Best Western Ascot Hotel Köln in Koln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

General Description:	The supreme western ascot hotel is a protected antique dwelling in cologne city centre, located two kilometres from the magnificent cathedral and the museums. This seven- floor property features 44 guestrooms with mild decor and cherry wood furnishings. All include direct-dial phones, minibars, wireless internet access, cable television, trouser presses and tea and coffee-making facilities. Bathrooms have hair dryers. Guests can work up a sweat in the fully equipped fitness centre for a small fee, and then relax with a drink in the popular lobby bar. Breakfast is served in the sunshiny breakfast room, and practical amenities include parking at a car park opposite the property (surcharge), a dry cleaning service, safe-deposit boxes, and a 24-hour front desk. The hotel is well placed for exploring the lovely city of cologne; the concert hall, opera and theatre are all within two kilometres. Cologne-bonn konrad airport is an approximate driving time of 25 minutes away, a distance of 25 kilometres (14 miles). Please note: from the 11th to the 13th august 2006 a festival with live concerts will take place between hohenzollernring and rudolfplatz. This may cause noise disturbance up until 10.30 pm. Furthermore the hohenzollernring will be totally closed for traffic from the 10th to the 14th august 2006. As a effect, guests will only be skilled to drive as far as bismarckstrasse before completing the journey to the hotel on foot (a two-minute walk). For further information please contact the hotel directly on +49 (0) 221 9529650.
Hotel Overview:	The best western ascot hotel is located directly in the city centre of cologne, in direct proximity of various shopping facilities, the trade fair centre or the historic part of town.
Attractions:	- cathedral - 2 kilometres (1 mile) - museums - 2 kilometres (1 mile) - opera and theatre - 2 kilometres (1 mile) - concert hall - 2 kilometres (1 mile)
Cancellation Policy:	A late cancellation will be charged with 80% of the complete amount of reservation. During fair times the afterwards cancellation rules apply: free of charge until 30 days previous to arrival & complete charge on credit card at that date. 13.01.-20.01.2008 25.01.-30.01.2008 17.02.-20.02.2008 27.02.-01.03.2008 07.03.-12.03.2008 31.03.-04.04.2008 23.04.-30.04.2008 28.05.-11.06.2008 30.08.-02.09.2008 22.09.-28.09.2008 07.10.-12.10.2008 20.10.-25.10.2008 18.11.-22.11.2008
Checkin Time:	16:00:00
Checkout Time:	12:00 pm
Location:	Neustadt-nord – nippes
Location Description:	· from: the highway a57. You will reach our hotel within 12 minutes and from the higway a1 it will take approximately 20 minutes (exit zentrum). Follow the parking signs köln ringe towards hohenzoller
Rooms:	Superior single-one twin bed. Warm decor with cherry wood furnishings. Direct-dial phone, minibar, wireless internet access, cable television, trouser press and tea and coffee-making facilities. Bathroom with hair dryer. Standard double-two twin beds. mild decor with cherry wood furnishings. Direct-dial phone, minibar, wireless internet access, cable television, trouser press and tea and coffee-making facilities. Bathroom with hair dryer.
Transportation:	Regional and high-speed european network trains serve the airport. Taxis are readily available outside terminals one and two. Airport shuttles are available to/from cologne and bonn every 15 minutes during the week, and every 30 minutes at the weekend. From the main train station, take the underground (line number five) to friesenplatz. All deliver facilities (bus, tram, tube and the re (regionalexpress), rb (regionalbahn) and s (s- bahn) trains) can be used with compound tickets which are issued by the verkehrsverbund rhein-sieg (vrs). Besides these there are train-only tickets. Ticket vending machines at cologne's train stations issue both kinds of tickets. At tram/tube/bus stations, only compound tickets (vrs) are available. Driving directions: from the airport take motorway 59 to cologne city centre. Follow signs for severinsbruecke. Cross the bridge to barbarossaplatz. Turn right into hohenstauffenring and continue for around four kilometres, past rudolfplatz and friesenplatz. After 200 metres the hotel is on the left.
Services:	Room service, laundry, breakfast in the room, internet services, fax/photocopying, wi-fi/wireless lan
General Facilities:	Lift/elevator, pets accepted, credit card accepted, shuttle service from and/or to the airport, shuttle service from and/or to the railway station, laundry service, room service - limited hour, front desk - safety deposit pack, front desk - 24 hour, front desk - fax service, newspapers, city maps, tourist information, multilingual staff, fitness room, sauna, solarium, air conditioning, cot available upon demand, hairdryer in room, non-smoking rooms available upon demand, mini bar, direct dial phone, radio, cable tv, wireless internet connection, wireless internet connection in the entire property, free coffee and tea making facilities
Activities:	Sauna, fitness centre, solarium
Room Facilities:	Smoking rooms, internet access - surcharge, internet access - wireless, electronic/magnetic keys, direct-dial phone, iron/ironing board (on invite, trouser press, window opens, climate control, wake-up calls, air conditioning, cable/satellite tv, minibar, coffee/tea maker, hair dryer, clock radio