Opposite an underground station and within walking distance of sights
Stylish, edgy, urban decor in rooms and common areas
Rooms have comfortable beds and modern, sleek bathrooms
Restaurant serves breakfast and dinner plus cocktail bar with terrace
Small fitness center with cardio machines and free weights
Two large meeting rooms
Free Wi-Fi throuhgout
Not much of interest in the immediate surrounding area
Ultra-modern style can feel stark and soulless
Catalonia Berlin Mitte is a trendy 131-room, four-pearl business hotel in central Berlin. Rooms are tasteful and modern, with industrial-style decor, comfortable beds, flat-screen TVs, and sleek bathrooms. The hotel has an urban industrial theme, which is carried through from the lobby to the restaurant and the graffitied walls of some of the corridors. There's a nice restaurant and cocktail bar on-site, a fitness center, and two meeting rooms. There's not much to see in the immediate area, but there is an underground station across the street and some of the city's major sights are within walking distance. Visitors wanting to be close to the city center ought to compare rates at the Tryp Berlin Mitte Hotel, another four-pearl property with a more central location.
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Scene
Urban edge meets muted style in an industrial-style hotel
From the outside, the Catalonia Berlin Mitte building looks plain, with a sign bearing the hotel's name above a passageway that leads to an inner courtyard. Once in the courtyard, guests are greeted by one of the city's famous painted bears. There are bikes, colorful furniture, and plants, which combine to create a welcoming and cool vibe. The lobby is stylish but neutrally decorated, with exposed brick and pipes on the ceiling that offer a bit of urban edge. This juxtaposition is continued throughout the hotel, with some corridors and public spaces kept very simple and stylish in a muted way and others bearing flamboyant graffitied walls.
Location
Fairly close to major tourist attractions
There isn't much of note in the immediate vicinity of Catalonia Berlin Mitte, but the city's sights are reasonably close at hand and there's an underground station just across the street. Alexanderplatz, a huge public square and the city's main transport hub, is about a 20-minute walk or two stops on the underground, and Berlin's museums are a 15-minute walk away. The hotel offers bike rentals, which makes for an interesting way to explore the surroundings. The airport is a 25-minute drive away or about 45 minutes to an hour on public transportation.
Rooms
Stylish, ultra-modern rooms with industrial decor elements and comfortable beds
The Catalonia Berlin Mitte's 131 rooms are tastefully decorated, clean, and modern, with light-gray floors, pale walls, and charcoal and black furnishings that create a bit of an industrial loft ambience, without compromising on cosiness. The beds are comfortable and all rooms have free Wi-Fi, flat-screen TVs, and minibars. Rooms facing the inner courtyard are the most quiet, although noise isn't a big problem in the street-facing rooms.
Features
Industrial-style restaurant and cocktail bar plus fitness center, meeting rooms, and free Wi-Fi
The hotel's urban industrial theme is continued in the restaurant, Kunstwerk, which features hanging lights with exposed wires, metal pipes, and numbers scrawled on exposed concrete pillars. It's open for dinner and also serves breakfast for a fee. There's also a cocktail bar with an outdoor terrace for alfresco drinking. The hotel's small fitness center has free weights and a few cardio machines. For business guests, there are two fairly large meeting rooms flooded with natural light and Wi-Fi is free throughout the property.
