Lovely stay at a hidden hotel in Northern Germany. Situated between the woods and at a small lake…read more Beds are good, food is good, although breakfast little pover. The owner & personel are friendly and welcome.

Spent one night here on the way to Hamburg…read more The hotel is very typical German with simple standards and hard beds. Nothing fancy but ok for the night and with free parking just outside the entrance. Nice staff as well and good breakfast that is inc in the price. We had dinner and some beers the evening we arrived and the food was 4 stars with a large oversized schnitzel with the Lovely bratkartofeln with bacon and fresh sidesalad. Prices where very fair and we where very pleased with the food and service. Good choice for food in small Bad Segeberg.

Dedicated to my friend Phil a description of the breakfast here:…read more home baked bread in all varieties. Mueslis (fresh of course) Apple & Ginger Jam (home made) Parma ham you can cut yourself off the bone lovely teas All kinds of eggs made to order really fresh food (currently strawberrys) the cheeses are all unpasteurised a nice and airy wintergarden with piano music the music is not so loud as you won't hear the birds. The clientele ranges from the 23 year olds the the 70 year olds. Everyone seems to appreciate the architecture and the atmosphere. Actually the hotel is really not far from Lübeck Airport, which means you can easily reach it from London via Ryanair.

From the owner: Kaffee & hausgemachter Kuchen Dienstag - Sonntag 14.30 Uhr bis 17.30 Uhr…read more Das Seehotel am Neuklostersee ist ein ganz wunderbarer Ort für alle Jahreszeiten. Um das rote Backsteinhaus und die alte Reetdach-Scheune (die Kunstscheune) stellen sich ganz behutsam die neu erbaute "Badescheune" mit Pool und drei Saunen, das "Wohlfühlhaus" für Spa-Anwendungen und ein Bootshaus. Dazu stehen Strandkörbe am Ufer, und die Karte im Restaurant "Allesisstgut" folgt der Philosophie des Slow Food... perfekt, um sich ein Wochenende zu verstecken und die Zeit mit der Familie zu genießen!

To get out of the heat of the city I spent the weekend at this idyllic spot 45 mins north of…read moreHamburg. It is an old mill building that has been chopped and changed through the years, eventually emerging in its current incarnation as a small family run hotel. The place has something magic about it. It's ideal for fans of the 1990s TV series Dawson's Creek, as there's a beautiful white painted wooden terrace where you can spend a summer's evening enjoying the breeze from the lake. We swam in the lake, which is pretty unspoiled, and when I got bored of that, I took a swim in the hotel's pool followed by a sauna. Next to my bedroom (number 1) there was a little private terrace facing a little stream behind the building where I was able to hide myself away totally undisturbed with my books, before taking a surprisingly sophisticated dinner on the Dawson's Creek Terrace. I returned to Berlin relaxed, blissed out and fully recharged. I'm curious to come back in winter, when I'm told the lake freezes over and the surrounding fields will be covered in snow. There's a big rambling lobby with lots of nooks and crannies, where I can imagine tucking into some books by the fire in winter, possibly while listening to Schubert's 'Winterreise' on my ipod. Despite the intimate, family run nature of the place, I got the idea that the staff are pretty worldly, this would definitely be a place where same sex or mixed race couples would feel totally at home, with or without young kids.