This five-star urban resort is found on the Sonwik waterfront with marina views. Its highlight is a gleaming 2,000 m² wellness retreat – SPA Five Senses – spread over three levels with an indoor pool and an outdoor rooftop infinity pool for adults only, four saunas and a separate junior spa area for kids. This, along with multiple bedded suites, childcare, a kids’ kitchen and a games room, makes it a hit with families. While couples love the many wining and dining options. Bedrooms have coffee machines, and cosmetics by Team Dr. med. Joseph, plush textiles, knitted throws, Scandi lighting and herringbone wooden floors, for a retro-modern effect.

Right next to the Central Station and steps from the Messe Exhibition Centre, Courtyard by Marriott is especially convenient for those on business or travelling for an event. The property inhabits the Lloyd building and includes original artifacts of the North German Lloyd from 1913. However, it’s been a hotel for just over a decade now, lovingly resorted and rising five stories with 158 bedrooms (all of which have crisp linens, thick mattresses, custom comforters and fluffy pillows). Lloyds is the on-site restaurant, there’s a bar, a grab n’ go market and a fitness centre that’s open 24 hours a day.

Perched on the river bank in the new Weser district, the Steigenberger Hotel accommodates 137 bedrooms including two suites and two family rooms. A waterside terrace and the bistro are charming places to dine, although a short walk along the promenade will also give you an excellent choice of eateries. The hotel is close to the Coffee Quarter, the GOP Varieté-Theater and a 15-minute stroll to the Old Town. Its entire seventh floor is given over to the wellness centre, where you’ll find a steam bath, the bio sauna and a Finnish sauna with far-reaching views.

Found at the south end of the Bürgerpark right beside Holler Lake, this hotel (part of the Hommage Luxury Hotels Collection) enjoys a gorgeously leafy outlook. Lie back on a padded sun lounger, drink in hand, as you listen to the sounds of the impressive fountain and gaze across the lake. A grand 19th-century facade gives way to equally impressive interiors (think marble columns, huge fireplaces, chesterfield sofas and ornate cornicing). Its spa has an ice grotto, there’s an outdoor swimming pool, and a pretty terrace for alfresco breakfasts and guests can spend evenings in the La Fumadora smoking lounge.