The Rheingarten awaits right outside our front door, and invites you to take long walks along the banks of the Rhine, past the listed buildings of the Old Town.
The city centre can also be reached with ease and has much to offer, from shops and cultural attractions to a vibrant night life and many large events.
In close proximity to the hotel you find the "Groß St.Martin", one of the most attractive romantic churches in Cologne, the town hall with its old marketplace, the Gürzenich, the Wallraf Richartz Museum, the Ludwig Museum, the Cologne Philharmonic Orchestra, the theatre "Senftöpfchen", the "Hänneschen" puppet theatre, the Musical Dome, the Imhoff Stollwerck Chocolate Museum, the Sports and Olympic Museum and much more.
Travel information
Arriving from the Cologne-Bonn "Verteilerkreis" roundabout:
- Approach the roundabout "Am Verteilerkreis" and leave it at the exit Militärringstraße, heading towards Rheinufer
- At the end of Militärringstraße you will see a set of traffic lights
- Follow the course of the road to the left, and head towards the ciy centre ("Stadtmitte") by travelling along the banks of the Rhine via the following roads:
- Oberländerufer
- Gustav-Heinemann-Ufer
- Agrippinaufer
- Am Bayenturm
- Bayenstraße
- Auf dem Holzmarkt
- Am Leystapel
- After approx. 3.7 km you will see a Total petrol station, just before the "Rheinufertunnel" tunnel
- Get in the left-hand lane
- At the next set of traffic lights turn left into the road Am Filzengraben
- Take the right-hand lane until you reach the next set of traffic lights, where you turn right into the road Am Malzbüchel
- Continue along the right-hand lane until you reach another set of traffic lights, where you turn right to enter the road Am Heumarkt
- Get in the left-hand lane and you will see an underpass with a set of traffic lights in front of it
- Turn left and drive through the underpass
- The left-hand lane takes you directly to the underground car park "Am Heumarkt"
- From there, the hotel is just a 5-minute walk away