Kurfürstendamm shopping area - adjacent
Tiergarten park - 0.5 kilometers (0.25 miles)
Schloss Charlottenburg palace - 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles)
Potsdamer Platz - 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles)
Berlin Philharmonic - 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles)
Brandenburg Gate - 3 kilometers (2 miles)
Reichstag Building - 3 kilometers (2 miles)
Checkpoint Charlie - 3 kilometers (2 miles)
Museum Island - 4.5 kilometers (3 miles)
Alexanderplatz, center of former East Berlin - 5.5 kilometers (3.5 miles)

Berlin-Tegel Airport (TXL): Approximate driving time is 20 minutes and distance is 6 miles (10 kilometers).

Airport buses and taxi cabs are available for transfer from the airport to the center of Berlin.

The U-bahn and S-bahn train networks connect the hotel with the rest of central Berlin within 5 minutes. The U-bahn station closest to the hotel is Uhlandstrasse. There is also a wide choice of buses. The hotel can order cabs on request.

This hotel has 249 guestrooms, all of which have views of the surrounding shopping streets or an inner courtyard. Rooms are decorated in classical style with modern amenities. Pale woods combine with subdued grays and pinks in some rooms; those in the older part of the hotel match blues and beiges with dark-wood furniture. Every room has high-speed Internet access. Bathrooms have bathrobes and are scented with bowls of pot-pourri.

Kempinski Grill - Traditional fine-dining dinners and weekend lunches are served in this refined, 30-seat restaurant, decorated in deep blues and dusty pinks. A popular outing for long-time Berlin residents, Kempinski Grill is renowned for its wine cellar. An open kitchen allows guests to watch chefs prepare signature dishes such as Veal Strudel with Caramelized Chicory.

Kempinski Eck - Lunch and dinner are served at red-leather banquettes and linen-clad tables beneath Art Deco light fittings. This relaxed eatery has an international menu which features Berlin specialties. Windows facing the Kufürstendamm shopping street provide excellent people-watching opportunities.

Winter Garden - Open for breakfast, the Winter Garden's buffet is known for serving 'everything'; particularly renowned is the traditional German Bircher muesli. Guests dine in the glassed-in conservatory on wicker chairs or indoor under Art Deco light fittings.

Goeblin Halle - Continental breakfast, lunch and dinner are served at sofas in this wood-paneled lounge. In the evenings an open fire is lit and the bar serves drinks and bar snacks.

Bristol Bar - Every evening a piano player accompanies guests who take advantage of the Bristol Bar's parquet dance floor. A curved redwood bar serves drinks beneath colored-glass chandeliers while guests lounge in blue leather armchairs at inlaid coffee tables.

What to expect: Just off the bustling Ku'damm shopping strip, green marble, towering flower arrangements, solid dark-wood columns and red-cloth sofas make the Bristol's softly lit lobby a quiet contrast to the fast-paced Berlin streets. Leisure and business travelers mingle with long-time Berlin residents on their way to the Kempinski Grill.

Amenity highlights: Mosaics and fountains give the Bristol's indoor pool the ambience of a Roman Empire bath. The hotel's shopping gallery features fashion by Lagerfeld, shoes by Charles Jourdan and jewelry by Markus Schwarz. The Kempinski Grill is a time-honored dinner spot for Berlin residents who enjoy traditional fine dining.

Insider tip: One of Berlin's oldest producers of traditional German fine porcelain, KPM Porcelain, has an outlet in the Bristol's shopping gallery. From dinner sets to porcelain bears, the symbol of Berlin, KPM provides guests with unique souvenirs of their stay.

Guests recline amid the ancient-Rome-themed mosaics, statuary and fountains by the Bristol's indoor pool. In the nearby fitness area, the steam room is tiled in marble. Weights, fitness machines, a Finnish sauna and massage are also available.

The highlights of Berlin's premier shopping strip can be found in the hotel's shopping gallery, where designers Lagerfeld and Jourdan, Wolford Lingerie and traditional KPM Porcelain have stores. At the Kempinski Grill, guests and Berliners alike enjoy fine dining and an excellent wine cellar.