Having just been voted the best hotel by "Small Luxury Hotels", the "Breidenbacher Hof" has now also triumphed in the "101 Best Hotels". The "Vier Jahreszeiten Hamburg" hotel and hotelier Hannes Bareiss are also among the winners.
From the North Sea to the Isar: the "101 best hotels" have also found their winners in Germany for the 2026 travel year. The overall winner in this ranking is the "Breidenbacher Hof" in Düsseldorf, which has also just topped the "SLH Awards 2025".
What characterizes the upscale hotel industry and when does a guest like to check into a hotel? According to the "101 best hotels", it is not only perfectly mixed drinks, first-class gastronomy, top service or appealing architecture that make a hotel an outstanding establishment. It's the attitude that makes the difference and the way hosts treat guests and their teams.
The winners were the "Breidenbacher Hof" in Düsseldorf as "101 Overall Winner" and the "Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten" in Hamburg as "101 ICON Hotel of the Year". Hannes Bareiss, host at the Hotel Bareiss in Baiersbronn-Mitteltal, was also named "101 ICON Hotelier of the Year 2026". The award for Lifetime Achievement went to Puneet Chhatwal, Managing Director and CEO of Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) with luxury brands such as Taj Hotels.
"Breidenbacher Hof", Düsseldorf
101 Hotel of the Year - Overall Winner
"Elmau Castle", Elmau
101 Luxury Hideaway of the Year
"Hotel Bareiss", Baiersbronn
101 Luxury Culinary Hotel of the Year
"Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa", Baden-Baden
101 Luxury Spa & Health Resort of the Year
"Mandarin Oriental Munich, Munich
101 Luxury City Hotel of the Year
"Rosewood Munich, Munich
101 Grand Hotel of the Year
"Severin's Resort & Spa Sylt", Sylt
101 Luxury Water Side Hotel of the Year
"Spa & Resort Bachmair Weissach", Kreuth
101 Luxury Family Resort of the Year
"Der Öschberghof", Donaueschingen
101 Luxury Golf Resort of the Year
"DO & CO Hotel", Munich
101 Luxury Design Hotel of the Year
"Excelsior Hotel Ernst", Cologne
101 Luxury City Palais of the Year
"Hotel Maximilian's", Augsburg
101 Luxury Business Hotel of the Year
"Hotel Europäischer Hof", Heidelberg
101 Luxury Hotel in Historical Architecture of the Year
"Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten", Hamburg
101 ICON Hotel of the Year
(Special award for the multiple winner of the previous year)
The winners of the twelve categories were determined on the basis of a ranking based on three pillars. The first includes the votes of guests from various review portals. The second pillar takes into account the awards that hotels have received from renowned publications such as the "Hornstein Ranking". The third pillar includes the opinions of proven experts.
