Pension Lette Eck

Pension Lette Eck gives you somewhere cheap to sleep in Berlin’s Reinickendorf, a quiet neighborhood that sits conveniently between Prenzlauer Berg and Tegel airport.

It’s a small, welcoming guesthouse, an alternative to the big hotels, with just five rooms: three doubles, two singles. The current owner, a woman who bought the place in 2010, renovated each one. The pension opened in the 1990s and has always been gay-friendly.

You’ll find it at 94 Letteallee, right by the Franz-Neumann-Platz U-Bahn station. That means getting to central Berlin, including its gay bars and clubs, is easy, even though you’re not in the thick of it. Reinickendorf is a residential area, a quieter pace than the gay scenes in Schöneberg or Kreuzberg, but public transport keeps you connected.

Berlin has everything from luxury hotels to budget guesthouses. Pension Lette Eck is definitely on the budget end, good if you’re trying to make your euros last. It’s for people who like a smaller, more personal place over a big hotel, or those who don't mind staying a bit outside the main tourist drag, as long as they can still get to the city’s culture, nightlife, and sights. Check out pension-lette-eck.de for room details.