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In order to make your stay in Cologne, the starting point of all our trips, as pleasant as possible, we are offering the following service:- Hire car
- Flight and train tickets
- Hotel & restaurant arrangements
- Limousine pick-up from the airport or Cologne main station
Top-class hotel recommendations:
Grand Hotel Schloss Bensberg with first-class cuisine
The Vendôme Restaurant run by star chef Joachim Wissler is an experience for the taste-buds and the senses.
The magazine Der Feinschmecker voted the Vendôme Restaurant of the Year back in 2001, while the Gault Millau guide named it Trendsetter of the Year, endowing it with a Michelin star in its first year.
Now, the gourmet restaurant can boast 3 Michelin stars and 19 points from Gault Millau.
Only recently the renowned German trade magazine Der Feinschmecker voted Joachim Wissler "Chef of the Year 2005".
Schlosshotel Lerbach, Bergisch Gladbach
Nestling in a fairy-tale landscape, the castle-hotel Lerbach offers its guests unsurpassed culinary delights.
Peace and quiet are guaranteed in the rooms and suites furnished entirely in the style of an English country house.
Master chef Dieter Müller's restaurant has held three Michelin stars since 1997, and has received superlative recommendations from many respected restaurant guides.
Hyatt Regency Köln
The Hyatt Regency Cologne is a luxury category business and conference hotel located in an outstanding position on the banks of the Rhine.
There is something for all tastes at the Hyatt Regency including two excellent restaurants, a bar and a beer garden situated impressively opposite the Cathedral on the banks of the Rhine. The hotel's Graugans Restaurant is specially well known for its excellent cuisine, where the motto is "East meets West" - a very successful, refined mix of European food with a far eastern accent.
Hotel im Wasserturm
Exclusive, unique, worth a stay - this is an international luxury hotel built in what was once the largest water tower in Europe. It is one of the most unusual places to stay in the whole of Germany.
Its preserved walls, over 130 years old, hide unusual interior architecture with a timeless modern style. Designed by the French interior architect Andrée Putman, the hotel which opened in 1990 has now settled into its elegant style.
More top hotels - including ones in lower categories - are available on request.
Prices on request.