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Hotel de Rome
Berlin, Germany · Independent · Core Luxury
Hotel de Rome occupies the 1889 headquarters of Dresdner Bank on Berlin's Bebelplatz, designed by architect Ludwig Heim in a neo-Renaissance style that projected the bank's imperial-era power. After 1945 the building served as East Germany's state bank; its mosaic floors and moldings were boarded over until a 2006 restoration uncovered them. The former jewelry vault became a swimming pool, the cashiers' hall a glass-roofed ballroom, and a former director's office, one still holding embedded WWII shrapnel in its paneling, became a suite.
- 132 rooms
- Opened 2006
- Neighborhood: Friedrichswerder
- Rooms from 377 sq ft (35 m²)
About Hotel de Rome
- The neo-Renaissance building rose between 1887 and 1889 as headquarters of Dresdner Bank, then Germany's second-largest bank, and was expanded upward with three extra floors in 1923.
- The bank's jewelry vault became the hotel's spa and a 66-foot indoor swimming pool, while a steel-and-copper money vault was recast as a manicure room.
- The hotel sits on Bebelplatz, the square where Nazi students staged the infamous book burning of May 1933, steps from the Berlin State Opera and Humboldt University.
- One guest suite, formerly a bank director's office, still has bullet and grenade fragments from World War II embedded in its original wood paneling.
- Rocco Forte Hotels operated the property from its 2006 reopening until the operating lease ended in October 2025; owner Gruppo Statuto now runs it directly ahead of an announced Four Seasons conversion in late 2027.
The setting
9-minute walk to Museum Island.
Restaurants and bars
- De Rome Restaurant — Restaurant · Italian
Amenities
- Spa
- Indoor pool
- Sauna
- Steam room
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- MICHELIN Two Keys (2025)
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