The Best Hotels in Birmingham UK

A Victorian red-brick that used to be the Birmingham Eye Hospital, which at least explains the attention to detail. Hotel du Vin leans into rich, warm tones and a faintly baroque sensibility while the rest of the boutique world goes minimalist and white. It's the only outpost in the chain with a spa, and the bistro's wine list runs to hundreds of bottles. The shopping outside is fine, but you'll be thinking about dinner.

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Full-length windows overlooking Birmingham's canal district set the tone at this large, polished city-centre hotel. The rooms are spacious and properly fitted out, the spa has a pool and a round-the-clock gym, and the lobby sits close enough to the shops that afternoon tea afterward feels almost obligatory. It runs on the Hyatt template, which is less a complaint than a description: reliably comfortable, nothing left out.

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Housed in a converted Royal Mail sorting facility inside The Mailbox, Birmingham's upscale canal-side shopping complex, this boutique hotel trades in dark woods, earthy tones, and generous room sizes that make a quiet dig at London's overpriced cupboards. Harvey Nichols is essentially your lobby. The Malmaison house style runs cool and calm throughout, with a brasserie and spa on site for anyone who needs a reason to stay indoors.

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The Queen's Suite is named for Elizabeth I, who last slept here in 1575, which gives you a sense of how long Fawsley Hall has been at this. It's a country house hotel with Tudor, Georgian, and Victorian wings, all of which were, at some point, the new addition. Rooms range from period-heavy originals to quieter contemporary spaces in the stables and spa building. A full spa, restaurant, and weekend screenings round things out nicely.

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