Excelsior Hotel Ernst am Dom
Domplatz Trankgasse 1-5, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, D-50667, Germany
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Domplatz Trankgasse 1-5, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, D-50667, Germany
Hotel Services and Facilities
Free WiFi
Free parking
Free breakfast
Pet friendly
Hotel facilities
- Business Center
- Pets Allowed
- Meeting/Banquet Facilities
- Room Service
- Safety Deposit Box
- Air Conditioning
- Babysitting/Child Services
- Bar
- 24-Hour Front Desk
- Express Check-In/Check-Out
- Elevator
- Coffee shop
- Trouser press
- Packed lunches
- Cycling
- Heating
- Fax/photocopying
- Private check-in/check-out
- Concierge services
- Designated Smoking Area
- Family Rooms
- Free Wi-Fi
- Live entertainment
- Massage services
- Restaurant(s)
- Daily Housekeeping
- Non-Smoking Rooms Available
- Wine/champagne
- Fruits
- Pet basket
- Pet bowls
- Outdoor furniture
- Personal trainer
- Temporary art galleries
- Pub crawls
- Movie nights
- Bike tours
- Cooking class
- Key access
- Smoke alarms
- Fire extinguishers
- Staff follow all safety protocols as directed by local authorities
- Shared stationery such as printed menus, magazines, pens, and paper removed
- First aid kit available
- Cashless payment available
- Mobile app for room service
- Linens, towels and laundry washed in accordance with local authority guidelines
- Hand sanitizer in guest accommodation and key areas
- Invoices
- All plates, cutlery, glasses and other tableware have been sanitized
- Access to health care professionals
- Free face masks
- Contactless check-in/out
- Food delivery
- balcony/terrace
- CCTV security in common areas
- Currency exchange service
- Daily disinfection
- Fitness center
- Ironing amenities
- Laundry services
- Luggage storage & lockers
- Non-smoking property
- Restaurant (special diets available)
- Soundproof rooms available
- Spa services
- Spa/sauna
- Tour services
- Physical/social distancing guidelines
- Protective screen or physical barriers in appropriate areas
- Professional cleaning services
- Allergy-free rooms available
- Room service available
- Pets allowed (charges may apply)
- Takeout dining services available
- Airport shuttle (charges may apply)
- Parking available (charges may apply)
- Indoor parking (charges may apply)
- Shuttle service (charges may apply)
- Valet parking (charges may apply)
- Kid-friendly dining
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- Cologne Bonn Airport - 9.64 mi
- Cologne Central Station - 10.28 mi
- Dusseldorf Intl Airport - 25.43 mi
- Moenchengladbach Airport - 27.99 mi
- Essen Airport - 31.81 mi
Museums
- Museum of Applied Art Cologne - 508 f
- Museum for Applieds Art - 508 f
- Museum of Applied Art Museum fur Angewandte Kunst - 513 f
- Gallery of Mirrors - 562 f
- Der Spiegel Gallery - 562 f
- Romano-Germanic Museum - 610 f
- Ludwig Museum - 897 f
- Museum Ludwig - 897 f
- Wallraf Richartz Museum - 0.34 mi
- Wallraf Richartz Museum - 0.34 mi
- Schnutgen Museum - 0.46 mi
- Schokoladenmuseum - 0.71 mi
- Chocolate Museum Imhoff Schokoladenmuseum - 0.73 mi
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Buehlmann (review category business travellers)
stayed in March, 2026
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
Apostolos (Solo Traveler)
stayed in February, 2026
Guest Score 8 out of 10
Very Good
Excellent location, ok breakfast, great rooms (executive suite)
Although in previous visits my bookings of a Junior suite was being upgraded to Exec suite free of charge, last one-night booking it was only offered (and accepted, so there was availability) at EUR350 extra charge for the night.
Also, even though I booked for two people room was set up for one (one welcome pastry, half the usual towels etc)
Apostolos (review category business travellers)
stayed in February, 2026
Guest Score 8 out of 10
Very Good
Excellent location, ok breakfast, great rooms (executive suite)
Although in previous visits my bookings of a Junior suite was being upgraded to Exec suite free of charge, last one-night booking it was only offered (and accepted, so there was availability) at EUR350 extra charge for the night.
Also, even though I booked for two people room was set up for one (one welcome pastry, half the usual towels etc)
Michael (young couple)
stayed in January, 2026
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
Kevin (review category business travellers)
stayed in January, 2026
Guest Score 6 out of 10
Pleasant
It's a prestige hotel, but even though we had booked a normal room AND a suite, we feel that this hotel needs to be modernized. There's grandeur, staff and service are great. The hotel offers all the features and services : spa, gym, pool, vallet service, etc. The old furniture in the rooms is of course the style of the hotel, but even though it's old, it should not lack comfort and unfortunately the rooms lack comfort.
We booked a suite ( for more than 700 euro/night ). The room was spacious, but in the end it wasn't amazing. The old interior has charm, but the suite is actually like a bedroom with a separate living room. So it doesn't offer the feeling of a large suite as the bedroom-part is just like a normal hotelroom. The separate living room really needs an update. The furniture is old and classic, but unfortunately the 'old' in this case also means worn out, not comfortable anymore. The couch, the chairs offer zero comfort. There are stains on the carpet and the TV is the kind of TV you'd expect in 2005, not in 2025. Airco / Heating wasn't working amazing. The bathroom, altough it all works, isn't exactly the kind of bathroom you'd expect in a suite. Basically, the suite was : standard room + living room, and unfortunately this 'living room' has poor comfort and doesn't offer value nor grandeur. It's basically just offering worn out square meters
Sheila (young couple)
stayed in January, 2026
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
Tom (review category business travellers)
stayed in January, 2026
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
excellent room, one of the best hotels in the world, even better then the Chedi muscat :)
John (young couple)
stayed in January, 2026
Guest Score 9 out of 10
Wonderful
Stephen (solo traveller)
stayed in December, 2025
Guest Score 8 out of 10
Very Good
Its location and tradition.
