The Best Hotels Near Das Freude, by the Record
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Half-timbered facade, red gabled roof, a still pond throwing the whole picture back at you: this forest hotel sits in a clearing near Kellerwald-Edersee National Park, and you won't stumble onto it by accident. Rooms have parquet floors, antiques, and private balconies; suites add fireplaces and timber beams. Breakfast runs on local honey, eggs, and goat cheese. The sauna house and natural swimming pond mean there's no particular reason to leave.
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A boutique hotel in a university town that had the audacity to hang Basquiat-inspired street art next to Moroccan tiles and bespoke Barcelona carpets, all inside a sleek brick building that looks perfectly composed from the outside. Rooms go the other direction, calm Nordic oak and upcycled luggage racks, with floor-to-ceiling soundproofed windows over a park. The rooftop has hammocks. Downstairs, the bar grows its cocktail ingredients on the back wall.
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