Bayerischer Hof

Classic luxury

This is class that can’t be copied, style without strings.
The Bayerischer Hof is one of the few Munich top-enders that’s not part of a chain.

It opened in 1841 and has been owned by the Volkhardt family since 1897, now into its fourth generation.

If you’re really out to spoil yourself and money is no object, this is the place to do it.

I saw a couple of colonial African-styled rooms, tastefully done in red and yellow and finished in black wood.

The suites upstairs are much more impressive, some with individual themes such as “Paris” or “Paradise Island”.

There are three restaurants and a half dozen bars. Outstanding is the Palais Keller with a Bavarian hunting lodge motif and the south seas-themed Trader Vic’s.

An attached theatre (the Komödie) and a nightclub fill out the entertainment options. There’s a ballroom with space for 2500 guests and 40 conference rooms, some more opulent that the rooms at Nymphemburg Palace.

On the top floor there’s a spa centre, terrace and pool with retractable roof. The ladies can get a facial, massage, and a hair cut, while the gents can chat around a barbecue enjoying one of the finest views of Munich’s old centre.

The gym was designed by (who else?) former Mr Universe Ralf Möller. Staff is efficient and refined.