Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg - Bensberg Bergisch Gladbach

HOTEL OVERVIEW

exterior - night Situated high over the Cologne basin, the 5-star luxury Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg, one of the most beautiful baroque castles in Europe, lies nestled in beautiful surroundings with a wonderful view of the Cologne Cathedral.

The hotel features all the amenities expected from a first class property, such as three-star gourmet cuisine, exquisite comfort, and the highest calibre of personal service and geniality.

This fantastic castle offers all kinds of exclusive services, as well as 84 luxury rooms, all of them boasting ISDN, voice mail, fax, PC-Internet connection and wireless Internet access. Furthermore hotel amenities include the distinguished 3-star Joachim Wissler gourmet restaurant Vendôme, a Trattoria tavern with annexed wine bar and wine shop, 9 conference and meeting rooms, a grand ballroom, as well as banqueting rooms, and 1,000 sqm Beauty & Spa facility.

After all, the Cologne exhibition grounds, the airport, and Cologne itself are only a few kilometres away.

LOCATION

City Area:Surroundings of Cologne

Germany

GUEST ROOMS

room view A total of 84 hotel rooms invite you to simply feel good and relax with the combination of luxury and comfort of the highest standard, are offered to you at the 5-star Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg at the gates of Cologne. Spacious interior design, exquisite marble bathrooms, elegant interiors and discreet integration of sophisticated technology round-off the exclusive ambiance.

At a size of 33 m², in a classic-elegant furnishing style, some of the hotel's single rooms face the inner castle courtyard, some rooms face outwards towards the gardens. They feature a smaller French bed instead of a classic single bed, as well as a comfortable sitting space and a writing desk. Some of the rooms amenities include air-conditioning, mini bar, writing set, desk, room safe, seating, toilet, bathtub/shower, bathrobe, hair-dryer, cosmetic mirror, scales, bedside telephone, desk telephone, TV with remote control, cable TV, pay TV, Internet access, fax connection, ISDN, and wireless Internet access.

The hotel's elegant double rooms face the inner castle courtyard, the gardens or have a view of the Bergisch countryside. They boast large beds and spacious rooms with a comfortable sitting space and a writing desk.

• Additional beds
• Air conditioning
• Cable TV
• Cot available upon request
• Facilities for disabled people
• Hairdryer in room

• Heating
• High speed Internet connection
• Mini bar
• Non-smoking rooms
• Pay TV

• Radio
• Rooms with view available upon request
• Telephone
• Wireless Internet connection
• Writing desk

BREAKFAST

An extensive breakfast buffet is served in the Jan Wellem restaurant every morning from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.

HOTEL FACILITIES

• Access for disabled
• Beauty salon
• Credit card accepted
• Dogs allowed
• Groups welcome
• Historic building
• Lift/elevator
• Wireless Internet connection in the entire property
• Front desk - 24 hour

• Multilingual staff
• Newspapers
• Tourist information
• Banqueting service
• Congress facilities
• Fitness center
• Indoor swimming pool
• Outdoor swimming pool
• Mud

• Sauna
• Solarium
• Spa/wellness centre
• Own garage
• Shuttle service from and/or to the airport
• Shuttle service from and/or to the railway station
• Baby sitter
• Bar
• Restaurants

MAP

district map DISTANCES
From Cologne Cathedral: 16 km/25 minutes by car.
From Cologne Exhibition Grounds: 15 km/20 minutes by car.
From Cologne Main Train Station: 16 km/25 minutes by car.
From Köln Bonn Airport: 17 km/20 minutes by car.
From the A4 highway: about 1 km/3 minutes by car.
From Bergisch Gladbach City Center: about 3 km/10 minutes by car.
From the nearest bus stop: about 500 meters.
From the nearest shops: about 200 meters.
From Düsseldorf Exhibition Grounds: 50 km/30 minutes by car.

HOW TO REACH THE HOTEL

By car
From the South/Köln Bonn International Airport: from the A3, direction Cologne until motorway junction Köln-Ost. Change to A4, direction Olpe/Gummersbach. Continue until the 4th exit (Moitzfeld). Turn left at the end of the exit, direction Bensberg center (Overather Straße). Continue until the next major intersection and turn right at traffic lights (Am Stockbrunnen). At the following traffic lights, turn left on Kadettenstraße. You will skirt around Castle Bensberg, turn right into the main gate, after the curve, into the inner courtyard in front of the main entrance to Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg.
From the North: from the A3, direction Frankfurt until the motorway junction Köln-Ost. Change to the A4, direction Olpe/Gummersbach. Continue until the 4th exit (Moitzfeld). Turn left at the end of the exit, direction Bensberg center (Overather Straße). Continue until the next major intersection and turn right at traffic light (Am Stockbrunnen). At the following traffic light, turn left on Kadettenstraße. You will skirt around Castle Bensberg, turn right into the main gate, after the curve, into the inner courtyard in front of the main entrance to Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg.
From Cologne central train station: at the central station, take direction Rheinufer-Feeder to the A4, direction Olpe/Gummersbach. From there follow the above mentioned indications.

By train
From Cologne central train station take bus line SB 40 and get off at Bensberg bus station. Now it is only 5 minutes on foot through the pedestrian zone, direction Schlossstraße to the Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg.
Alternatively you may take train line 19, direction Klettenberg or line 17, direction Ubierring, until Neumarkt. Change to line 1, direction Bensberg and stay on the train until the last stop (Bensberg). Now it is only 5 minutes on foot through the pedestrian area, direction Schlossstraße to the Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg.
You may also take the S-Bahn (city-train) S11, direction Bergisch Gladbach, until Köln-Messe/Deutz. Change to line 1, direction Bensberg and stay on the train until the last stop (Bensberg). Now it is only 5 minutes on foot through the pedestrian area, direction Schlossstraße to the Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg.

By airplane
From Köln Bonn International Airport: take the S-Bahn (city-train) S13, direction Bergisch Gladbach, until Köln-Messe/Deutz. Change to line 1, direction Bensberg and stay on the train until the last stop (Bensberg). Now it is only 5 minutes on foot through the pedestrian area, direction Schlossstraße to the Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg.

TRANSPORT SERVICES

• Own garage

• Shuttle service from and/or to the airport

• Shuttle service from and/or to the railway station

A private multi-storey car park is available.
A transfer service to/from the railway station may be arranged upon request.