For a ‘wow, I’m in Vienna’ second, this pair of boutique stunners strike gold. You’re proper in Vienna’s historic coronary heart right here, with horse-drawn carriages clip-clopping by and Gothic St Stephen’s cathedral so shut you may virtually contact its spire. The Hofburg, Vienna’s imperial palace, is only a 10-minute toddle away by means of streets stuffed with gaze-lifting grandeur. The darkish glass mosaic façade of Topazz stops you lifeless in your tracks as you waft by means of the outdated city streets. Rooms in a monochrome palette of black, cream, champagne and gold are infused with artwork deco glamour, with luxurious Wiener Werkstätte designs, oval window seats, geometric and naturalistic prints and duck-footed lamps.
Cross the road and Lamee has a really completely different really feel. Inspired by Hollywood starlet and inventor Hedy Lamarr, the resort evokes Nineteen Thirties modernism in gold-touched rooms with floaty drapes, wealthy velvets and polished veneer headboards. Perched atop the resort is the 9th flooring Lamée Rooftop, the place you may play ‘spot the landmark’ over natural wines from the resort’s personal vineyard, Lenikus, or antipasti and a signature spritz laced with vermouth and wild berry tonic.
Address: Lichtensteg 2/3, 1010 Wien, Austria
Prices: From about £145 per evening, with breakfast at £25 per particular person
Hotel Beethoven, 6th district
Composers adored Vienna and none greater than Beethoven, who lived, composed and shot to classical megastar fame right here greater than 200 years in the past. His musical legacy is unravelled in all its spirit-soaring glory at this neo-Renaissance pad, sitting proper reverse Theater an der Wien, the place Beethoven composed his opera Fidelio. Owner Barbara Ludwig has unleashed her vivid creativeness and razor-sharp eye for design on six flooring channelling completely different features of Viennese life – from coffeehouse tradition to artwork nouveau, Beethoven to girls who’ve formed town. Historic restricted editions wallpaper, engravings, theatre programmes and stage designs firmly root interiors in place. The slick, parquet-floored rooms in golds, blues and greys have pops of persona in murals, prints and classic lighting.
Best of all, the Beethoven actually nails the hotel-as-home idea. Breakfast is a stupendous unfold of speciality eggs, fresh-from-the-butcher sausages, selfmade muesli and Wienerwald honey. Complimentary espresso and pastries are served in the afternoon, and you will discover quiet moments in the mezzanine library. At the weekend, everyone seems to be invited to salon concert events of cello and piano, with a free glass of fizz throughout intervals. You’re proper in the thick of issues right here – steps from the State Opera, Ringstrasse, Naschmarkt and gold filigree-domed Secession, the place Klimt’s elegant 1902 Beethoven Frieze cavorts throughout basement partitions in an ode to artwork nouveau.
Address: Papagenogasse 6, 1060 Wien, Austria
Prices: From about £190 per evening, with breakfast at £24 per particular person