City Centre Hotels
The second biggest port in Europe, Hamburg is a city of contradictions, and one which conjures up surprising echoes of other places. The first thing many people associate with it is the sleaze of the famous Reeperbahn, and the St Pauli district. Yet at the same time it is said that a greater number of millionaires now reside, per capita, in Hamburg than anywhere else in Europe. Located on the north bank of the River Elbe, it is dominated by water and is reputed to have more canals than Venice. The red brick factories that line these canals will remind British visitors of Manchester, while its glitzy shopping arcades are heavily influenced by those in Milan.