Best luxury and boutique hotels, B&Bs in Austria

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Gasthof-Hotel Doktorwirt

Salzburg

A ‘lovely traditional hotel’, much enjoyed by visitors: ‘We can’t give it enough accolades,’ one reader wrote. Another adds: ‘What a delightful place. Some of the nicest, most professional hoteliers I have come across.’

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Hotel Kaiserin Elisabeth, Vienna

‘The location could not be better,’ says a visitor this year to this ‘lovely, smart hotel’, ‘central but quiet’, liked for both ‘elegance and value’.

Pension Nossek, Vienna

‘Amazing value. Genuinely friendly.’ ‘Our spacious, nicely decorated room had an attractive bathroom.’

Konig von Ungarn, Vienna

Much loved by Guide readers, this is said to be the oldest hotel in Vienna (opened 1815).

Hotel Zur Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna

‘A charming and stately old pension,’ say visitors. In a pedestrianised street near the Karntner Strasse, this 19th-century building, with its baroque facade, flowery window boxes and wrought iron doors, is close to St Stephan’s cathedral.

Altstadthotel Weisse Taube, Salzburg

Run by its friendly new owner, Christine Gmachl, this B&B hotel is a converted 14th-century Burgerhaus in an ‘outstanding’ location, in the middle of the old town and near the Mozartplatz.

Hotel Goldener Hirsch, Salzburg

In this famous street in the pedestrianised centre, this old hotel, opposite the festival hall, has been managed for several years by Wolfgang Putz.

Altstadthotel Wolf-Dietrich, Salzburg

On the edge of the Altstadt, the Schmelzle family’s ‘pleasant hotel’ is near Schloss Mirabell and the Kapuzinerberg. Some bedrooms (several have a balcony) look over the adjacent St Sebastian’s church and Italianate cloister (where Mozart’s father and widow lie buried).

Hotel Astoria Salzburg, Salzburg

The Illinger family’s reasonably priced hotel is a 15-minute walk from the historic centre of the city (there are also two buses, no. 1 and no, 10, which stop nearby).

Mailberger Hof, Vienna

A stone’s throw from the Opera, in a pedestrianised street, this ‘very friendly’, family-run hotel is composed of two Gothic gabled listed buildings formerly owned by the Knights of Malta.

Hotel Austrla, Vienna

‘Good value, good location, extremely helpful staff,’ says a returning visitor to this B&B hotel.

Astoria Relax & Spa Hotel, Seefeld

Set a few minutes walk from the centre of Seefeld, and in 20,000 sq metres of parkland, this smart and luxurious hotel ticks all the boxes for good service, well-appointed rooms (many of them recently refurbished) and the copious provision of excellent food (the restaurant has 14 Gault Millau points).

Hotel am Stephansplatz, Vienna

The location couldn’t be better – in a square in the heart of old Vienna, and opposite St Stephan’s Cathedral – and the service friendlier.

Alma Boutique Hotel, Vienna

Originally an apartment building dating from 1913-1914, the Alma became a hotel in 1978 and still retains Art Nouveau touches.

Das Tyrol, Vienna

Set in an 18th-century building on the longest street in Vienna (now pedestrianized), this boutique hotel is filled with original artworks in by contemporary Viennese and international artists, as well as traditional Viennese furnishings.

Hollmann Betelage, Vienna

Set in a 19th-century former noble house in a fantastic location in the centre of Vienna, this intimate boutique hotel does a great job of looking after its guests.

Best hotels in Austria

We are delighted to announce that we have started recommending hotels in Austria again, and have started with a hand-picked selection in Vienna and Salzburg.

We hope readers will nominate their favourite hotels in Austria so that we can gradually build up the numbers again. That is the way the Good Hotel Guide began 33 years ago when Hilary Rubinstein, a literary agent, asked all his friends to nominate their favourite hotel.

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