Hotel ArtemisiavsOstel - GDR The Hostel
Both hotels are highly recommended by professional reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Ostel - GDR The Hostel ranks slightly higher than Hotel Artemisia. Ostel - GDR The Hostel comes in at 78 with recommendations from 6 reviewers such as Time Out, Rough Guide and Frommer's.
Hotel Artemisia
Brandenburgische Str 18, 10707 Berlin
From $38/night
- Pet Friendly
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Meeting Rooms
- Breakfast included
- Breakfast buffet
DK Eyewitness
"Artemisia caters exclusively for women and is often visited by business travellers."
Time Out
"Named after the Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi, the world’s oldest women-only hotel has 12 bedrooms, tucked away on the top two floors of a residential apartment building off the Ku’damm." Full review
Rough Guide
"Popular women-only hotel in Wilmersdorf, with modern rooms (most en suite), a range of artworks and a sociable roof garden."
Lonely Planet
"Named after a 16th-century Italian woman artist, this charmer was the first hotel in Germany to cater exclusively for the x-chromosome set."
Frommer's
"If you are a woman looking for a safe, affordable hotel, this women-only establishment in Wilmersdorf should fit the bill." Full review
Ostel - GDR The Hostel
Wriezener Karree 5, 10243 Berlin
From $71/night
- Free Internet
- Concierge
- Baggage storage
- 24-hour front desk
- Safe
- Taxi service
Lonely Planet
". Our independent authors have visited Ostel Hostel and selected this as one of our recommended hostels in Berlin."
DK Eyewitness
"Located in Berlin’s trendy Mitte district, Ostel is designed to look like a communist-era hotel."
Time Out
"For those who just can’t get enough of Ostalgie (nostalgia for the East), there’s a hotel Konsum (state-run market), which sells everything from plaster eggcups to chocolate DDR coins." Full review
Rough Guide
Star
"Step back into the GDR of the 1970s amid a haze of browns and oranges at this themed budget hotel a short walk from the Ostbahnhof."
BlackBook
"Berlin's Ostel offers rooms and apartments for up to six people completely outfitted in commie décor, at prices equally reminiscent of the Eastern Bloc."
Frommer's
"Here’s your chance to indulge in what Berliners call Ostalgia, a kind of kitschy nostalgia for Soviet culture (without the Stasi spying on you and better food)." Full review