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Excelsior Hotel Ernst am Dom
Domplatz / Trankgasse, 1-5, Cologne 5066
About 79 km from Koblenz; Cologne Bonn Airport is 15 km away.
About the place
Enjoying a fabulous setting in the heart of Cologne, this opulent hotel offers comfort and convenience to guests visiting this city. This magnificent property is within 300 metres from the main railway station and only 120 metres from Cologne Cathedral. Whether travelling for business of enjoying a leisure trip, guests will be impressed by warm hospitality and luxurious facilities featuring neoclassical style. After a long day out in the city, guests may find a complete escape for senses at the spacious and sumptuously appointed rooms and suites, some of them offering fabulous views over the cathedral. The hotel boasts 2 restaurants, one of them serving exquisite innovative French cuisine and regional specialties and the second Michelin-starred offering East Asian specialties. The establishment is a perfect place for both business and relaxation featuring 12 bright meeting rooms as well as sauna and fitness room.
- Wi-Fi
- Spa & wellness
- Parking
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Dog friendly
- Gym
- Accessible
- Air conditioning
Distance to the castles
Figures are measured in a straight line from the hotel's coordinates. Along the gorge the road, the railway and the river all follow the bends, so the real journey is longer; see cruise or drive.
Facilities
Facilities
- Small pets allowed (under 5 kg) (55 EUR, extra charge)
- Wheelchair-accessible
- Car park (35 EUR, extra charge)
- 24-hour reception
- Check-in hour (15:00–05:30)
- Check-out hour (12:00)
- Wired Internet
- Wi-fi
+ 23 more
- Car hire (extra charge)
- Transfer service (extra charge)
- Valet parking (extra charge)
- Airport Shuttle
- Room service
- Laundry service
- Bicycle hire service
- Babysitting service
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour security
- Bellboy service
- Air conditioning in public areas
- Hotel safe
- Currency exchange facilities
- Cloakroom
- Lift access
- Shop
- Terrace
- Concierge
- Gym
- Newspapers
- Luggage room
- Clothes dryer
Catering
- Bar
- Restaurant (2)
- Non-smoking area
- Banquet hall
- Air conditioning in Restaurant
Health & wellness
- Sauna
- Steam bath
Sports
- Fitness
Business
- Conference room
- Meeting room
- Projector
- Photocopier
- Business centre
- Audio-visual equipment rental
Meals
- Breakfast
- Breakfast buffet (06:30–11:00)
- À la carte lunch
- Set menu lunch
- Brunch
- À la carte dinner
- Set menu dinner
- Breakfast and dinner
+ 2 more
- Special dietary options
- Vegetarian meal
Payment methods
- American Express
- EC
- JCB
- Diners Club
- MasterCard
- Visa
- Maestro
- Visa Electrón
Good to know
- LGTBIQ friendly
- Early Check-in
Green programmes
- Green Globe Certification
Rooms
Double room
Deluxe Double
Suite
Cathedral View Suite
Classic Double
Room
Grand Superior Room
Double room
Grand Deluxe Double
Suite
Excelsior Suite
Junior suite
Junior Suite
Suite
Suite
Executive Suite
Single room
Classic Single
| Room type | Guests | Adults / children |
|---|---|---|
| Double room | up to 4 | 4 adults / 3 children |
| Junior suite | up to 5 | 5 adults / 3 children |
| Single room | up to 1 | 1 adults |
| Twin room | up to 4 | 4 adults / 3 children |
Room types and occupancy come from the Hotelbeds catalogue and have not been confirmed by the hotel, so treat them as indicative. Ask the hotel for current rooms, bed layout and the number of guests.
Meals and key facts
Meal plans
Type of stay
Key facts
- Year of construction
- 1863
- Year of most recent renovation
- 2025
- Total number of rooms
- 133
- Number of floors (main building)
- 6
- Single rooms
- 10
- Twin rooms
- 20
- Double rooms
- 20
- Junior suites
- 5
On the map
Nearby, from the catalogue
- City centre0 m
- Bus/Train station50 m
- Nearest Bus / Metro Stop50 m
- Dom - Cologne Cathedral100 m
- Museum Ludwig400 m
- Chocolate Museum1 km
- Lanxess Arena2 km
- Golf course3 km
- Airport15 km
- Cologne Bonn Airport15 km
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Book at the door
Brezuna is not a booking site and shows no live prices. Contact the hotel for current rates, tourist tax and cancellation terms; rooms in the gorge go early for the wine festivals and for the autumn harvest.
- Reservations +49 2212703223
- Hotel +49 2212701
- Email [email protected]
- Website excelsiorhotelernst.com
- Map Google Maps
Hotel data: Hotelbeds, updated 28/07/2026.



