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Rooms that look out over the Old Botanical Gardens give this Rocco Forte hotel an unexpectedly tranquil feeling for a property sitting squarely in the city center. The design is crisp and contemporary without tipping into marble-and-gold excess, and the rooms are famously generous, built large on purpose from the start. A spa, pool, and Italian restaurant round things out. It holds a Forbes Four Star and two Michelin Keys.

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The building started life as the Royal Bavarian Main Post Office, and the grand carved facade still says exactly that. Inside, though, it's a different story: a 396-room luxury hotel with minimalist rooms, massive stone bathtubs, and maisonette suites on the eighth floor where the ceilings slope toward views of the Alps. The Spa Lagune runs to mosaic tile and a full indoor pool. French brasserie downstairs, one minute from the main station.

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The old Imperial Post and Telegraph offices next to the central rail station make a fittingly grand shell for a hotel that refuses to take grandeur seriously. Bold color, knotty wood, retro subway tile, and ornate wallpaper collide in cheerful postmodern chaos, and rooms range from honestly compact box-rooms up to proper suites. The restaurant leans into Arab, Moroccan, and Turkish soul food, and the Boilerman Bar keeps guests and locals together well past midnight.

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Ceiling murals nod to Munich's street-art scene while gilded chinoiserie fills the loft suite above, which sets the tone for this adults-only boutique hotel a short walk from the Marienplatz. The Bavarian identity is worn without irony: breakfast runs from white sausage and pretzel to avocado toast, and the honesty bar leans into cocktails with a teatime twist. A rooftop sauna is the unexpected closer before you head out to the beer halls.

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The design leans on Deutscher Werkbund, the Arts and Crafts-inflected movement that preceded Bauhaus, and the rooms make a strong case for it: studios and suites with full kitchens, bold colors, and shared living spaces that feel borrowed from a very stylish apartment. This aparthotel in Schwabia adds a gym, co-working space, a coffee shop, and what it calls a Millennial bistro, which covers most of what you'd need without leaving the building.

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