Travel 3 minutes 09 October 2024

The First MICHELIN Key Hotels: All the Keys in Germany

The MICHELIN Guide announces top honors for German hotels in 2024.

Berlin MICHELIN Keys Editor's Pick Germany Hotels

On October 9, 2024, The MICHELIN Guide revealed the brand new One, Two, and Three Key distinctions for the most outstanding hotels in Germany.

This announcement comes four years into a comprehensive refresh of our hotel selection. The MICHELIN Guide now includes over 5,000 hotels across the world, and not a single one is simply a room for the night. These are places that significantly add to your experience as a traveler, each vetted and judged excellent in five categories: architecture and interior design, quality and consistency of service, overall personality and character, value for the price, and a significant contribution to the guest experience in a particular setting.

Which brings us back to the Keys. The culmination of countless hours of evaluation by our Inspectors, the Key hotels below represent the highlights of our broader selection. Like the MICHELIN Stars for restaurants, the MICHELIN Keys recognize our most outstanding hotels.

In total, the 2024 MICHELIN Guide hotel selection in Germany includes a total of 6 Three Key hotels, 36 Two Key hotels, and 80 One Key hotels. Want to know more about the MICHELIN Key? Here’s everything you need to know. Or, head below to look at all the Keys.

Highlights of the Germany 2024 Key Hotel List

Jump straight to the list or take a deeper dive into select Key hotels.

On this page, you’ll find every single one of our new Key distinctions, sorted by number of Keys and location in Germany. Click on any hotel to go straight to the hotel page to learn more about the nuts and bolts of each property. Alternatively, you can read any number of in-depth pieces about the aspects of the special craft that make up a Key hotel over on our magazine. While our anonymous selection team spends every day scouring the earth to vet favorite hotels and unearth hidden gems, our editorial team delves into the hotel craft by speaking directly to hoteliers.

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Germany's Three Key Club

Six properties earned our highest hotel honor in Germany: the exclusive Three Key distinction. Of these, two make their home in Baiersbronn in the heart of the Black Forest (Hotel Bareiss, Hotel Traube Tonbach), two in Hamburg (Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten, the Fontenay), and two in Bavaria (Schloss Elmau, Seehotel Überfahrt).

See more: The ins and outs of all our Three Key hotels in Germany

The Transformations of Berlin

While many historic buildings were destroyed in the second World War, many too survived. Indeed, in this very first list of Key hotels in Berlin, we see many historic buildings repurposed as the best hotels in the city. They are buildings originally used as post offices (Hotel Telegraphenamt), private homes (Patrick Hellmann Schlosshotel), or even 19th-century prisons (Wilmina Hotel). Check out each one of these historic Key hotels in Berlin, here.

See more: Inside Wilmina, Berlin's Former Prison Turned One Key Hotel

Alpine Hospitality

We’re constantly astounded at the ease and expertise with which German hoteliers handle Alpine hospitality, although it may have something to do with the sheer amount of time they’ve been practicing.

Key hotels like Romantischer Winkel and Staudacherhof date back nearly fifty years and over a hundred years, respectively, while places like Kulturhof Stanggass and Das Kranzbach offer an unashamedly modern update to the long tradition. Check out Sonnenalp Resort, Villa Sonnenhof, Das Graseck, Hanusel Hof, and Boutiquehotel Blaue Burg Falkenstein for more Alpine Keys.

Top Image: So/ Berlin Das Stue

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