Berlin for 3 nights at the end of March – hotel advice

[yorkshireRich]

Hi all, my fathers 70th at end of March and as a family we said we would go somewhere, so myself and my brother are trying to organise something. There will be 7 of us in total which includes one infant just under 2 years.
We are not all based in the same area of the Uk. I have looked at Easy Jet from Manchester but the flight times aren’t great.
BA from Heathrow is certainly more convenient with flight times. We are looking at BA Holidays at present. My brother showed me one hotel but after doing some research via Google, it stated Alexanderplatz is the most dangerous part of Berlin.
Choosing a safe area is a MUST as I’m travelling with my mother and father who don’t really go on city breaks.

As it looks like we are going to book through BA holidays, hotel status doesn’t really matter, so open to any suggestions, any recommendations most grateful

Many thanks
Rich

[dougzz99]

yorkshireRich wrote:

Hi all, my fathers 70th at end of March and as a family we said we would go somewhere, so myself and my brother are trying to organise something. There will be 7 of us in total which includes one infant just under 2 years.
We are not all based in the same area of the Uk. I have looked at Easy Jet from Manchester but the flight times aren’t great.
BA from Heathrow is certainly more convenient with flight times. We are looking at BA Holidays at present. My brother showed me one hotel but after doing some research via Google, it stated Alexanderplatz is the most dangerous part of Berlin.
Choosing a safe area is a MUST as I’m travelling with my mother and father who don’t really go on city breaks.

As it looks like we are going to book through BA holidays, hotel status doesn’t really matter, so open to any suggestions, any recommendations most grateful

Many thanks
Rich

I go to Berlin typically twice a year. There’s the odd bag snatching at various tourist traps, but I’ve always understood Berlin to be quite low crime. Alexanderplatz to my mind has more danger of wandering under a tram than any other danger. I walk lots when there, and quite happily wander into some of the grungier funky areas. Never once felt unsafe, for context I’m 60+. I’d revisit my research. My personal fav area is around Hackescher Markt. The history and more interesting stuff is all around Mitte in the former east. I don’t care much about hotels there as Berlin is an out and about see stuff city. A HI or Hampton will serve you well there.

[Rob]

I’ve never felt unsafe in Berlin, to be honest.

You MIGHT want to stay around Potsdamer Platz (Grand Hyatt good, Ritz Carlton, probably the best Marriott in the world). Postdamer Platz, for better or worse, is brand new shiny corporate architecture, about as sleazy as Canary Wharf, and they won’t feel in any way unsafe.

Also a modest walk to Checkpoint Charlie etc and as the wall ran through PotsPlatz there is some historical stuff there too.

• This reply was modified 54 years, 11 months ago by .

[Johnie]

Agree with Rob about Platz bring safe, good hotels. But with senior citizen/kids OP might find other side of Tiergarten better option.

Great selection of hotels around Zoo station/Ku’damm.

Haven’t used it myself but more than one German colleague has raved about the brilliantly located Premier Inn Berlin City Centre for work as well as play. And at around £40 a room…

[Rob]

We’ve reviewed the Waldorf and the Pullman, both in the zoo area.

[yorkshireRich]

Thankyou for all the advice. Think we are swaying towards the Pullman.