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Our hotel and the cathedral city<\/h2>\n
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The Classic Hotel Harmonie is a real gem in Cologne’s city center and is one of the last privately run hotels in Cologne. The current hotel owner and operator is the second owner since the property was built. Previously, the G\u00fclich family ran the hotel for two generations before putting it up for sale with a heavy heart in 1996. A new era began. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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\nThe origin<\/div>\n
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Back then, the hotel consisted of 40 hotel rooms, a hairdressing salon and a coach house – nothing like today.<\/p>\n
Over the course of 20 years, the owner gave free rein to his creativity and created an oasis in Cologne’s city center. First, the 40 existing rooms were completely renovated before the number of rooms was expanded in three construction phases to 106 individually designed rooms, an artistically designed underground car park and a conference room. <\/p>\n
The ideas for the conversion and design of the hotel are a collection of various short and long-distance trips – always on the lookout for new concepts, furniture or wallpaper.<\/p>\n
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The history of the Classic Hotel Harmonie<\/h2>\n \n
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1996 – Cologne, the trade fair city<\/div>\n
In 1996, Cologne was already known as a trade fair city, but it was a long way from being one of the largest event cities in Germany, as it is today. In his search for a suitable hotel, the current owner wrote to hotels he was interested in – by letter, which is almost unimaginable today. The resulting contact with the G\u00fclich family turned out to be a stroke of luck and a handshake agreement was quickly reached. In the same year, the first conversion work began on the 40 rooms in the former Ursuline convent. <\/p>\n
In addition, the cellars, which were filled in with rubble after the Second World War, were uncovered by hand. At the same time, the building site became an excavation site, as relics from Roman times were discovered, which can now be found in the Roman-Germanic Museum. The excavated cellars are now home to our in-house laundry, among other things. <\/p>\n
With the reopening in the same year, the hotel was renamed from Hotel G\u00fclich to Classic Hotel Harmonie.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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2001 – The second construction phase begins<\/div>\n
The hairdressing salon had to make way for a spacious entrance area. The building was also extended – two additional floors were added, creating space for 18 more rooms. <\/p>\n
The former coach house was completely renovated and converted into a beautiful, open breakfast room. Old garages that were located on the property had to make way and were converted into additional rooms. Our Mediterranean garden was created in the inner courtyard and is still an inviting place to relax today. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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2009-2019 – The extension<\/div>\n
The year 2009 was a milestone for today’s hotel. The owner acquired the neighboring property in order to expand there. <\/p>\n
In 2016, construction work finally began with the aim of building 40 more rooms in our best category (Grand Deluxe). Our underground parking lot with 24 parking spaces was built in the basement, then still white, today an interplay of bright colors and motifs. <\/p>\n
On the first floor of the new building, space was created for our event area with 6 conference rooms. The expansion was slightly delayed due to coronavirus and the space was put into operation in 2023. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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2024 – a year for new things<\/div>\n
The lobby will be renovated this year. Our guests can soon expect an open lobby concept with an open restaurant area and a glamorous bar as the focal point and eye-catcher. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Tips around Cologne<\/h2>\n
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Our hotel in Cologne’s old town is the perfect starting point for many activities. Cologne Cathedral is just a stone’s throw away, and museums, galleries and the Rhine are all within walking distance. \u2192<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Tips around Cologne<\/h2>\n
Our hotel in Cologne’s old town is the perfect starting point for many activities. Cologne Cathedral is just a stone’s throw away, and museums, galleries and the Rhine are all within walking distance. \u2192<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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Sustainability at local level<\/h2>\n
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Sustainability is becoming increasingly important and we are trying to leave a positive footprint, especially at a local level. <\/p>\n
We work with:
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\n– regional construction companies and partner companies, such as our carpentry or our nursery
\n– permanent staff; no temporary employment contracts or external companies
\n– in-house laundry and mangle to reduce transportation and CO2
\n– Rituals products in our rooms: sustainable dispensers; sustainable bottles
\n– you have the choice: towels on the bathroom floor = we change the towels. Towels on the hook = we leave you hanging
\n– Automation technology throughout the hotel: central control of heating and air conditioning as well as electricity<\/p>\n
Will you help too?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Sustainability at local level<\/h2>\n
Sustainability is becoming increasingly important and we are trying to leave a positive footprint, especially at a local level. <\/p>\n
We work with:
\n– regional suppliers
\n– regional construction companies and partner companies, such as our carpentry or our nursery
\n– permanent staff; no temporary employment contracts or external companies
\n– in-house laundry and mangle to reduce transportation and CO2
\n– Rituals products in our rooms: sustainable dispensers; sustainable bottles
\n– you have the choice: towels on the bathroom floor = we change the towels. Towels on the hook = we leave you hanging
\n– Automation technology throughout the hotel: central control of heating and air conditioning as well as electricity<\/p>\n
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Massage at the Classic Hotel Harmonie<\/h2>\n
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In cooperation with corpus as, we offer you the opportunity to have a massage directly at our hotel every Wednesday. The offer ranges from a full body massage to deep tissue massage (deep tissue) or foot reflexology therapy. Need to relax? Please send an e-mail directly to our colleagues and let us spoil you. Enquire now \u2192<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Massage at the Classic Hotel Harmonie<\/h2>\n
In cooperation with corpus as, we offer you the opportunity to have a massage directly at our hotel every Wednesday. The offer ranges from a full body massage to deep tissue massage (deep tissue) or foot reflexology therapy. Need to relax? Please send an e-mail directly to our colleagues and let us spoil you. Enquire now \u2192<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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