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",{"text":383,"type":347,"marks":384},"Check availability and prices",[385],{"type":386,"attrs":387},"link",{"href":388,"uuid":197,"anchor":197,"target":389,"linktype":390},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hotels.com\u002Faffiliate\u002FEA7whWX","_blank","url",{"type":392,"content":393},"bullet_list",[394,402,409,416,423],{"type":395,"content":396},"list_item",[397],{"type":342,"attrs":398,"content":399},{"textAlign":197},[400],{"text":401,"type":347},"Best for romance: Das Stue",{"type":395,"content":403},[404],{"type":342,"attrs":405,"content":406},{"textAlign":197},[407],{"text":408,"type":347},"Best for families: Hotel Oderberger",{"type":395,"content":410},[411],{"type":342,"attrs":412,"content":413},{"textAlign":197},[414],{"text":415,"type":347},"Best for a first visit: Hotel de Rome",{"type":395,"content":417},[418],{"type":342,"attrs":419,"content":420},{"textAlign":197},[421],{"text":422,"type":347},"Best for value: Michelberger Hotel",{"type":395,"content":424},[425],{"type":342,"attrs":426,"content":427},{"textAlign":197},[428],{"text":429,"type":347},"Best for design: Orania.Berlin",{"type":362,"attrs":431,"content":432},{"level":364,"textAlign":197},[433],{"text":434,"type":347},"How to choose a hotel in Berlin",{"type":392,"content":436},[437,448,459,470,481],{"type":395,"content":438},[439],{"type":342,"attrs":440,"content":441},{"textAlign":197},[442,446],{"text":443,"type":347,"marks":444},"Pick the district first, then the hotel:",[445],{"type":379},{"text":447,"type":347}," Distances are long, and Charlottenburg to Friedrichshain is half an hour on the S-Bahn. Decide what you are here for, museums, nightlife or cafés and parks, and sleep where that happens.",{"type":395,"content":449},[450],{"type":342,"attrs":451,"content":452},{"textAlign":197},[453,457],{"text":454,"type":347,"marks":455},"Stay close to a U-Bahn or S-Bahn station:",[456],{"type":379},{"text":458,"type":347}," Public transport is excellent and runs all night at weekends, but a hotel ten minutes' walk from the nearest station feels remote in the rain. Check the map before you book.",{"type":395,"content":460},[461],{"type":342,"attrs":462,"content":463},{"textAlign":197},[464,468],{"text":465,"type":347,"marks":466},"Mitte goes quiet after dark:",[467],{"type":379},{"text":469,"type":347}," The streets around Unter den Linden and Gendarmenmarkt are handsome by day, but restaurants close early and the pavements empty by ten. 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