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Ackselhaus vs Ostel - GDR The Hostel

Ackselhaus and Ostel - GDR The Hostel are both rated highly by those who travel for a living. Overall, Ackselhaus ranks slightly higher than Ostel - GDR The Hostel. Ackselhaus has a TripExpert Score of 82 with endorsements from 9 reviews like Frommer's, Michelin Guide and Rough Guide.

Ackselhaus
Ackselhaus
8 / 10
Belforter Str. 21, 10405 Berlin
From $149 /night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Laundry Service
  • Restaurant
  • Family Friendly
  • Multilingual
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Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
"This establishment has a really special historical charm... The green inner courtyards with their lounge feel are very pretty."
Frommer's Frommer's
"A majestic building from the 1800s has been restored and turned into a bastion of elegance and affordability." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"At this charismatic retreat in a 19th-century building you'll sleep in large, classily decorated themed rooms." Full review
DK Eyewitness DK Eyewitness
"Stylish apartment rooms in a small, slightly alternative guesthouse, based in an old tenement block."
Time Out Time Out
"Just doors apart, what ties these two establishments together - aside from their shared reception desk - is a wonderfully realised 'modernised colonial' style." Full review
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Ostel - GDR The Hostel
Ostel - GDR The Hostel
7 / 10
Wriezener Karree 5, 10243 Berlin
From $71 /night
  • Free Internet
  • Concierge
  • Baggage storage
  • 24-hour front desk
  • Safe
  • Taxi service
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Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
". Our independent authors have visited Ostel Hostel and selected this as one of our recommended hostels in Berlin."
DK Eyewitness DK Eyewitness
"Located in Berlin’s trendy Mitte district, Ostel is designed to look like a communist-era hotel."
Time Out Time Out
"For those who just can’t get enough of Ostalgie (nostalgia for the East), there’s a hotel Konsum (state-run market), which sells everything from plaster eggcups to chocolate DDR coins." Full review
Rough Guide Rough Guide
Star
"Step back into the GDR of the 1970s amid a haze of browns and oranges at this themed budget hotel a short walk from the Ostbahnhof."
BlackBook BlackBook
"Berlin's Ostel offers rooms and apartments for up to six people completely outfitted in commie décor, at prices equally reminiscent of the Eastern Bloc."
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