In the middle of the 18-day German self-guided trip, from Denang Munich to Cologne, Germany, the sunny weather also turned into rainy and rainy. Fortunately, Cologne booked an apartment hotel with fully equipped kitchen functions and washing machines. Buy ingredients for cooking, and by the way, wash the clothes for the Munich trip. Even if you can’t run a full day trip, you can enjoy the fun of living at home in Europe. (→immediatelySearch for special rates)
How to get there: How to get to Cologne City Apartment Hotel (Apartments City/ Altstadt/ Hohe Str.)?
Cologne City Apartment Hotel/Old Town/Hohe (Apartments City), located at Hohe Str. 10, close to the streetcar and subway station. When you take the DB train from a foreign city to Cologne, you will stop at the station Usually it is Köln Messe/Deutz station (Köln Messe/Deutz) or Cologne central station (Köln Hauptbahnhof). You can reach this apartment by streetcar or underground.
From Cologne Fair/Deutz Station, you can take tram 1/9, take 2 stops to Heumarkt Station, and walk across the subway station from the underground floor; if you are departing from Cologne Central Station, you can take the subway (U-Bahn), after the same 2 stops to Heumarkt station, then walk there.
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▲ The apartment-style hotel at No. 10 Hohe Street, close to the shopping street, and there are also streetcars and subway stations nearby.
▲ There is a subway station near the apartment hotel, and a street tram stop is passing through the underground station.
▲ I arrived in Cologne from Munich in the evening and used WhatsApp to make an appointment with the owner to "hand over the house".
The Cologne City Apartment Hotel has 4 floors and a total of 2 rooms:
– Suite: 34㎡
Apartment Hohe Str. 10 is close to the main shopping area in central Cologne. The cross-shaped shopping district formed by Schildergasse and Hohe Str. is designed as a pedestrian street style. Although this apartment is upright It is located on Hohe Street, but a little far away from the cross business district. There is a road and the MRT station in the middle. It feels like quiet in the noisy, but it has a good life function.
This apartment hotel can be used as a homestay or as an Airbnb. There is no 24-hour counter service in ordinary hotels. After booking, you will receive an e-mail for precautions from the host. You must contact the host before you arrive. Time requires simple English communication skills, and Europeans are not using LINE, and may not even listen to it. Use WhatsApp to contact the owner.
This apartment has a narrow layout. The first floor is a pizzeria. We stay in the suites on the second and third floors. There is a guest room on the first floor. The walkways and stairs are quite narrow and there is no elevator, but all the space is reserved for the rooms. , So the room is quite spacious, with full windows facing the road, there is a small balcony outside the kitchen door, and the bathroom also has ventilation windows. The layout is well designed and it makes people feel very warm.
▲ Bright room decoration, here is a comfortable place to stay in Cologne.
▲ After meeting with the owner, I spent 20 minutes explaining the room equipment and surrounding attractions. By the way, I paid the room directly in person.
▲ The room layout adopts many IKEA brand furniture.
▲ The small table and chair by the window, Wendy also bought the same chair at home, so kind!
▲ Various instructions such as room Wi-Fi password, and introduction information of Cologne attractions.
▲ The closet space is quite large, but we mainly use it to hang clothes.
▲ There are ventilation windows in the toilet area and a small balcony outside.
▲ The shower area is separated from the toilet area, on both sides of the sink.
▲ Washing machine and washing powder are provided, which can just wash the dirty laundry accumulated during the Munich trip.
▲ The upper cupboard provides a variety of free tea bags and coffee.
Living experience at Cologne City Apartments
For apartment-style hotels like homestays, check-in and contact will be a bit more troublesome, but after a smooth check-in, you can fully feel the warmth and convenience of home, especially near the fresh supermarket and shopping districts. The living functions are quite good, and the more you live. I used to feel at home, and in the end I often want to give up the trip outside, just want to live a lazy home life, and get a lot of relaxation in the middle of the 18-day German trip.
Although this apartment can be regarded as quiet in the noisy area, after all, it is in the middle of the noisy area. There are also bars nearby. Late at night, there was a loud noise from downstairs. Fortunately, the police soon came to deal with it.In addition, a marathon was held early in the morning on a holiday, and the room facing the road would inevitably be disturbed. At this time, we used it as a natural alarm clock. Seeing people running along the road, we were embarrassed to get up and go out Let’s run the schedule.
▲ A marathon was held in front of the holiday apartment early in the morning. It was very lively, and I didn't care if I was awakened. Go out and play.
▲ Bakery Merzenich, located at the intersection of Heard Street and Hoch Street, is very famous.
▲ There is not much time for shopping in Munich. After you come to the rainy Cologne, you will have plenty of time for shopping!
◎ Apartments City/ Altstadt/ Hohe Str.
-Reservation:Agoda | Booking.com | HotelsCombined
– Address: Hohe Str. 10, 50677 Köln
– Phone: +49 172 7212033
