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Hotels in Cologne currently start at about € 80 per night for two people, with a typical price of € 136 and € 150 for a comfortable 4-star room. Across the 198 properties we can book here, 63% of rooms can be cancelled free of charge; 40% include or offer breakfast; the average guest rating is 8.1/10.
Lanxess Arena, Wallraf–Richartz Museum and Cologne Central Mosque draw most visitors to Cologne, and the hotels below sit within reach of them. We can book 198 properties here, from € 80 per night for two adults, with a typical price of € 136. About 63% of rooms can be cancelled free of charge, and the average guest rating across them is 8.1/10. You pay in EUR, and cash is used far more than elsewhere in Western Europe; carry some, especially in bakeries, bars and taxis.
Per night for two adults, taxes and fees included where the property reports them. Based on the 198 bookable properties we found for a two-night midweek stay a month ahead.
| Cheapest available | € 60 |
|---|---|
| Typical starting price | € 80 |
| Lower quarter of the market | € 109 |
| Typical (median) price | € 136 |
| Upper quarter | € 174 |
| Typical 3-star | € 130 |
| Typical 4-star | € 150 |
| Typical 5-star | € 314 |
The highest-rated properties with a meaningful number of guest reviews, available for our sample dates.
Rated 8/10 or better and priced at or below the city median — the sweet spot most travellers are actually looking for.
The places travellers here look up most, ranked by how widely they are written about. Most sit within reach of the hotels above.
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in the centreCologne sits in Germany at 50.9375° N, 6.9603° E. Every hotel below is plotted on the live map, so you can see straight away which ones are walking distance from what you came for and which are a taxi ride out.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre.
Each of these has its own page with live prices for that part of town.
Rooms within walking distance of what you actually came for.
Many shops close on Sundays. Trade fairs can triple hotel prices in Frankfurt, Munich, Cologne and Berlin.
Yes, and more than the stars on the hotel. Across three separate midweek stays we measured, the typical price in Cologne differed by a factor of 1.86. Move your dates a week and check again before you settle for less hotel. How we measure this.
The price you see includes our margin and the taxes the property reports. Nothing is added at checkout.
Every rate states its own deadline, and you cancel yourself without calling anyone.
See what each property costs before you click, and search any neighbourhood by dragging the map.
You get a reference the property can look up directly, and a page to view or cancel your booking.
Right now the cheapest bookable rooms start around € 80 per night for two people, the typical price is € 136, and the upper quarter of the market begins at € 174. Prices move with the season and the day of the week, so check your own dates.
Yes — about 63% of the rooms available in Cologne can be cancelled free of charge up to a deadline set by the property, usually 24 to 72 hours before check-in. Use the free cancellation filter to see only those rates.
The EUR (€). Cash is used far more than elsewhere in Western Europe; carry some, especially in bakeries, bars and taxis.
Round up to the nearest euro or add 5–10%, handed to the server rather than left on the table.
The best-known places are Lanxess Arena, Wallraf–Richartz Museum, Cologne Central Mosque, Museum Ludwig, Romano-Germanic Museum. There is more detail in the things-to-do section above.
Yes, and more than the stars on the hotel. Across three separate midweek stays we measured, the typical price in Cologne differed by a factor of 1.86. Move your dates a week and check again before you settle for less hotel.