Housed in the former Cologne Post Office and built in typical German post war style with a grey stone façade, the Hilton Cologne Hotel is a 7-storey contemporary designer boutique property. Spacious and bright, thanks to the central skylight, the lobby features a dark brown reception desk, a seating area and a lobby bar. Also spacious, the 296 guestrooms are decorated in hues of cream, white, turtle-dove grey and chocolate brown, with contemporary Itialian-styled furnishings and parquet floors. They are clean and impeccably maintained, as are the en suite bathrooms. The restaurant "Konrad" has a show kitchen, dark furnishings and serves International and pan-Asian cuisine in a chic environment flooded with light. The hotel’s centrepiece, the “Ice Bar” is, as its name suggests, a venue made from real ice where you can enjoy cocktails or the signature Designer Shots, served in ice glasses. It is immensely popular with locals and guests alike. Plasma screen TVs also make the hotel’s "Lobby Caffe & Bar" the ideal venue in which to watch sporting events. Fitness enthusiasts can head to the LivingWell health club to work out with the assistance of a personal trainer and, after toning up in the gym, indulge in a pampering Thai massage, unwind in the sauna or top up their tans in the solarium.