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DK Choice Flemings Deluxe Hotel € Hotel Mozart €
Contemporary
Family-friendly
Hotel Sacher €€€ Josefstädter Strasse 10–12, 1080 Julius-Tandler-Platz 4, 1090
Luxury Map 2 B5 Tel (01) 205 99-0 Tel (01) 317 15 37
Philharmonikerstrasse 4, 1010 ∑ flemings-hotels.com ∑ hotelmozart-vienna.at
Tel (01) 514 56-0 Nothing is too much trouble for This family-run hotel has a great
∑ sacher.com the staff at this unpretentious, location for those keen to explore
Mix with the city’s elite at this inexpensive and central hotel. the city’s bike trails. Solar power
familyr-run landmark hotel, heats the water for the hotel’s
which was founded by the son Hotel Bellevue € bathrooms. Note that Internet
of the inventor of Sachertorte. Historic access costs extra.
Today, it offers some of the most Althanstrasse 5, 1090
sumptuous accommodation in Tel 800 9733 4226 (within the EU) Hostel Ruthensteiner €
Vienna. Toys and bathrobes are ∑ bellevue-hotel-vienna.com Hostel
provided for kids. Behind the 19th century façade Robert Hamerlinggasse 24, A-1150
this hotel focuses on business Tel (01) 893 42 02
travellers. The common rooms ∑ hostelruthensteiner.com
Imperial €€€ are in the period style but Opened in 1968, this friendly,
Luxury Map 2 B5 conference facilities are available. laid-back place remains a firm
Kärntner Ring 16, 1015 favourite with backpackers and
Tel (01) 501 10-0 makes a great choice for families.
∑ imperialvienna.com DK Choice iPads and a selection of DVDs are
Opulent accommodation in the Hotel Boltzmann € available for hire.
former palace of the Prince of Boutique
Württemberg. Transformed into a Boltzmanngasse 8, 1090 Hotel Stefanie €
hotel in 1873, this place is now a Tel (01) 354 50-0 Historic
byword for luxury, with personal ∑ hotelboltzmann.at Taborstrasse 12, 1020
butlers serving the suites. Named after the Viennese Tel (01) 211 50
physicist Ludwig Boltzmann, this ∑ schick-hotels.com
DK Choice family-run hotel has spacious, Pleasant, modern rooms are
offered at this excellent four-star
well-cared-for rooms. In summer,
The Ring €€€ enjoy a hearty breakfast buffet in hotel that claims to the oldest
Boutique Map 2 B5 the peaceful courtyard garden. hotel in Vienna. Continuously
Kärntner Ring 8, 1010 The friendly staff are eager to run by the Schick family, who
Tel (01) 22 122 ensure your visit is as pleasant take pride in having offered good
∑ theringhotel.com as possible. Book ahead. old-fashioned friendly service
Set in a historic building, this ever since they purchased the
boutique hotel has an elegant hotel in 1880.
interior that blends old-world Hotel Korotan €
charm with modern design Contemporary Landhaus Fuhrgassl-Huber €
and comforts. Attentive staff go Albertgasse 48, 1080 Family-friendly
the extra mile. Guests dine on Tel (01) 403 41 93 Rathstrasse 24, Neustift am
top-notch cuisine at Eight (see ∑ korotan.com Walde, 1190
p313), and enjoy fantastic views This modern glass-fronted hotel Tel (01) 440 30 33
of the skyline while being offers good views of the city. The ∑ landhaus-fuhrgassl-huber.at
pampered in the spa. comfortable rooms are decorated Overlooking vineyards on
in a monochrome colour scheme, Vienna’s outskirts, this lovely
with big, bold modern artworks country house is a relaxing base
imparting splashes of colour. from which to explore the city.
Further Afield Designed by a former stage
A&O Wien Stadthalle € designer at the Vienna Opera
Hostel House, it has country-style
Lerchenfelder Gürtel 9–11, 1160 parlours and pretty leafy patios.
Tel (01) 493 04 80-3900
∑ aohostels.com DK Choice
Great-value accommodation in
this clean, stylish hostel, which Boutiquehotel Stadthalle €€
is part of a large chain. There Boutique
are some wonderfully quirky Hackengasse 20, 1150
communal areas, including a Tel (01) 982 42 72
stylish bar in a vaulted cellar and ∑ hotelstadthalle.at
a book-lined reading corner. Claiming to be the world’s first
zero-energy city hotel, this
Das Capri € place promotes green living by
Contemporary Map 3 E3 only using renewable energy
Praterstrasse 44–46, 1020 sources. The courtyard garden
Tel (01) 214 84 04 is an oasis of calm and in June
∑ dascapri.at the lavender – watered from
A comfortable hotel with a range the hotel well – blooms. Staff
of well-appointed rooms, suites harvest and dry the lavender,
and apartments. Appeals to a mix using it in the hotel’s lotions,
of weekenders and business Tastefully decorated, comfortable room potions, soaps and oils.
travellers on longer trips. at the Ring
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