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Hotel Information: Set amid the nondescript, parking-garage-style architecture of the communist era and the ornate buildings of 19th-century Berlin, the hotel with its glass front stands out as an example of the contemporary style enlivening Berlin's revived Mitte section. Business and leisure travelers come for ready access to Mitte's professional offices, restaurants, bars, and historical attractions.
Amenity highlights: Hotel guests mingle with locals and out-of-towners in a polyglot social scene centered on the hotel's Austrian-German restaurant and tranquil, contemporary bar that begins in the afternoon and, by candlelight, continues well past midnight. Sidewalk seating--warmed by heaters in cool weather--fronts both restaurant and bar.
Insider tip: Damaged by war, plastered with flyers, and festooned with graffiti, Tacheles Cultural Center adjacent to the hotel is an artists' haven so hallowed in Berlin history that the East German regime dared not close it. Today it maintains scruffiness acquired during the communist era as a symbol of artistic resistance. Artists sell out of studios, a theater welcomes poets, and a cinema draws visitors at night.
Rooms
The Arcotel Velvet Berlin offers 85 air-conditioned guestrooms and suites in a contemporary eight-story building with a glass facade. Rooms and suites feature all-glass fronts overlooking the lively day-and-night, restaurant-and-bar scene along Oranienburger Strasse. Red drapes and white sheer curtains provide privacy. Flat-screen, 17-inch televisions and DVD/CD players with remote controls offer entertainment. (Rental DVDs are available at the reception desk.)
Built-in desks with red-leather tops, horizontal mirrors, side-light illumination, and black-leather stools supply working space. Desks include multiple electrical outlets as well as high-speed and dial-up Internet connections. (Surcharges for Internet access.) Each room or suite contains a cell-phone-size cordless telephone.
Beds include down comforters and hypo-allergenic pillows, have headboards with the same design as desks: tall, heavy, dark-wood frames containing red-leather insets, horizontal mirrors, and built-in reading lights. Walls and ceilings are white. Carpets are two-tone red. Each room and suite has a little wall-mounted rack holding two apples.
Room Amenities
- Internet access - high speed
- Cable/satellite TV
- DVD player
- CD player
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Internet access - surcharge
- Voice mail
- Internet access - dial-up
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Wake-up calls
- Housekeeping (daily)
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Child care (in room, surcharge)
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Desk
- In-room safe
- Television
- Smoking rooms
- Rollaway beds
- Cribs (infant beds) available
Recreation
Tiergarten Park 1.5 km (one mile) away offers walking/running and bicycle paths. Gyms in the neighborhood often include indoor swimming pools as well as fitness and exercise facilities. In winter, Alexander Square (Alexanderplatz) 1.75 km (1.25 miles) away provides an ice-skating rink.
The recreational activities listed below are available near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Ice skating nearby
- Swimming nearby
- Running track/path nearby
- Tennis nearby
- Aerobics nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Playground nearby
Property Amenities
The Arcotel Velvet Berlin's bar/lounge contains two computers with complimentary high-speed Internet connections.
The hotel's staff speaks fluent English.
- Concierge services
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Room service (limited hours)
- Parking (surcharge)
- Self parking
- Meeting rooms (small groups)
- Internet access in public areas - high speed
- Internet access in public areas - complimentary
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Multilingual staff
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- Number of rooms: 85
- Currency exchange
- Dry cleaning service
- Video library
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Number of floors: 8
- Elevator/lift
Policies
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Small pets only
- Pet fee charged at hotel/condo
- Check-in time is 3 PM
- Check-out time is Noon
Dining
Lutter and Wegner - Branch of small chain bearing name of famed Berlin restaurant opened in 1811 and closed after WW II until the 1990s. Traditional Austrian, Berliner, and contemporary German cuisines. Breakfast buffet daily. Lunch/dinner menu served until midnight, with bar open to 1 AM. 350-selection wine list, with bottles available to go. Deli cases with antipasti, European cured meats, and cheeses. Dark-wood chairs with maroon-leather seats. Natural-maple tabletops, rustic wood floor, green-and-white striped ceiling. Wine-rack walls. Glass front open in summer. Sidewalk picnic tables and heaters under green umbrellas.
Velvet Bar - Cocktail-and-coffee bar/lounge open noon to midnight. Sushi-and-appetizer menu. Red-and-black leather seating. Banquette backed by wall-mirror and sheer curtains. Venetian chandeliers. Projection TV on white wall. Glass front open in summer. Sidewalk tables and heaters under green awnings.
Address
Oranienburger Str. 52
Berlin, 10117
Germany
Nearest major airport:
Berlin, Germany (TXL-Tegel)
Area:
Mitte, Berlin, Germany
