Another holder of the Michelin Three Keys, this curvaceous beauty on the fringes of Lake Alster tops our ranking of Germany’s most luxurious hotels. Named for one of 19th-century Hamburg’s most prolific shipping tycoons, The Fontenay sits right on a circular hiking trail ringing the city, and was described by its architect Jan Störmer as his ‘Hotel in the Park'.

The Fontenay simultaneously succeeds in blending in with and standing out from its verdant environment, providing a high-end urban oasis capped with a rooftop spa, two-Michelin-starred restaurant and plush bedrooms that all face out into the green beyond.

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