Mauritius Hotel & Therme

What a fabulous Hotel and Spa. I booked for my daughter's 30th Birthday. We had a family room which was beyond expectation. Two floors great Tv. Fabulous Bathroom and useful mini fridge. Room cleaned each day with fresh towels. Lovely clean bedding and comfy beds. Location ideal near to all districts and only 20 min walk to centre of Cologne and the cafes alongside the Rhine. Service was excellent at check in and we managed to check in early. The roof terrace was lovely being able to relax in the beautiful weather. The Spa facilities were outstanding including the indoor pool. Only one thing to be aware of is the residents or locals using the Spa do so naked. They sunbath naked also on the terrace. Not a problem for my grandson as just 7 but could be a little awkward for older children. The hotel information did not disclose this on hotels .com

No AC even though they say so!

No A/C just a fan in the room that told me it was 29C!!! Couldn’t open the window for the noise in the street.

The hotel staff were all very polite. Despite being alone, I enjoyed my one night stay very much. If there could be a translated copy of the various spa activities on offer it would have been much easier. ( I understand there are a lot of different languages)

I probably should have read alll 85k reviews. Since i only read the first 30 or so, i didn't see where it stated that the pool was really for nude swimming and our 13 yr old daughter was mortified. I should have known being in Germany that would be te case. It really hot worse from there. Were in a room directly above the front entrance, normally no big deal except this was where everyone in the hotel went to smoke and the smoke came right into our open window. It was warm so we couldn't close the windows, but the vagrants sleeping out on the steps of the church within spitting distance from the entrance of this hotel didn't mind if they bothered us. They were drinking, shouting and arguing for several hours both nights we were there. I actual thought there was going to be a knifing or worse at one point. Hell at one point I was hoping that might happen because then they might have shut up. Breakfast buffet was nice, if you looked past the fact that it was adjacent to the pool/spaa area, and people were eating breakfast in their robes, nude underneath, with everything hanging out, loud and proud. There is no dresser to put your things into, so if you like living out of your suitcase, this is the place for you. In all fairness the staff were really nice, and the room was pretty clean but smelled like ciggy smoke.