The Köln WelcomeCard provides more than 90 offers now. First of all free travel by bus or rail throughout the entire region of the Rhine-Sieg transport network (VRS). But there is more - you will be granted reduced admission fees to Cologne museums as well as to many other attractions in Cologne and beyond. Experience the Cologne theatre and music scene at considerably reduced admission fees or explore Cologne and the region by ship. Or enjoy traditional dishes served in Cologne restaurants or exceptional drinks and exquisite menus in Cologne hotel bars and restaurants. Further attractive partners of the Cologne environs such as the Kerpen kart track, the Königswinter SEA LIFE centre, the Frechen Keramion museum and many more partners in the Bonn region round up the large scale of interesting features. All partners are located in the VRS public transport service area. For the first time, a new offer focuses on beauty and spa.

Münster for beginners
The beginners’ package deal will give you a good general survey of Münster and its 1200 years of history, and it is an ideal way to start off exploring the city and its shopping streets, museums and other sights on your own. And to start thinking about where to carry on the next time you come to visit.

Includes:

• 2 nights B&B
• Bus ticket or bicycle for one day
• Participation in public guided tour of the historic old town (May-October; tour in English only on Saturdays)
• Visit to the City Museum
  

Dresden celebrates the 200th Birthday of a great composer, who spends it´s childhood and youth in this area. The outcome was important works and he celebrated successes with premieres.

• 2 nights in our comfort double rooms incl. extensive breakfast buffet
• Tickets for the Richard Wagner Museum in the Lohengrin house and for the Castle in Graupa (only 3 km away from Pillnitz) or Tickets for the city museum Dresden to the special exhibition „Richard Wagner in Dresden – Myths and Legends“ (27th April to 25th August 2013)
• A three course dinner in the chimney restaurant incl. an aperitif
• Enjoy a quality wine from a local winegrower Klaus Zimmerling

Price per person / arrangement
Euro 181,00 in the double room comfort
Euro 244,00 in the suite
Euro 239,00 in the single room
Surcharge at the weekend in the high season and the midseason
Euro 15,00 in the double room comfort
Euro 40,00 in the suite
Euro 20,00 in the single room comfort

Your culinary journey begins in the Muenster region, in Wadersloh, with an exclusive tasting menu. From here, you will continue to enjoy the culinary pleasures the Lippische mountain region has to offer in Bad Salzuflen, where you will be welcomed at the heart of the historicdistrict. Your tour will conclude with an exclusive beer tasting at the cosy brewery and pub
in Rinteln.

Package price p. p.:
incl. 6 nights’ accommodation with extra services
in a double room from € 630,00
in a single room from € 803,00
(subject to local fees and taxes)

This tour can be booked from Wadersloh via Bad Salzuflen to Rinteln or in reverse order.

Your hosts:
Ringhotels in Wadersloh, Bad Salzuflen, Rinteln

The recently restored and newly conceptualized Albrecht Dürer House Museum presents the residence and workshop of the town´s most famous son - Albrecht Dürer. Be fascinated by historically important copies of Dürer´s main paintings and learn about everyday life in an artist´s household from his "wife" Agnes.

The package "At home with Albrecht Dürer" includes:

• accommodation for one, two or three nights with buffet breakfast
• admission to the Albrecht Dürer House Museum
• audioguide through the Albrecht Dürer House Museum
• a cup of coffee, cappuccino, tea or cacao and a piece of cake,
  pastry or strudel 
• the limited edition of the Playmobil figure "Albrecht Dürer"

Availability:
January 1 to November 28 and December 24 to December 31, 2013, except during trade fairs.

A weekend in the City of Peace
The city of peace, Osnabrück, is the third largest city in Lower Saxony with 164,000 inhabitants. It is the only German city which is situated in a national park –the ‘UNESCO Geo park TERRA.vita’, which includes the Teutoburg Forest and the ‘Wiehengebirge’.
Osnabrück is a university and diocesan town and the German Foundation for the Environment and the German Foundation for Peace Research are based here. Because Osnabrück is the city of the Peace of Westphalia and the home town to painter Felix Nussbaum and writer Erich Maria Remarque, it has committed itself to the idea of peace.

Includes:

• 1 overnight staywith breakfast in a city hotel of your choice
• Guided Tour of the city Mon 5 pm/ Sa. 11 am and 12 am/Su. 11am respectively, meeting point: Town Hall 
• 1 cappucino in a café in the Heger Tor quarter 
• Culture Card for two days: free ride on all public bus lines, museums includes, additional price savings

The period from 1933 to 1945 represents the darkest chapter of Nuremberg's past. The Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds explains the history of the Nazi Party Rallies and analyzes the interrelated causal factors and consequences of the reign of terror. By contrast, the Nuremberg Trials are considered the greatest milestone in the history of international law. Since 2010 the Memorium Nuremberg Trials, a site of historical documentation at its original location, has been accessible once again, and elucidates the trials and the international aftereffects.

The package "Nuremberg's Obligation to the Past" includes:

• one, two or three overnight stays with breakfast buffet
• admission to the Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds
• admission to the Memorium Nuremberg Trials
• short guide book "Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg"

Availability:
1 January to 28 November and 24 to 31 December 2013, except during trade fairs.