Originally Posted by Reindeerflame
Last year, and probably this year, I will stay at the 5-star (possibly in name only) Swissotel on the Kudamm, which has a great location in old West Berlin. Quoted prices with prepayment: 100 Euros per night for July. That won't even get you into the Travel Inn County Hall in London, which is probably the equivalent of a 2-star.
It is now rated as a 5-star? Wow, there has been some star inflation; I would have guessed 3 star or maybe 4 (but I stayed there a decade ago and remember a very clean and tidy hotel but comparable to Holiday Inn or Hilton). It does indeed have a great location and remarkably little road noise.