In Hamburg, stay for luxury:
- either at the Park Hyatt, which is a luxury hotel indeed, but with no view at all
- or at Vier Jahreszeiten, which is old fashioned, but with fantastic Binnen Alster Lake View

stay for semi-luxury:
- at the Side Hotel which is a cool designed luxury hotel with no view
- at Le Meridien, which has fantastic Aussen Alster Lake View

don't stay:
- at Atlantic, which has good view, but lousy rooms
- at Radisson, which has good view, but is in fact only 3 Star feeling
- at Mariott, which sucks like everywhere