Brenners Park-Hotel

Baden-Baden has been Europe's favourite spa town since the Romans discovered the hot springs, and Brenners has been its finest hotel since 1872. The guest list over the decades reads like a chronicle of European high society: Kaiser Wilhelm, Queen Victoria, Marlene Dietrich, Barack Obama. The hotel sits in its own private park along the Lichtentaler Allee — the tree-lined promenade where, in the 19th century, the aristocracy would take their afternoon constitutional and silently evaluate each other's outfits. 100 rooms, a world-class spa that takes the tradition of “taking the waters” seriously, and a sense of refined tranquillity that has made Baden-Baden the antidote to Berlin for over a century.