Excelsior Ernst Hotel - Cologne

Trankgasse, 1-5 / Domplatz, Cologne, Germany, 50667show map
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Overview

Located in an old part of Cologne, Excelsior Ernst comprises 140 cozy rooms. This venue is located in the urban-style building and features panoramic cathedral views. The accommodation provides a baggage storage, a designated smoking area and a safe deposit box, and such leisure facilities as a winter garden and a shared lounge.

Location

This grand hotel is situated 5 miles from Japanese Garden. Nearby attractions include Cologne Cathedral, restaurants, bars and coffee stores.

Excelsior Ernst is set close to fairgrounds and stores.

A subway station is just a short walk away.

Rooms

These rooms also feature hypo-allergenic pillows, a pillow-top mattress and a pillow menu along with en suite bathrooms. They boast an antique décor and offer a dishwasher, tea and coffee making facilities and glassware.

Eat & Drink

The café is daily open for breakfast. Enjoy a delicious choice of Asian dishes at Hanse Stube restaurant. At the large cigar bar guests will enjoy a selection of soft drinks, tea and beers. Serving a wide assortment of dishes, Starbucks Coffee and Maredo are about 200 feet from the property.

A buffet breakfast is served at the price of EUR 32 per person per day. 

Leisure

The accommodation includes a steam room and a Jacuzzi together with steam baths, Turkish bath and various massages. For active guests, there are fitness classes and a gym area at the venue.

Internet

Wireless internet is available in the hotel rooms for free.

Guest Parking

Public parking is possible at a location nearby at EUR 27 per day.

Year renovated:   2011.  Number of floors:   6.  Number of rooms:   140.

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Facilities
Free Wi-Fi

Free Wi-Fi in rooms

Parking

EUR 27 per day

Baggage storage
24-hour services

Late check-in/ -out

24-hour reception

24-hour room service

24-hour security

Food/ Drinks

Bar/ Lounge area

Coffee/Tea in lobby

Cafe

Shuttle

Paid airport shuttle

Fitness/ Gym

Fitness center

Spa and relaxation

Jacuzzi

Massage

Turkish bath

Sauna

Sports & Fitness

  • Fitness center
  • Golf course

Services

  • Paid airport shuttle
  • 24-hour room service
  • Housekeeping
  • Car rental
  • Self-service laundry
  • Dry cleaning
  • Tours/Ticket assistance
  • Wedding services
  • Limousine service
  • Wake up service
  • Stores/Commercial services
  • Shoe shine service
  • Newspaper service
  • Bell staff/Porter

Dining

  • Paid breakfast
  • Restaurant with air conditioning
  • Cafe
  • Bar/ Lounge area
  • Vegetarian meals
  • Brunch
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Coffee/Tea in lobby
  • Packed lunches
  • Special diet menus
  • Buffet breakfast

Business

  • Business center
  • Meeting/ Banquet facilities
  • Business services
  • Projector
  • Fax/Photocopying

Children

  • Cribs
  • Paid babysitting/ Child services
  • Children's menu

Spa & Leisure

  • Public terrace/Patio
  • Sauna
  • Turkish bath
  • Jacuzzi
  • Massage

Room view

  • Landscape view

Room features

  • Free Wi-Fi in rooms
  • Individual air conditioning
  • Individual heating
  • VIP room facilities
  • Free in-room safe
  • Mini-bar
  • Soundproofed rooms
  • Adjoining rooms
  • Living room
  • Separate sitting area
  • Dressing area
  • Terrace
  • Balcony
  • Tea and coffee facilities
  • Bottled water
  • Turndown service
  • Dining table
  • In-room desk
  • Ironing facilities
  • Rollaway beds

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Bathtub shower combination
  • Hair dryer
  • Bathrobe
  • Slippers
  • Free toiletries
  • Lighted makeup mirror

Bedroom

  • Pillow menu
  • Down/Feather pillows

Media

  • Flat-screen TV
  • Hi-Fi
  • Cable/ Satellite television
  • In-room computer
  • Paid movies
  • Direct dial telephone
  • Radio
  • AM/FM alarm clock

