Private tours
Your own guide, your own pace, priced per group rather than per person on most listings.
Prices run from €16 to €390, and half of the 35 priced listings cost €156 or less. Most take 2 hours to 4 hours. The best reviewed with at least 100 reviews is Cologne: Private Rickshaw Tour (5.0 from 136 reviews). The most reviewed is Cologne: Melaten Cemetery Tour of Famous Lives & Curiosities (507 reviews).
For the operators we researched and recommend, see our food tours and cooking classes in Cologne, or the experiences overview.