February 6, 2007
Reasonable place to stay in Köln, Germany
I left the booking for this trip to the last minute so discovered that there weren’t too many good value deals on hotels left due to an ICT 2007 event being held there. I did a google on hotels in Köln and found that there were some Ibis hotels and when I did a further google on them, I saw some decent write ups about one located literally inside the Köln Haubtbahnof train station. As I was arriving quite late by train, I decided to go with this one and booked it right on the Ibis web site. It was around 119 euros not including breakfast, which was still pretty good value compared to other ones on offer at ratestogo. The reviews all said that even though the hotel was located directly in the train station and all rooms were facing the front, they all claimed it was a very quiet location as they must have double glazed windows. I was a little sceptical about this but sure enough, it was incredibly quiet there. The rooms were standard Ibis fare (in fact, I couldn’t seee any difference between this room and all the others in Brussels the ugly plaster of paris walls etc.). I didn’t opt for their breakfast option (9.95 euros) or pay Wifi and instead had spotted a Starbuck’s coffee place right next store (with free Wifi also) so I had breakfast in there and checked mail before heading out to the Köln Messe, which was a 10 minute train ride. This hotel is also very close to the Dom Cathedral and the river so location was absolutely fine.
Posted by jclarke at 6:50 PM
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