Cologne Travel Guide

 43 Reviews  I just loved walking around Old Town Cologne; it's just so beautiful! There are so many colorful buildings, plazas and little streets to wander around and I would keep finding one area or building that I found to be cuter than the last! What I liked most it's not overrun with souvenir shops and/or... 

 38 Reviews  Photos: 1. Boats on the Rhine River 2. Boats and the railroad bridge 3. Barge going under the Deutzer Bridge From Cologne there are plenty of opportunities to take excursion boats on the Rhine River. To avoid misunderstandings, however, I should point out that this is not the really famous part of... 

 39 Reviews  &CBThe Imhof Schokoladen museum was opened by Hans Imhof in 1993. It is situated in the quarter of Altstadt - Sud on the Rheinauhafen peninsula. The museum exibits show of the entire history of chocolate, from its beginning with the Olmecs, Maya and Aztecs to the contemporary methods of the... 

 19 Reviews  The 4711 house is where the perfume 4711 started, originally a health drink. A carillon plays at regular times. The number 4711 is the house number from when houses did not have street names in the address. Now you can browse or buy in the shop. 

 14 Reviews  There are some nice shops right behind the Cathedral and it continues for some blocks. People just go along on their daily lives, I guess being used to the tourists trying to fit in, or just hanging out and watching the locals go by. 

 30 Reviews  Cologne's city hall is the oldest functioning building of its kind in Germany. It's certainly one of the most distinctive. The rathaus was built in the 12th century. Its Renaissance arcade loggia was added three centuries later along with the ground rectangular tower. It's very Italianate, and could... 

 27 Reviews  I was flabbergasted by this museum. The building, the collection, the lay-out, the sounds, - please take time to listen to the noise -, rooms in one word amazing. Visitors become part of the collection, the environment. Most stunning was the Armarium, this dark room with its glass displays on the... 

 36 Reviews  The Roman - Germanic Museum was open in 1975 and is situated right next to the Cathedral. It has large collection of Roman artifacts from the Roman settlement Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, on which today's town is built. Inside the museum is original site of a Roman villa, discovered in 1941.,... 

 11 Reviews  We made a visit to Koln Zoo; it was a pleasant Monday afternoon. The Zoo was not so busy but there was a lot to see and we did have a good time. Lots to see, sadly we spent all the afternoon in the Zoo and did not quite reach the Aquarium. 

 19 Reviews  According to a (badly written) sign at the tower: "It was the north-western tower of the Roman fortifications. The only tower of the city wall built from 50 A.D. following the elevation of Cologne to a Roman colony, that is almost completely preserved, Elaborate, primarily original preserved... 

 34 Reviews  St. Maria Himmelfarht (Assumption of Mary Church), the only big Baroque styled church in Cologne was built by Christoph Wamser for the Jesuit order and first completed in 1715. The interior of the church is decorated in Gothic style as appropriate to the Counterreformation. After the Jesuits were... 

 9 Reviews  Open from April to October each year - the service begins at 10.00 and continues to 18.00 each evening. It was an excellent experience and although a little windy, the service was comfortable and enjoyable. A great opportunity to take photographs when above the Rhine. Buy a return ticket; and iof... 

 20 Reviews  To quote the museum themselves: "The Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud is cologne's oldest museum and one of the foremost picture galleries in Germany." The work on show dates from the 13th Century through to the 20th Century. there are a range of exhibitions held in the facility - thus... 

 12 Reviews  The three humped Hohenzollern Bridge is one of Cologne's most iconic structures. It must have made an easy target for Allied bombers during World War 2, but despite their repeated attempts to destroy it the bridge remained standing. It was only after the Allied invasion of Germany that German troops... 

 13 Reviews  The Hohenzollern Bridge is a rail and pedestrian bridge that crosses the Rhine River. The trains that cross the bridge leave from, or come into, the Cologne Hauptbahnhof (main train station). Pedestrians can access the bridge on one side from near the Cathedral -- and on the other side from near the... 

 14 Reviews  The Frueh is a very well known local brewery-pub where the local beer "Koelsch" is served to throngs of hot tired weary tourists in summer and the more appreciative locals the rest of the year! It's a good central place to wait for your party to arrive. 

 13 Reviews  Cologne has six Christmas markets, one of the most interesting is the medieval one at the Chocolate Museum. You have to pay an entrance fee, 2 Euro per adult, children smaller than a sword are free.There's someone standing outside with a sword in his hands and takes measure. Since Christmas markets... 

 5 Reviews and 264 Opinions  A member of the Leading Hotels of the World, Excelsior Hotel Ernst offers a modern version of old... 

 16 Reviews  The old core of the town, called Altstadt, is undoubtelly the most charming part of the town. It is situated along the bank of the river Rhein and in the close vicinity of the Dom. The Altstadt is characteristic for its network of short and narrow streets, but most of all, for the traditional houses...