Hotel Barleben am See

Absolutely charming! Wonderful sized room and good size bathroom (it is Europe though!). And the patio area with a water view is amazing! A must-stay! Be prepared if you visit in the summer-no A/C. This will only matter if there’s a heat wave, otherwise a fan they provide is sufficient.

I assume that this place operates in a different way in Winter and Summer because the restaurant and reception were closed during our stay and it was very unclear whether they were operating a breakfast service or not. I did not realise when I booked that the reception is (apparently) only staffed until 6pm. I emailed the hotel to say we would be later than that, but received no reply. We arrived to find the front door bolted and no sign of anyone around. Eventually I thought to look in my emails and discovered a message from them with instructions for how to get in via the lockbox. The room was lovely and had a great view. Only coffee was provided in the room, tea would have been very welcome. The room was very, very hot. We turned the heating off. We stayed for a weekend and saw no staff apart from a cleaner and a server at breakfast. We ordered Sunday breakfast in advance by email as requested, but papers in the room suggested there was no breakfast service. Then on Sunday they were doing breakfast. It was all a bit confusing. The parking is on-street unless you manage to bag one of their three spaces and the street is very popular. All in all it felt like a very hands-off operation - more like an AirBnB than a hotel.

Staff here was really amazing and friendly. The building is lovely and interesting, and the location on the water always has something interesting going on during the summer.

Das Zimmer war in Ordnung und das Personal zuvorkommend.

Besonders hervorzuheben ist die Einrichtung des Zimmers und des ganzen Hauses. Wir wurden sehr freundlich empfangen und haben tolle Tipps zum Aufenthalt in der Stadt bekommen. Schöner Fußweg in die Altstadt. Wir kommen gerne wieder.