Room decor

  • Carpeted floor
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Good to know
Check-infrom 15:00-23:59FREECheck-outuntil 1 pmFREE
Children & extra bedsAll children0 - 4 yearsExtra bedFREEChildren above
4 years or adults
Extra bed
Maximum capacity of extra beds in a room is 1. 
PetsPets are allowed on request.
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Rooms and availability

Grand Deluxe Double Room
  • Bed options:
    • 1 Double bed
    • 1 Single bed
    • Sleeping arrangements for 3 persons
  • Max occupancy:
    3 persons
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Private pool
  • Non-smoking
  • Bathtub
room details
for Single Use
  • Max occupancy:
    1 person
  • Courtyard view
  • Shower
  • Heating
  • Bathtub
  • Air conditioning
room details
Classic Single Room
  • Bed options:
    • 1 Single bed
    • 1 King-size bed
  • Max occupancy:
    2 persons
Suite
  • Bed options:
    • 1 Single bed
    • 1 Double bed
    • 2 Single beds
  • Room size:

    485 sq. feet

  • Max occupancy:
    4 persons
  • Courtyard view
  • Shower
  • Private bathroom
  • Non-smoking
  • Bathtub
room details
Junior Suite
  • Bed options:
    • 1 Single bed
    • 1 Double bed
    • 2 Single beds
  • Room size:

    345 sq. feet

  • Max occupancy:
    2 persons
  • Garden view
  • Shower
  • Private pool
  • Non-smoking
  • Bathtub
room details
Grand Superior Double Room
  • Bed options:
    • 2 Single beds
    • 1 Double bed
  • Max occupancy:
    2 persons
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Shower
  • Private bathroom
  • Non-smoking
room details
Superior Room
  • Bed options:
    • 1 Double bed
    • 1 King-size bed
    • 1 Single bed
  • Max occupancy:
    3 persons
  • Courtyard view
  • Shower
  • Private pool
  • Non-smoking
  • Bathtub
room details
Superior King Room
  • Bed options:
    1 King-size bed
  • Max occupancy:
    10 persons
Superior Single Room
  • Bed options:
    • 1 Single bed
    • 2 Single beds or 1 Double bed
  • Room size:

    270 sq. feet

  • Max occupancy:
    1 person
  • Courtyard view
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Shower
  • Non-smoking
  • Jacuzzi
room details
Deluxe Room
  • Bed options:
    • 1 King-size bed
    • 2 Single beds or 1 Double bed
    • 1 Single bed
  • Max occupancy:
    3 persons
  • City view
  • Shower
  • Private pool
  • Private bathroom
  • Non-smoking
room details
Deluxe King Room
  • Bed options:
    1 King-size bed
  • Max occupancy:
    2 persons
Executive Suite
  • Bed options:
    • 1 Double bed
    • 1 King-size bed
    • 1 Single bed
  • Max occupancy:
    4 persons
  • City view
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Shower
  • Private bathroom
  • Non-smoking
room details
Basic Double Room
  • Bed options:
    • 2 Single beds
    • 1 Double bed
  • Max occupancy:
    2 persons
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Location
  • Nearby
  • Restaurants
  • City landmarks
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Wallraf Richartz MuseumWallraf Richartz Museum2000 ft
Cologne Cathedral (Dom)Cologne Cathedral (Dom)300 ftDomkloster 3
Roman-German Museum (Romisch-Germanisches Museum)Roman-German Museum (Romisch-Germanisches Museum)700 ftRoncalliplatz 4
HeinzelmaennchenbrunnenHeinzelmaennchenbrunnen700 ftam Brauhaus Frueh Am Hof 12-14
Museum LudwigMuseum Ludwig1000 ftBischofsgartenstr. 1
Museum of Applied Art (Museum fur Angewandte Kunst)Museum of Applied Art (Museum fur Angewandte Kunst)900 ftAn der Rechtsschule
MinoritenkircheMinoritenkirche1000 ftKolpingplatz
Frueh am DomFrueh am Dom800 ftAm Hof __12-18
Gaffel am DomGaffel am Dom100 ftBahnhofsvorplatz 1
Cafe RelchardCafe Relchard300 ftUnter Fettenhennen 11
Hanse-StubeHanse-Stube100 ftTrankgasse 1
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Getting around
Train
Cologne Central Station700 ft
Metro stations
Dom/Hbf underground station700 ft
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Reviews
8.8
Superbbased on 293 reviews
  • 9.2
    Superb

    The staff were very friendly And I like the staying there a lot great location

    The breakfast was so classy I think many people like me need real food for breakfast

  • 9.2
    Superb

    superior room with a very good comfortable bathroom, availability of services, courteous staff.

    the development of spa center, free Internet access, a diverse selection of foods for breakfast.

