Axel - Guldsmeden HotelsvsScandic Front
Both hotels are highly recommended by professional travelers. Overall, Scandic Front ranks slightly better than Axel Guldsmeden - Guldsmeden Hotels. Scandic Front comes in at #8 in Copenhagen with praise from 10 reviewers like Oyster, Frommer's and Lonely Planet.
Axel - Guldsmeden Hotels
Helgolandsgade 11, Copenhagen 1653, Denmark
From $0/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
Michelin Guide
"Stylish hotel with a charming courtyard and a uniquely styled interior."
Frommer's
"Seemingly, it has everything, including a spa, private penthouse suites, an organic restaurant, teak four-poster beds, and small balconies, plus the latest technology." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"Centrally located in Vestrbro near Tivoli Gardens, the 129-room Axel Hotel Guldsmeden is housed in a traditional five-story building with an all-white facade designed by Marc Weinert." Full review
Rough Guide
"Among the city’s most appealing boutique hotels with beautiful Balinese-inspired decor and superb attention to detail."
Star Service
"This is a global-thinking hotel with upscale world-beat design and an ecologically minded manifesto." Full review
The Telegraph
7.0
"Axel Guldsmeden is an oasis of bohemian Balinese calm on the edge of Copenhagen’s trendiest district, Vesterbro. It's just 500 metres away from Central Station." Full review
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Rooms are spacious and plushly decorated with oriental carpets contrasting with parquet flooring and pale paintwork." Full review
Independent
"All rooms have four-poster beds and feature Balinese-style furnishings and hipster decor. They’re stocked with the finer things in life: bathrobes, slippers and own-brand organic toiletries."
Scandic Front
Sankt AnnAe Plads 21, Copenhagen 1250, Denmark
From $84/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
Michelin Guide
"Contemporary harbourside hotel with pleasant lobby-lounge, airy function rooms and well-equipped fitness area."
Frommer's
"On the inside, however, it's one of the hottest and most appealing hotels in town." Full review
Concierge
"An offspring of Copenhagen's frostiest grande dame, Hotel D'Angleterre, the Front feels less like a lady-in-waiting than a parody of the pandering boutique hotel."
Travel + Leisure
"The fitness center, on the first floor of the all-glass Front Hotel, overlooks the modern Copenhagen Opera House designed by Henning Larse." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"All the rooms are lavish in their comforts, with deep beige and brown accents, Barcelona chairs, and flat-screen TVs, as well as tiled bathrooms with vanity mirrors."
Condé Nast Traveler
"The first thing you notice is the Guest Wall, a floor-to-ceiling blackboard on which previous visitors have scribbled messages in colored chalk." Full review
Star Service
"With the queen as its neighbor, this hotel is located on an elegant street near museums, art galleries, Kongens Nytorv (The King's New Square), chic shops and Stroeget (the walking street)." Full review
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Sixth-floor Deluxe double rooms with balconies are also worth requesting.
Oyster
Upscale
"The 132-room middle-range Scandic Front is in a quiet location close to the city center, and has a fitness room the size of a small public gym." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"The waterfront setting is the big draw at this central four-star hotel, where the recently refurbished rooms have big windows and contemporary grey-toned décor. " Full review
Lonely Planet
"Conveniently plonked to the rear of Nyhavn and overlooking the harbour, Front is light, bright and sexed-up with a bold colour scheme." Full review