Althoff Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg, the magnificent 5-star castle-hotel with a spa and two-Michelin-starred restaurant just outside Cologne, offers a magical German Christmas getaway.
A vast royal hunting lodge built in the early 18th century, the Althoff Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg hosts its own Christmas Market, located right in front of the illuminated castle facade, from December 11-14, 2025, featuring traditional and regional Christmas specialties, including handmade artisanal crafts and mulled wine. Guests can also enjoy Schloss Bensberg’s own traditional homemade Christmas Stollen — made with raisins soaked in rum for three days — fresh at the hotel, or they can opt to bring one home as a gift.
For guests staying over Christmas, Althoff Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg offers a special “Christmas in the Castle” package, available for two nights beginning December 24, 2025. The package includes daily breakfast, Christmas gifts, a 5-course meal at the Restaurant Jan Wellem or Trattoria Enoteca for Christmas Eve, and the 4-course “Night of Sparkling Christmas” on Christmas Day, a seated formal 4-course dinner in the ballroom. Prices start at €959 (approx. US$1,125) per person for two nights.
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Christmas at the Althoff Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg © Jannis Hagels