Police have my car a parking ticket whilst in the care of the valet!
Beatrijs (young couple)
stayed in December, 2025
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
Friendly welcome. Beautiful rooms and very clean. Staff were all very helpful and friendly. The minibar was regularly refilled and drinks were included in the price. Amazingly beautiful breakfast buffet, with the possibility to order freshly prepared eggs dishes. Good restaurant as well.
The pillows: HOWEVER they also offer a wide range of other pillow possibilities, so all we had to do was ask and another type of pillow was delivered.
Sarah (family with young children)
stayed in December, 2025
Guest Score 7 out of 10
Good
Close to the cathedral, friendly staff
Said room with city view on booking but only had view of the back of the hotel. Our door handle kept falling off but we did report it.
Laura (young couple)
stayed in December, 2025
Guest Score 9 out of 10
Wonderful
Seema (family with young children)
stayed in December, 2025
Guest Score 9 out of 10
Wonderful
Great location, exceptionally friendly and helpful staff
Breakfast service could have been better. There was no kettle in our suite
Nam (family with young children)
stayed in December, 2025
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
Anissa (young couple)
stayed in December, 2025
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
Taleh (review category business travellers)
stayed in December, 2025
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
Carolina (group)
stayed in December, 2025
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
ELIAS (Family with young children)
stayed in November, 2025
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
The property is very well located in the center, 1 min walking to the door of the train station, near the cathedral and the major Christmas markets in the area, we enjoyed our stay as wherever we go we find that the hotel is still near us specially with a child. The staff was so helpful, the reception all of them are so nice and friendly, when we checked out the bellboy walked with us with the luggage till the train station platform, And this was beyond our expectation. The cleanness and housekeeping is wonderful. The food ordered to our room was as expected a 5 stars level. We will definitely go back when in cologne
Just it would be better if its value of money is less a bit
Elias (family with young children)
stayed in November, 2025
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
The property is very well located in the center, 1 min walking to the door of the train station, near the cathedral and the major Christmas markets in the area, we enjoyed our stay as wherever we go we find that the hotel is still near us specially with a child. The staff was so helpful, the reception all of them are so nice and friendly, when we checked out the bellboy walked with us with the luggage till the train station platform, And this was beyond our expectation. The cleanness and housekeeping is wonderful. The food ordered to our room was as expected a 5 stars level. We will definitely go back when in cologne
Just it would be better if its value of money is less a bit
Richard (young couple)
stayed in November, 2025
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
Service was very good. Hotel throughout was very clean.
There was nothing we disliked.
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Area information
- Cologne Bonn Airport - 9.64 mi
- Cologne Central Station - 10.28 mi
- Dusseldorf Intl Airport - 25.43 mi
- Moenchengladbach Airport - 27.99 mi
- Essen Airport - 31.81 mi
- Museum of Applied Art Cologne - 508 f
- Museum for Applieds Art - 508 f
- Museum of Applied Art Museum fur Angewandte Kunst - 513 f
- Gallery of Mirrors - 562 f
- Der Spiegel Gallery - 562 f
- Romano-Germanic Museum - 610 f
- Ludwig Museum - 897 f
- Museum Ludwig - 897 f
- Wallraf Richartz Museum - 0.34 mi
- Wallraf Richartz Museum - 0.34 mi
- Schnutgen Museum - 0.46 mi
- Schokoladenmuseum - 0.71 mi
- Chocolate Museum Imhoff Schokoladenmuseum - 0.73 mi
- Dom/Hbf Underground Station - 560 f
- Cologne Central Station - 598 f
- Appellhofplatz Underground Station - 0.28 mi
- Neumarkt Underground Station - 0.48 mi
- Hansaring Underground Station - 0.55 mi
- Ebertplatz Underground Station - 0.65 mi
- ChristophstraSSe/ Mediapark Underground Station - 0.66 mi
- Deutzer Freiheit Underground Station - 0.69 mi
- Friesenplatz Underground Station - 0.71 mi
- Mauritiuskirche Underground Station - 0.73 mi
- Messe/Deutz Station - 0.82 mi
- Rudolfplatz Underground Station - 0.83 mi
- Bahnhof Deutz/Messe Underground Station - 0.83 mi
- SeverinstraSSe Underground Station - 0.84 mi
- Reichenspergerplatz Underground Station - 0.92 mi
- Zulpicher Platz Underground Station - 0.97 mi
- Bahnhof Koln West - 1.00 mi
- Cologne Cathedral - 205 f
- Philharmonie - 897 f
- Cologne Opera - 0.32 mi
- Musical Dome Cologne - 0.23 mi
- Fair Koln - 0.72 mi
- Stadtgarten - 0.80 mi
- Minoritenkirche - 827 f
- Fachhochschule Koln - 868 f
- Cologne Philharmonic - 897 f
- Kolner Philharmonie - 0.20 mi
- Cologne Christmas Market - 0.23 mi
- Gross St Martin - 0.29 mi
- St Ursula - 0.30 mi
- Das Delfter Haus - 0.37 mi
- St Kunibert Basilica - 0.47 mi
- St Gereon - 0.47 mi
- St Maria im Kapitol - 0.50 mi
- Cologne Fairgrounds - 0.72 mi
- Stadtgarten Cologne - 0.80 mi
- Rheinauhafen - 0.94 mi
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Excelsior Hotel Ernst am Dom
Domplatz Trankgasse 1-5, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, D-50667, Germany