A handsome boutique bolt hole located in a former Victorian Eye Hospital (check out the original signage on the corner), the Hotel du Vin is a sophisticated spot in the heart of the city’s busy business district and just minutes from Birmingham city centre.

Set within the vast Resorts World Birmingham complex near Birmingham International Airport, the Genting Hotel is a slick option for time-strapped travellers. With Birmingham International train station and the NEC only a few minutes’ walk away too, this bright entertainment and transport apex is a hive of activity.

While the Cube’s Tetris-meets-Lego exterior might not be to everyone’s taste, within its geometric walls lies the stylish Hotel Indigo, which offers some superb views across the city from its elevated perch of the 23rd and 24th floors.

Thanks to the hotel’s location between the jaunty bars and clubs of Broad Street and the more sophisticated bistros and restaurants of Edgbaston Village, those staying at the Park Regis are invited to pick their poison when exiting its shimmering gold foyer.

While the Cube’s Tetris-meets-Lego exterior might not be to everyone’s taste, within its geometric walls lies the stylish Hotel Indigo, which offers some superb views across the city from its elevated perch of the 23rd and 24th floors.

Far sleeker than your average budget hotel, Bloc Hotel in Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter may lack facilities, but makes up for that in style, location and value for money.

While the cylindrical Rotunda building might epitomise the seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time design process of the 1960s, it’s become something of a Brummie icon and Staying Cool has taken full advantage of the 266ft-tall tower’s potential.

Easily identifiable by its bright red exterior, Malmaison is a cheerful boutique hotel set inside the former Royal Mail sorting office now known as the Mailbox.

Despite this hotel being one of Birmingham’s most prominent buildings, most Brummies couldn’t tell you its name (“The big turquoise one?”). Still, the Radisson Blu’s gleaming curved façade on Holloway Head is impossible to miss and New Street station, Grand Central and the Bullring are all under ten minutes’ walk away.

With rolling lawns and a grade I listed church flanked by handsome tree-lined Georgian streets, St Pauls House could fool you into thinking you were walking through Oxford or Cambridge rather than the hum of Birmingham city centre.