Cologne Tours of the City
A hop-on hop-off bus tour with recorded commentary in several languages runs every 45 minutes (buy your tickets from the tourist office).
Cologne Coach Service (tel: (0221) 979 2570; website: www.ccs-busreisen.de) runs a 90-minute non-stopping guided bus tour in English. The tour runs at least twice daily (three to four times in summer). Buy your ticket from the driver.
All the above tours depart from outside the tourist office.
A little land train also offers an evening tour of the city in English every Friday from July to September (tel: (022) 347 7226; website: www.bimmelbahnen.de).
Boat trips are very popular from early spring to autumn with one-hour morning, afternoon tea and evening cruises offered by Köln-Düsseldorfer (KD) (tel: (0221) 208 8318; website: www.k-d.com).
Fresh ideas are just one click away...
Travel Deals
-
Finland Activity & adventure holidays Finnish Lapland has enormous areas of untouched wilderness and mile upon mile of wild rolling fells. This vast open countryside, sparkling in the winter sunshine, just begs to be explored by
-
Orlando Adrenaline Whether you’re enjoying the hair-raising delights of the world’s only flying rollercoaster called Manta at SeaWorld or racing through the Everglades on an airboat in search of alligators, one thing’s for
-
Cambodia Luxury holidays Today Cambodia is symbolised by awesome Angkor Wat, the largest man-made religious structure in the world. However, Cambodia is also home to some of the finest boutique hotels in the world
-
Laos Inspire Me When the French colonised Indochina they had a saying: "The Vietnamese grow the rice, the Cambodians watch the rice grow, and the Lao people listen to the rice grow." This is
-
Vietnam Cultural breaks Vietnam is a country with a rich and varied history that is now firmly focused on her bright future. This is why it has become one of the hottest destinations for
-
Dominican Republic Family holidays The Dominican Republic has soared in popularity as a tropical hotspot for families seeking sun, sand and an affordable holiday in the Caribbean. The island's main attraction is magnificent golden sand