Top 10 Hotels 2023:

Brenners Park Hotel is an icon among icons. © provided

1st Place: Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa

Baden-Baden, oetkercollection.com
Excellent: 100 | 100 points

2nd Place: The Fontenay Hotel Hamburg

Hamburg, thefontenay.com
Excellent: 100 | 100 points

3rd Place: Weissenhaus Grand Village Resort & Spa by the sea

Wangels / Weissenhaus, weissenhaus.de
Excellent: 99 | 100 points

4th Place: Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten

Hamburg, fairmont.com.
Excellent: 99 | 100 points

5th Place: Elmau Castle

Elmau, castle-elmau.com
Excellent: 99 | 100 points

6th Place: Hotel Bareiss

Baiersbronn-Mitteltal, bareiss.com
Excellent: 99 | 100 points

7th Place: Hotel Adlon Kempinski

Berlin, kempinski.com
Excellent: 99 | 100 points

8th Place: Althoff Seehotel Überfahrt

Rottach-Egern, althoffcollection.com
Excellent: 98 | 100 points

9th Place: Breidenbacher Hof

Dusseldorf, breidenbacherhof.com
Excellent: 98 | 100 points

10th Place: Althoff Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg

Bergisch Gladbach, althoffcollection.com
Excellent: 98 | 100 points

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Reader's Choice Rankings:

Gourmet:

The Birkenhof impresses with its singular view. © provided

1st Place: Der Birkenhof

Neunburg vorm Wald, der-birkenhof.de

2nd Place: Parkhotel Egerner Höfe

Rottach-Egern, egerner-hoefe.de

3rd Place: Hotel Bayerischer Hof

Munich, bayerischerhof.de

SPA:

Hotels like the Lanserhof on Sylt are the perfect spot for those seeking relaxation. © Fotostudio Alexander Haiden

1st Place: Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa

Baden-Baden, oetkercollection.com

2nd Place: Lanserhof Sylt

List, lanserhof.com

3rd Place: Spa & Resort Bachmair Weissach

Weissach/Rottach-Egern, bachmair-weissach.com

Family:

The gardens of the Bareiss are like something from a dream. © provided

1st Place: Hotel Bareiss

Baiersbronn-Mitteltal, bareiss.com

2nd Place: Sonnenalp Resort

Ofterschwang, sonnenalp.com

3rd Place: The Grand Green Familux Resort

Oberhof, thegrandgreen.com

City:

The Stue is an oasis in the middle of the capital. © provided

1st Place: SO/ Berlin Das Stue

Berlin, so-berlin-das-stue.com

2nd place: Mandarin Oriental Munich

Munich, mandarinoriental.com

3rd Place: Hotel Telegraph Office

Berlin, telegraph office.com

Design:

The interior design at SIDE Design Hote is bright and straightforward. © provided

1st Place: SIDE Design Hotel

Hamburg, side-hamburg.de

2nd Place: Roomers Hotel

Baden-Baden, roomers-hotels.com

3rd Place: The George Hotel

Hamburg, thegeorge-hotel.com

Sustainability & Innovation:

The beach house lets you live in harmony with nature. © 2017 Scholvien

Beach House Boutique Resort & Spa

Lübben, beachhouse-spreewald.com

Hotelier of the Year:

Ingo C. Peters runs the Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten with verve and passion. © Wolfgang Wilde

Ingo C. Peters (Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten, Hamburg)

Hamburg, hvj.com