Cruising From Copenhagen

Situated in the city center, just steps away from Town Hall Square and Strøget, the popular pedestrian walking street, Hotel Twentyseven is Copenhagen’s no-nonsense hotel with great rates and lots of included goodies, including:

• a dinner buffet, with at least two hot dishes, plus salads, cheese tray, bread and dessert
• a sumptuous buffet-style breakfast
• specialty coffees, free of charge all day long
• free WiFi and computer terminals for those who don’t have their laptops
• one free refill at the adjacent Icebar next door (the cost of a cocktail is normally DK85, about US$17 at current rates)

Moreever, rates at the four-star TwentySeven are comparable to rates at three-star hotels. Average room double rates at TwentySeven run about DK930 (US$183), a good value when you consider that two of your meals are included.

Opened in 2007, TwentySeven boasts a modern, trendy atmosphere that caters primarily to couples, singles and business travelers. With three bars (and a fourth outdoors during summer), the hotel is not the ideal choice for families.

Rooms are “cozy,” perhaps a bit on the smallish side but stylish, well-designed and definitely adequate. Larger deluxe rooms are available.

Throw back the sheets, slide into your bathrobe and slippers, and pull back the curtains. From your suite, you see that the sun is shining on Kongens Nytorv and colorful Nyhavn. You can’t wait to get outside.

Now go back to bed: It’s 4 a.m.

What were you thinking? How could you have known? During the summer, it gets bright early here in Copenhagen, which is situated at the same latitude as Anchorage, Alaska.

At 7 a.m., you give up the struggle to sleep. Outside, summer is full on. Head downstairs for a hearty breakfast at D’Angelterre’s Restaurant. Be sure to ask for a table by the window, so that you can admire bustling Kongens Nytorv across the street.

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Recommendations of Copenhagen Hotels

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The hotels in this guide span quite a range, not only in rates and location but also in character. Sample summer 2009 rates run from $158 per night for two people, with breakfast included, to $665 per night (don’t balk at the rate until you’ve read the review.)

All but two of the hotels are located in the heart of Copenhagen. Skovshoved, situated in a charming fishing village a four miles north of the Danish capital, is a lovely 22-room hotel with an award-winning restaurant, bar and a local pub next door (grab a beer and a Gammel Dansk and chat up the locals).

Also outside the heart of the city is the Hilton Copenhagen Airport, an excellent choice for those who want to “sleep in” before their flights home.

The other eight city-center hotels each have characters of their own.

Editor’s Choice: Copenhagen’s ‘Coolest’ Hotel

The Facts — Situated near Copenhagen’s attractive City Hall and Denmark’s National Museum, Clarion Collection Hotel TwentySeven hangs its hat on being an “uncomplicated” hotel. Continue Reading »