A must on trip to Germany – Visit the Cologne Cathedral
The Cologne Cathedral or Kolner Dom is a magnificent piece of architecture and is one of the main tourist attractions of Germany. When you book vacation travel deals to Germany make sure a trip to Cologne is a part of the package so that you can view the magnificent Roman Catholic Church. It is one of Germany’s most popular land mark and the Archbishop of Cologne’s seat. It attracts around twenty thousand people every day. The monument is a masterpiece representing both Gothic architecture as well as German Catholicism. The construction of the church started as early as in the mid thirteenth century but it was left incomplete for a long time and it was finished in accordance with the original plans in the nineteenth century.
The Cologne Cathedral is one of the largest Catholic Church in the world and the 
largest Church of Gothic architecture in Northern Europe. The Church is grand by any standards with largest facade, choir with height to width ratio of 3.6 is to 1 and the second tallest spires. If you take the train to reach Cologne and use the main entrance of the station to exit, the Cologne Cathedral will be the first structure to greet you. In case you don’t see the Cathedral it will be because you took the back entrance instead of the main entrance. When you travel to Germany, it would be a good idea to gather a bit of information on German trains as they are a fantastic way to tour the country. Holiday packages to Cologne are usually more fun when you take the train instead of cheap flights.
The Cologne Cathedral has been credited with the honor of being a UNESCO heritage site. The Cathedral is open to the public seven days a week from six in the morning till seven thirty in the evening. However, one is forbidden to tour the Cathedral during Mass. One can enter the cathedral free of cost but entrants are expected to give donation. However one is charged an entrance fee for the tower and the treasury; one has the choice of purchasing separate admission tickets but a combined admission fee costs less. It would be a good idea to wear comfortable shoe on a visit to the Cologne Cathedral as one has to climb more than five hundred stairs to reach the south tower’s top.
A simple internet search will most likely provide you with plenty of cheap holiday deals; a careful survey should help you pick out the best deal. There are plenty of cheap hotels and hostels available in Cologne for budget travelers. Besides budget hotels one can also find luxurious hotels in Cologne.
