Review: The Hotel Zoo in Berlin - Reloaded

Those of you who plan to visit the famous Kurfürstendamm in Berlin’s Charlottenburg district will experience a renaissance: not only of the Hotel Zoo. The Ku’damm, as the former boulevard of magnificence between Rathenauplatz and Kaiser-Wilhelm memorial church is locally called, had lost its charm after the reunification. Investors and visitors were concentrating on the ‚Old New Centre‘ of the reunified city. Luxury boutiques and restaurants had left the boulevard heading to the new tourist hotspots of the city between Potsdamer Platz, Friedrichstrasse and Alexanderplatz. During the last few years though, after a gradual market saturation in Berlin’s centre, the Kurfürstendamm and its neighbouring streets is experiencing a growing revival. Little by little the area is returning to its former glory. West Berlin’s old centre is being resurrected and along with it a legendary hotel: the Hotel Zoo in Berlin...