Hotels in Copenhagen

Author Message   Beverly Peloquin Member Username: Bev_p Post Number: 12 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 76.171.48.8 Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 11:29 pm:    Just want to thank Cherry, Alan, Bob, Larry and Ted for your inputs to my Copenhagen question. We will certainly use all your tips. It's just great to be able to have this website and I thank each of you!!Bev   Larry W. Carnes Senior Member Username: Larry Post Number: 1141 Registered: 06-2003 Posted From: 63.20.35.239 Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 11:04 pm:    Buy or borrow the latest Lonely Planet guide book for Denmark. They have good info on hotels and restaurants in each price range, as well as tips on getting around and what's interesting to see.   Bob Dart Senior Member Username: Bobdart Post Number: 1508 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 208.114.116.98 Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2010 - 08:20 pm:    Beverly, you didn't indicate what price range or what area of the city you preferred. I do know that SAS, Comfort Inn, and the Accor chains are represented. I'll be there in a week or less if I can help. You can reach me at my regular e-mail address.   Alan H. Sherman Member Username: Racewalker Post Number: 18 Registered: 06-2007 Posted From: 24.0.177.53 Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2010 - 03:07 pm:    My wife and I stayed at the Hotel Opera last summer. It was a delightful place, older by modern standards, and in easy walking distance to all attractions including the street with all the pricey stuff. The restaurants near the marina are expensive so be aware of that. The Hotel has a great breakfast and most of the guests are foreigners. They have internet facilities. Two days in Copenhagen should be enough to see everything. The Tivoli Gardens were not worth the money and we felt we could have scratched it from our itinerary. If you feel compelled to go eat on the outside of the Park....the food is much less expensive. I hope that helps.   Cherry C. Senior Member Username: Cherry Post Number: 6301 Registered: 06-2003 Posted From: 71.163.18.160 Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2010 - 11:58 am:    See the Museum of the Danish Resistance, and the Little Mermaid statue, and eat some "polser" -- small red hotdog-type sausages on little buns, sold from street carts. The "smorrebord" places with their tiny, beautifully composed and garnished open-faced sandwiches are a treat. Drink the local beer too. To my amusement, in Denmark the delicacy everyone else called "Danish pastry" was instead labeled "Wiener brot" -- that is, "Vienna bread." Noticing that, I started looking for other such combos -- as, in New York City what the rest of the country called "New York strip steak" was instead "Kansas City strip," and what much of Europe called "Italian salad" was listed on Italian menus as "Russian salad." Admittedly this was 30-40 years back -- is it still the case? And if so, does anybody have other examples?   Ted Lamb Senior Member Username: Ted_l Post Number: 1020 Registered: 06-2003 Posted From: 71.189.7.202 Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2010 - 04:34 am:    In August, Tivoli will be open. Tivoli is right across from the main train station. Don't try to compare it with Disneyland, because it won't stand up to the comparison, but appreciate it for its history, and for what it is. Nyhavn is a nice place for an outdoor meal, though not cheap. It is a redeveloped wharf area, that is now a place where people go for nice dining. Also, tour boats depart from here. A tour of the city's canals will be interesting (and, the guide will ask the passengers what languages are spoken). Stroget is the shopping place in Copenhagen. It is close to the city hall. I guess it's their Rodeo Drive. There is a bridge near the art museum. If you look down into the water, you will see sculptures under the water. You can take a train from the airport into the main train station in the city -- if you're going to stay in a hotel anywhere near the center of the city, the train will be a better choice than a taxi, since the airport is a fair distance away. Since we have people with whom we stay when we're in Copenhagen, I can't comment on hotels. Sorry.   Beverly Peloquin Member Username: Bev_p Post Number: 11 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 76.171.48.8 Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2010 - 03:45 am:    There are four of us military widows who are traveling to Copenhagen in August to spend two days before boarding a Princess Cruise ship for a ten day cruise. I realize there are no military facilities there but wondered if anyone would have any suggestion of a hotel we might stay in and things we should do. Any help would be appreciated and thanks so much, in advance.