  • 10.0
    Exclusive

    The staff is in my opinion excellent.The restaurant also deserves a visit.

    I was surprised that there was not enough place for everybody for breakfast so the guests were asked to wait in a hall until a table would be free. Of course the staff tried to make this the least inconvenient as possible, but it is something I wouldn't expect in such a hotel. Probably it was just an exception?

  • 8.2
    Fabulous

    Location right in front of the Hauptbanhof and Kolner Dom.

    As with many hotels in the area the breakfast is way too expensive, regardless of how much you can manage to eat from the buffet in the morning.

  • 9.6
    Exclusive

    This hotel was very professional from the moment we walked in. The room was very nice, the bathroom especially. The staff helped immediately with dinner arrangements outside of the hotel and also offered guidance on sight seeing with a map.

  • 9.6
    Exclusive

    Ernst am Dom is a beautiful old lady. The hotel offers much style and tradition in a city that had lost most of that in the War. Staff is very friendly, the silent corridors and comfortable rooms (and especially bathrooms!) make for a very pleasant stay. Several details (even the Kölsch beer in the free minibar) distinguish this hotel from standardized city hotels.

    A spa / pool area is missing.

  • 5.4
    Guest rating

    I had a suprior room but the organisation of the rome was poor, the curtains were torn, the bath and the room were too small for 5 stars hotel and everyone was keen to serve you because they expect you to tip them in return rather than as part of the service the hotel provides. Worst still, internet access is very, very expensive while other less glamours hotels offer it free. No parking facilities. In short, it wasn't worth half the price.

  • 10.0
    Exclusive

    Location was geat , hotel was very good

  • 7.0
    Very good

    Very nice room,comfotable and quiet. Pleasant and helpful staff.

    Access to the Internet was not free, relative to the fit out of the room free internet for the traveller is as essential as a comfortable bed. Technology exists for you to control downloads so there is no reason not to allow internet access.

  • 9.2
    Superb

    Slow service at expensive breakfast.

  • 7.4
    Very good

    All staff and location was great.

    The room was miserable which like a cellar. The ven tilation was not good.

  • 9.2
    Superb

    Location, near train station and the "Dom"; large room and excellent amenities; good bed; friendly and helpful staff.

  • 8.8
    Superb

    Location,next to doom and rail station and shopping area by walk. Valet for car parking,staff,clean room and spacious bathroom with jakuzi, free mini bar

    Bad breakfast for 31€, not too much choise.Internet is provided by T-mobile andexpensive.no soundproof rooms.

  • 10.0
    Exclusive

    Very nice location (in front of the "Dom"). Nice staff. The restaurant is great also (could deserve a Michelin star from my opinion). Spacy rooms.

  • 7.0
    Very good

    Perfect location next to main train station. Excellent staff with good English. Comfortable bed. Very helpful with a late check out.

    Large room but relatively small bed for a luxury hotel - a little old with uncomfortable chairs- but top quality bathroom. Have bruises on both arms from the door knobs! We arrived late and were unable to have a snack in the bar after midnight - Room Service was available.

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Hotel Awards

According to guest reviews, the hotel has been rated as  Best Spa Hotels in Germany

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Good to know
Check-infrom 15:00-23:59FREECheck-outuntil 1 pmFREE
Children & extra bedsAll children0 - 4 yearsExtra bedFREEChildren above
4 years or adults
Extra bed
Maximum capacity of extra beds in a room is 1. 
PetsPets are allowed on request.
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Getting around
Train
Cologne Central Station700 ft
Metro stations
Dom/Hbf underground station700 ft
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Need a shuttle?
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