‘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’.

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

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

‘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.

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. 

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

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).

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). 

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.

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

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). 

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.

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

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. 

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.