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October 19, 2007

Berlin's budget hotels don't skimp on style

  • Thrifty travelers find a lot to like about Europe’s ‘most vibrant’ city
    • By KRISTEN ALLEN
    Associated Press Writer

    Photo courtesy of German National Tourist Board [enlarge]
    Many of Berlin’s main attractions are free or cheap. An $8 city-wide day pass for public transportation can take tourists around town by bus to attractions such as the ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church, destroyed during World War II.

    BERLIN — Berlin's Mayor Klaus Wowereit once famously described his eternally broke city as “poor, but sexy.” A new crop of sleek budget hotels are betting that economy-minded tourists and business travelers like it that way.


     
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