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Brick façade of Hotel Navigare, a former girls’ school built in 1870, with forecourt and trees

Hotel Navigare Buxtehude · on Hamburg’s doorstep

An 1870 imperial-era house – between Buxtehude’s old town and the Altes Land region.

32 rooms and studio apartments on three decks, breakfast from 6:30 am on weekdays. 40 minutes to Hamburg by S-Bahn – and back to peace and quiet in the evening.

Book direct: best rate, parking at the hotel (subject to availability), apples from the Altes Land in your room.

  • 1870built as a girls’ school
  • 32rooms in 8 categories
  • 3.60 mceiling height with stucco
  • 40 minto Hamburg, no change

What brings you here?

One house, two courses.

Apple trees in blossom in the Altes Land

Weekends & leisure

Cast off in the Altes Land

Northern Europe’s largest continuous fruit-growing region starts right outside the door. Take our bikes and e-bikes through the orchards to the Elbe, catch the ferry on to Hamburg – and be back in the old town by evening.

See our rooms

Rooms & apartments

Eight categories on three decks.

Compare all 8 categories

Breakfast in the vaulted cellar

The day begins beneath brick arches.

A regional breakfast buffet with freshly cooked eggs and produce from the Altes Land, from 6:30 am on weekdays and 7 am at weekends. Non-residents are welcome too – please let us know in advance. Your dog is welcome.

And in the evening? The restaurants of the old town are just a few steps away. Ask at reception for our favourites.

Reserve a breakfast table

Or directly: info@hotel-navigare.com · +49 4161 7490 0

Vaulted corridor in the basement with wooden floor
Historic postcard of Buxtehude showing the school buildingStaircase with brick wallPremium Brückendeck with sloping ceiling, built-in wardrobe and double bed

History of the house

From classroom to cabin.

  1. 1870/71Built as a girls’ school in the German Empire era
  2. 1950sPrimary school; first head teacher Franziska von Oldershausen
  3. 1980sOffice building; the NSB shipping company moves in
  4. 2008Opens as a 4-star hotel with rooms on “decks”