Hackesche Höfe, Berlin

This is a clean, respectable "superior tourist class hotel", in a completely renovated building. The rooms are small but attractive (our bed was barely the width a U.S. "double" bed, for two people), with everything nearly new. You must note that the hotel does not have air conditioning. This might be okay in all but the hottest weeks of the tourist season. But the street under the front rooms not only has a streetcar, it's near a curve. (..screeech...) If you have to have the window open, it's a real problem. Berlin has a lot of hotels, so make sure that the price for the days you need here is sufficiently below the hotels with larger rooms and air conditioning. The young staff is pleasant and helpful, but the hot weather encouraged us to pay for one night and leave immediately.