Excelsior Hotel Ernst 
Grand old hotel, dating back 130 years, set in a prime city center location opposite Colognes towering cathedral. All with antique furniture, plush fabrics and marble bathrooms, guestrooms offer wireless Internet access.
Guests can revive their senses in the state of the art health suite and beauty salon, dine Asian or German-style and relax in the piano bar.
Hotel prices and availability
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Dining at the Excelsior Hotel Ernst
Taku - Offering a broad range of cuisines from Asia, including Japanese, Thai and Vietnamese specialties, accompanied by low-level lighting, contemporary furniture and featuring an aquarium as the centerpiece.
Attractions near this hotel
Cologne-Bonn Konrad Airport (CGN): Approximate driving time is 20 minutes and distance is 12 kilometers (7 miles).
Regional and high-speed European network trains serve the airport. Taxis are readily available outside Terminals 1 and 2. Airport shuttles are available to/from Cologne and Bonn every 15 minutes during the week, and every 30 minutes at the weekend. Guests can arrange to be picked up by limousine or by van, for an extra fee and by prior arrangement with the hotel.
All transport facilities (bus, tram, tube and the RE (RegionalExpress), RB (RegionalBahn) and S (S-Bahn) trains) can be used with compound tickets which are issued by the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (VRS). Besides these there are train-only tickets. Ticket vending machines at Cologne''s train stations issue both kinds of tickets. At tram/tube/bus stations, only compound tickets (VRS) are available.
Rhine (excursions) – 100 meters
Hohe Straße (shopping mall) – 100 meters
Römisch-Germanisches Museum – 100 meters
Kölner Philharmonie – 100 meters
Cologne Philharmonic Hall – 200 meters
Museum Ludwig – 350 meters
Wallraf-Richartz Museum – 1 kilometer (0.5 miles)
Chocolate Museum – 1 kilometer (0.5 miles)
Schokoladenmuseum – 1 kilometer (0.5 miles)