Design
Luxury Hotel
Fine Dining Restaurant
This imposing hotel in Berlin’s Charlottenburg district is a 120-year-old women’s prison with courthouse. It has been transformed in 11 years (!) by a family of architects into a fantastic minimalistic design hotel . Eye-catching… and what work has been put into keeping the soul of the building intact but making it a comfortable and beautiful hotel. This Hideaway is a must for design lovers! And I can tell you from experience… it is absolutely no punishment to sleep here!
Always good to be back in Berlin… I love this city so much! This time I am visiting two Hideaways, in different districts of the city. In both cases it is a special and historic building which has been transformed into a fantastic hotel.
The second hotel I visit is in the former West Berlin district Charlottenburg. I have been to Berlin many times before but never in this neighbourhood What a pleasant surprise because it is somewhat off the beaten track, you will find few tourists, a host of good restaurants (lots of tasty Asian eateries), quirky shops and beautiful old buildings.
But the biggest surprise is the imposing hotel I visit… a 120-year-old women’s prison with court building has been transformed in 11 years (!) by a family of architects into a fantastic minimalist design hotel. Eye-catching… and what work has been put into keeping the soul of the building intact but making a comfortable and beautiful hotel.
The former cells are now rooms with the original cell doors still intact but ingeniously insulated and integrated. And they are far from spartan: comfi beds, spacious bathrooms and lovely toiletries from St Pauls collection by Frama. There is a cosy living room for hotel guests, a patio garden, an oasis of calm in the busy city. You can use the spacious sauna and a pool is being built on the roof terrace.
Breakfast is delightful with as many local quality ingredients as possible. The building also houses a fantastic restaurant where chef Sophia Rudolph cooks contemporary German Cuisine.
This is a beautiful Hideaway and a must for design lovers! And I can tell you from experience… it is absolutely no punishment to sleep here!
Berlin, Germany
