Excelsior Hotel Ernst, a fashionable distinguished hotel located opposite the famous Cathedral in the downtown area, is a prestigious residence for both tourists and business travellers. Style, elegance and noblesse of the 152 architectural spacious rooms and suites together with modern comfort and individual service make the Excelsior Hotel Ernst the Leading Hotel in Cologne. Each of our 152 rooms is individually decorated and equipped with furniture (antiques) of high value. All rooms offer you a high comfort: seating, writing desk, safety box, minibar (included in room rate), TV with CNN, ISDN-phones with adapter for your PC (Digital or analogue). All rooms have shower and bath tub. In the bathroom our guests will find a bathrobe, slippers and guest supplies for their amenity. Hotel also has the "Hanse Stube Restaurant" and the "Asian Restaurant Taku", Piano Bar, Partly Air Conditioned Guest Rooms, Bathrobe & slippers in guest rooms. Guests also have the opportunity to enjoy our new sauna and fitness area which opened in September 2000. Furthermore, our guests have internet access free of charge in our Business Centre which offers all contemporary facilites of communication to ultimately meet the needs of the modern business traveller. The Excelsior Hotel Ernst has made a name for itself in the past as an arranger of banquets and conferences. Our technically superbly outfitted premises are as equally suited for business meetings as they are for celebrations of (almost) every imaginable scale. We offer exclusive meeting-room facilities from 5 to 200 people, all air-conditioned with the benefit of natural daylight.