Once a year, Hamburg celebrates its harbour - with a festival that is unique in the world. From 8th to 10th May 2026, you can look forward to an unforgettable weekend right on the Elbe: over 250 ships for the grand entry parade, the spectacular tugboat ballet, an impressive light spectacle and a colourful harbour mile with concerts, culinary delights and attractions.
Read moreWith our Harbour Birthday Ahoy package at the Hotel Hafen Hamburg, you are guaranteed the best view of the action - classy, comfortable and right at the heart of the celebrations.
Celebrate the 837th harbour birthday with us - you've never been this close to the action!
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When Hamburg celebrates the harbour, the city opens up like a glowing stage set and you are right in the middle of it. With our Harbour Birthday Ahoy package, you can experience the world's biggest harbour festival from 8th to 10th May 2026 up close and in an exclusive setting. Thanks to the perfect location of the Hotel Hafen Hamburg, you can stay directly above the jetties and reach all the highlights of the festival weekend quickly and easily.
The emotional highlight of your stay: the atmospheric ‘Elbe lights’ event on Saturday evening in our Elbkuppel. With fine snacks, music and the best view of the great light spectacle for the 837th harbour birthday, you can enjoy an unforgettable evening above the rooftops of the city - maritime. magical. special.
Spend the nights in comfortable rooms with maritime charm and start the day in style with our popular gourmet breakfast buffet - fresh, varied and with a view of the harbour.
The package can be booked from 8th May 2026 (day of arrival) to 10th May 2026 (day of departure).
A limited number of rooms are available for this offer. The total amount of the package is due upon booking.Cancellation free of charge is possible up to 14 days before arrival.
Captain category
double room: € 985
Cabin category
single room: 679 €
We assure the check-in at 3 pm and kindly ask you to check out before 11 am. If you would like to request an early check-in or late check-out please do not hesitate to contact us prior your arrival.
A perfect start to the day includes a delicious breakfast. We provide you with our popular breakfast buffet for 27,00 EUR per person/day. It is not necessary to book breakfast in advance, you can also decide to have breakfast on arrival. Breakfast is served from Mon.-Fri. from 06.30 to 10.30 a.m. and Sat.-Sun. from 06.30 to 11.00 a.m.
Yes, there are a limited number of parking spaces in the courtyard of the hotel and in an adjacent public underground car park. The charge is 25 € for 24 hours. Unfortunately it is not possible to reserve a parking spot in advance. The height of the driveway is 1.8 meters.
If you book directly on the hotel website, the category Commander with Harbor View guarantees you a great view over the port of Hamburg.
In the rooms of the categories commander, lieutenant and captain, the harbor view can be deposited as non-binding request.
In the traditional house, which is very classic and listed, are the reception and the rooms of the categories sailor, lieutenant, commander, commander with harbour view, nautic, tiny class and our family rooms. This part of the building was built in 1862 and is also called old sailor's house.
The second, so-called residence building, was built in 1995. In this modern part of the building you will find the rooms of the category Captain and cabin as well as our Hafen diner.
Your are welcome to book your room online, via E-Mail at reservierung@hotel-hamburg.de or via telephone dialing +49 (0) 40 31 11 3 70 600.
Yes, we offer complimentary highspeed internet (25Mbits/s).
Yes, you are welcome to spend your stay in our hotel with your dog. Regardless of the size of the dog we charge 30 € per dog per day.
No, since March 2017 we are a non-smoking hotel.
Usually, you can cancel our best flexibal rate until 12 pm on the day of arrival free of charge. For booking, please note that other rates or special dates e.g fairs, harbour birthday, holidays or New Years Eve the cancelation policy may vary.
Yes, all prices include VAT and the Culture and Tourism Tax. The Culture and Tourism Tax also applies to business travellers in Hamburg from 1st January 2023.
In case you do not possess a creditcard, you have the possibility to book via telephone without providing credit card details (not applicable for every category, rate and date, only possible if you have a german address). In preference, you can book your room online and use the payment method PayPal or direct payment.
Yes, our hotel has two wheelchair friendly rooms. Furthermore, the restaurant Port and Willie's Bierstube, as well as the lobby are wheelchair accessible and free of obstacles.
The Hotel Hafen Hamburg is a building built in the 19th century, so not all rooms and hotel corridors are wheelchair friendly. However, there are several elevators in the building that allow access to many floors.