Luxury as standard. With people demanding more and more of themselves they have also come to expect more from their surroundings. In an age of flexibility and, above all, mobility a high standard of comfort is indispensable to the modern hotel business. Architects, designers and hoteliers are rising to this challenge and combining tasteful design with individual style, blending unique and customized service with unusual ambiences. From being merely a stopover the hotel has moved on to being a lifestyle oasis in its own right. Guests are provided with an excellent adjunct to their professional lives and the perfect opportunity to unwind. Personalized, individualized design allows guests to feel at home in a liberating yet secure environment. Hotels in Germany devotes upwards of 330 pages to describing over 50 top-class hotels, stretching from Helgoland off the northern coast to Munich in the south. In this unique volume modern architecture meets classical design, city and countryside square up to each other and design hotels vie with traditional establishments. Over 400 large photographs provide the reader with vivid illustrations of the interiors and a palpable sense of each hotel's atmosphere. Short texts outline the architecture and character unique to each establishment, completing this journey through Germany's hotel landscape. Hotels: a fascinating experience where to see is to dream, and to go is to come back.