Hotel Altona

... of the 19th century Hamburg did not outgrow the middle-Ages city limits surrounding it. The contemporary city districts of St. Pauli, Altona and St. Georg had long been situated outside the city gates. Around 1850 the population of the city totaled only ...

... picked up a stack of brochures from the tourist info office detailing a bunch of walking tracks in varying countryside.  We chose Altona Scrub, only 10 mins away, and figured we'd sorted a fabulous arrangement for the morning. That was until we took ...

When Wade and I got to Hamburg it was nearly 9:30pm, but fortunately our hostel was just a few minutes' walk from the Altona station. We were tired from the journey so we just settled into our room and went to bed. The next morning we met for a walking ...

... Harbour Tower before succumbing to the cold and my tired body and heading back to my hostel west of the city centre in the area of Altona. Despite the opportunity to join a pub crawl in the Reeperbahn, I passed it up in favour of a low key evening in the ...

... (even sleeping through the huge party that went on all night, music at full volume, at the house across the road from our hotel). The next morning, in pouring rain, we lugged our bags to the bus station and bought a bus ticket to Chetamul, Mexico. We ...

... where there were parks and pleasure grounds, and an iron railing and gateway, dividing the free city of Hamburg from its Danish rival Altona - or, as the Hamburgers pun upon it, "Allzunah", (All too near), in allusion to its competition in trade, etc. ...

... a well-deserved sleep-in and then it is time to pack up and say good-bye and good riddance to the Cape Diamond Hotel. Our new accommodation, the Altona Lodge is more our backpacker style. It is Josie's last day so we all decide that it is finally time for ...

... I wanted to smuggle one back under my jumper. Saturday was a pretty lazy day for us, it was very hot to so stayed in Altona and alternated between sitting on the beach and taking refuge in the air conditioned house! It was nice to just chill out for ...

... he had cold beer ready for us when we returned from our days outings.  Decided to get straight to work and bused to the Altona area where the old family house should be.  Bill was a bit overexcited and some how managed to break the frame of the ...

... a perfect off-break that beat the batter. There were two teams, all Pakistanis, who play there every weekend (as they do in Altona Meadows in winter and on Sundays). On Sunday we all went to Tibidabo Amusement Park right at the highest point of Barcelona. ...

... wir in einem Beachclub, danach gings auf die Reeperbahn. Daumen hoch für Hamburg! Noch ein kleiner Tipp: Das Hotel Stephan in Altona ist sehr zu empfehlen: Wunderbar gelegen, tolle Zimmer, faire Preise!! Videos: Megadampfer der Chinesen Hamburg ...