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.
Click below to jump to each distinction:
The Three Key Hotels
Baiersbronn: Hotel Bareiss
Baiersbronn: Hotel Traube Tonbach
Elmau: Schloss Elmau Luxury Spa Retreat & Cultural Hideaway
Hamburg: Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten
Hamburg: The Fontenay
Rottach-Egern: Althoff Seehotel Überfahrt
The Two Key Hotels
Bad Saarow: Villa Contessa
Baiersbronn: Hotel Engel Obertal - Wellness & Genuss Resort
Berchtesgaden: Kempinski Hotel Berchtesgaden
Berlin: Hotel am Steinplatz
Berlin: Hotel de Rome
Berlin: Patrick Hellmann Schlosshotel
Berlin: Telegraphenamt
Berlin: The Ritz-Carlton, Berlin
Blankenhain: Spa & Golf Hotel Weimarer Land
Cologne: Excelsior Hotel Ernst
Deidesheim: Hotel Ketschauer Hof
Donaueschingen: Der Öschberghof
Dresden: Bülow Palais
Dresden: Kempinski Hotel Taschenbergpalais
Dusseldorf: Breidenbacher Hof Düsseldorf
Frankfurt: Sofitel Frankfurt Opera
Gonnesweiler: Seezeitlodge Hotel & Spa
Grassau: Das Achental Resort
Hamburg: Hotel Louis C. Jacob
Horben: Luisenhöhe - Gesundheitsresort Schwarzwald
Hörnum: BUDERSAND Hotel - Golf & Spa
Kranzbach: Das Kranzbach Hotel & Wellness Retreat
Munich: Mandarin Oriental Munich
Munich: Rocco Forte Charles Hotel
Munich: Rosewood Munich
Norderney: Seesteg Norderney
Ofterschwang: Sonnenalp Resort
Reit im Winkl: Hotel Gut Steinbach
Röhrnbach: Wellness & Sport Hotel Jagdhof
Rottach-Egern: Parkhotel Egerner Höfe
Saarbrücken: Esplanade Saarbrücken
Saarlouis: LA MAISON
Sylt: Landhaus Stricker
Sylt: Severin's Resort & Spa
Sylt: Söl’ring Hof
Weißenhaus: Weissenhaus Private Nature Luxury Resort
The One Key Hotels
Andernach: Hotel PURS
Augsburg: Hotel Maximlian's
Bad Reichenhall: Villa Sonnenhof Boutique Hotel
Bad Sachsa: RoLigio® & Wellness Resort Romantischer Winkel
Bad Teinach-Zavelstein: Berlins KroneLamm
Baden-Baden: Maison Messmer
Balderschwang: HUBERTUS unplugged
Bensberg: Althoff Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg
Berlin: Casa Camper Berlin
Berlin: Château Royal
Berlin: Hotel Orania.Berlin
Berlin: So/ Berlin Das Stue
Berlin: The Mandala Hotel
Berlin: Wilmina Hotel
Binz: niXe Boutiquehotel & Spa
Bischofswiesen: Kulturhof Stanggass
Bodman-Ludwigshafen: Seehotel Villa Linde
Breitenburg: Hotel Breitenburg
Deidesheim: Kaisergarten Hotel & Spa Deidesheim
Dierhagen: Strandhotel Fischland
Dresden: Gewandhaus Dresden
Dresden: Hotel Villa Sorgenfrei & Restaurant Atelier Sanssouci
Durbach: Hotel Rebstock Durbach
Dusseldorf: Steigenberger Parkhotel Düsseldorf
Dusseldorf: The Wellem
Flensburg: Das James
Frankenberg: Hotel Die Sonne Frankenberg
Frankfurt: JW Marriott Hotel Frankfurt
Frankfurt: Roomers Hotel Frankfurt
Frickenhausen: Hotel / Weingut Meintzinger
Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Das Graseck Mountain Hideaway & Healthcare
Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Staudacherhof
Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Werdenfelserei
Geisenheim: Burg & Gästehaus by Schwarzenstein
Gernsbach: Schloss Eberstein
Hamburg: Landhaus Flottbek Boutique Hotel
Hamburg: Tortue Hamburg
Heidelberg: Heidelberg Suites
Heidelberg: Hotel Europäischer Hof Heidelberg
Heiligendamm: Grand Hotel Heiligendamm
Hellengerst: Hanusel Hof
Hofenstetten: Der Birkenhof Spa & Genuss Resort
Hohen Demzin: Schlosshotel Burg Schlitz
Hornbach: Kloster Hornbach
Immenstaad am Bodensee: Hotel Heinzler am See
Kirschau: Hotel BEI SCHUMANN
Königsbronn: Widmann's Löwen
Konstanz: RIVA - Das Hotel am Bodensee
Kressbronn am Bodensee: Boutique-Hotel Friesinger
Kronberg: Schlosshotel Kronberg - Hotel Frankfurt
Lieser: Lieser Castle, Autograph Collection
Lübben: Strandhaus Spreewald
Munich: Andaz Munich Schwabinger Tor
Munich: Bayerischer Hof Munich
Munich: BEYOND by Geisel
Munich: Cortiina Hotel
Munich: Do & Co Hotel Munich
Munich: Hotel München Palace
Munich: Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski
Munich: Koenigshof, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Munich
Münster: Mauritzhof Hotel Münster
Naumburg: Gasthof Zufriedenheit
Nonnenhorn: Hotel Restaurant Spa Torkel
Norderney: 1884 Norderney
Oberammergau: Maximilian
Oberstaufen: DAS.HOCHGRAT
Oberstaufen: Haubers Naturresort
Oberstaufen: Hotel Alpenkönig
Oberstdorf: Hotel Exquisit
Ostseebad Sellin: ROEWERS Privathotel
Pfronten: Boutiquehotel Blaue Burg Falkenstein
Rotenburg an der Wümme: Hotel Landhaus Wachtelhof
Rothenburg ob der Tauber: Villa Mittermeier
Rottach-Egern: Spa & Resort Bachmair Weissach
Schmallenberg: Hotel Deimann
Schwangau: AMERON Neuschwanstein Alpsee Resort & Spa
Schwangau: Das Rübezahl
Sylt: Hof Galerie
Sylt: Landhaus Severins Morsum Kliff
Wolfsburg: The Ritz-Carlton, Wolfsburg
Top Image: So/ Berlin Das Stue
