A cathedral and some chocolate (Coloane)

Member Name: Alternum

Product:	Coloane
Date:	27/07/00 (120 review reads)
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Advantages: Beautiful city, cheap chocolate, good shops

Disadvantages: None!

The obvious thing to 'do' when you are in Cologne is to go and see the cathedral - and this is indeed probably where your visit to the city should start, as it's right in the centre and fairly close to the tourist office. The building itself is enormous and easily findable, as the spires rise above the city well! Climbing the tower is cheap and, if you can manage the 500-odd steps, affords great views of the city. Cologne has some good shopping too - make sure you go on a weekday though as shops shut at lunchtime on Saturdays - and whatever you do, try to get to the Imhoff-Stollwerck museum on the banks of the river, about 25 minutes' walk from the cathedral. This is an extremely modern, very interesting, chocolate museum, and some free samples are included in the very reasonable £3 entry price. There is also, within the foyer, a shop which sells extremely cheap, extremely good chocolate of all shapes and sizes - buy as much as you can, I've always regretted not buying more! Otherwise, as you would expect in Germany, the streets are clean and well-kept, and everything is architecturally fairly nice. If you're planning a stopover then this is a very good place - there is a wide range of hotels to suit every budget, I stayed in the Youth Hostel which was basic but decent enough. There is, in short, easily enough to occupy you for a day, and the chocolate should keep everyone happy...

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