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Villahotel Rheinblick
Cologne, Germany · Independent · Near Luxury
Martin Lindenthal set out to renovate Hotel Rheinblick, the 1913 house on Rodenkirchen's Kölsche Riviera, and then every ceiling came down: a planner had the structure wrong. Twenty-two months later, in September 2013, only the facade was the original building. His wife Dominique runs the twenty rooms. He coined the word Villahotel for what was left, and in the winter garden you can hear the ships on the Rhine.
- 20 rooms
- Opened 1913
- Neighborhood: Rodenkirchen
About Villahotel Rheinblick
- Lindenthal bought the hotel about seven years before the 2013 reopening and kept all nine employees on. He chose the interiors himself: crystal lamps from the Netherlands, stone washbasins from Malaysia, a chrome ox head from England. He called the mix modern colonial.
- The old Hotel Rheinblick lettering now hangs in the winter garden. A metal frog on the parapet aims binoculars at the Rodenkirchen bridge, and the terrace is open for coffee or a glass of wine, not only to people sleeping upstairs.
- Uferstraße 20 is Köln-Rodenkirchen. The cathedral is about seven kilometers off, Heumarkt about six, and the S-Bahn from Rodenkirchen reaches the Dom in about twenty minutes.
History
Hotel Rheinblick was built in 1913 at Uferstraße 20 in Köln-Rodenkirchen. Martin Lindenthal bought it about seven years before a renovation became a near-rebuild: every ceiling collapsed after a structural miscalculation, and only the facade survived. The house reopened in mid-September 2013 as Villahotel Rheinblick, a word he coined, with Dominique Lindenthal running twenty rooms.
The setting
Uferstraße 20, 50996 Köln-Rodenkirchen, on the Rhine bank the hotel calls the Kölsche Riviera, about six or seven kilometers south of Heumarkt and the cathedral. The Rodenkirchen bridge is the view from the terrace. The S-Bahn at Rodenkirchen is the way into the center. The door is not in the Altstadt.
Restaurants and bars
- Riviera Lounge — Bar
- Luis Dias — Restaurant · fine cuisine, fresh regional products · Chef Luis Dias
- OX Royal — Restaurant · steakhouse, meat cuts and seafood from around the world
- Zum Treppchen — Restaurant · Rhenish cuisine
- Petite Marie — Restaurant · French classics
- Bistro Verde — Restaurant · traditional, seasonal and regional cuisine
- Sala Rim Naam — Bar · Thai and Asian dishes, cocktails
- Primo Piano — Restaurant · Mediterranean cuisine
- Brauhaus Quetsch — Restaurant · regional cuisine
- Haus Berger — Restaurant · barbecue specialties
- Orchid — Restaurant · classic Chinese
- Asado Pampa — Restaurant · traditional South American, beef
Experiences
- Rhine beach (Kölsche Riviera) — Rhine beach directly in front of the hotel with small bays of fine white sand, known locally as the Kölsche Riviera.
- Bike and jogging tours along the Rhine — Excursions by bike or jogging along the Rhine from the hotel location.
- Jogging in the Rhine meadows — Jogging in the picturesque Rhine meadows near the hotel.
- Mini golf in the Weißer Bogen nature reserve — 18-hole mini golf course on the edge of the forest and the Rhine banks, with small playground, trampoline and snacks.
- Forest Botanical Garden and Peace Forest — 45 hectares of forest botanical garden in the south of Cologne with unusual plants and trees and peacocks.
- Rhine boat trips from KD landing stage — Boat trip across the Rhine to the Siebengebirge and panoramic cruises, from the KD landing stage at Zum Treppchen.
Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Wi-Fi
- Safe
- Coffee machine
- Stereo system
- Flat screen
- Bath and care products
- Complimentary bottle of water and fruit platter on arrival
- Breakfast
- Extra bed or baby crib on request, depending on room and requirements
- Free WLAN throughout the house
- Work areas and safe in every room
- Flatscreen, telephone, coffee machine and stereo system
- Riviera lounge and conservatory to relax in
- Projector and screen on request
- Rich breakfast buffet
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