PRICE:
Frommer's Highly Recommended

In the increasingly gentrified Vesterbro area, the Absalon traces its origins to a love story that unfolded at the nearby railroad station. Shortly after the yet-to-be father of the present owners began his first job as a porter at a neighboring hotel, he was asked to go to the station to pick up a new babysitter who had just arrived from Jutland. They fell in love, married, and bought the first of the buildings that became the hotel. Two of their children were born in Room 108. This family-run lodging, one of the best-managed hotels in the neighborhood, consists of four townhouses that were joined into one building and became a hotel in 1938. It has a spacious blue-and-white breakfast room, and an attentive staff directed by third-generation owners. The first generation was on hand to welcome first-time tourists carrying a dog-eared book called Europe on $5 a Day. The guest rooms are simple and modern, and come in various sizes ranging from cramped to spacious. We find that those on the fifth floor have the most character. These rooms get the most light and are elegantly furnished in a modified Louis XIV style or in a classical English style, with marble bathrooms with tubs. Overflow guests are housed in one of the rather functional rooms in the Absalon Annex. Bathrooms are equipped with tub/shower combos. For years we have been impressed with the thoughtful extras provided by this hotel -- for example, they set aside a luggage room where they will store your bags free if you'd like to travel lighter into the Danish countryside.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Denmark, 6th Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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