Guest User
January 18, 2023
A very comfortable hotel with very friendly management and staff who (on our visit) were more than willing to try to make sure that our stay was a very pleasant one. Very spacious rooms that were clean with comfortable beds. Which can be at times one of the biggest factors about a hotel. As can be expected the hotel is non-smoking but there is a garden to the rear which despite being surrounded by tall buildings felt very peaceful at times. The only drawback to the hotel is that there is no lift and the entrance itself is up a set of steps. So depending on what floor that you are on it could be quite a little trek up the quirky spiral staircase. The hotel itself is on a quiet street even though when you get to the end of the street you hit the hustle and bustle of shops, food establishments, the theatre, bars, banks, a number of different ATM’s (some free to use while others charge for withdrawing cash) and the police station, it is like you’ve crossed between 2 different worlds. The hotel in ideal location because situated just around the corner from the hotel on the same main road as the shops, choice of food establishments, theatre, and the police station is a number of public transport connection stops meaning that you are free to explore the city and travel with relative ease. If you are planning on using public transport to get around the city then ensure that you purchase the “Hamburg Card” which gives unlimited travel on all HVV public services (bus and trains) including the harbour ferries. The card even includes travel to and from Hamburg Airport (providing you have a valid card), so when you consider that the average price of a taxi to or from the airport is around €35 - €40 each way then the savings start to add up straight away. The card can be bought for just a single traveller or valid for a group of up to 5 people regardless of the ages of travellers. The cost of the card (at the time of writing this review) is: 1 Day — 1 person €11.90 — Group of up to 5 people €19.90 2 Days — 1 person €20.90 — Group of up to 5 people €35.90 3 Days — 1 person €29.90 — Group of up to 5 people €49.90 4 Days — 1 person €39.90 — Group of up to 5 people €66.90 5 Days — 1 person €46.90 — Group of up to 5 people €82.90 As you can see for less than the cost of 2 individual cards 5 people can travel together. The card can be bought at various shops, hotels and the tourist information offices or through the dedicated app. As a bonus with the card you get a 50% discount at a large number of tourist attractions. Would I stay at the “Hotel Hamburger Perle” again? Definitely!!!