Vienna restaurants, cafes and hotels?

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Anyone got any good recommendations for Vienna- food, snacks and a bed?
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Long time since I was there, but we visted a place called the blue triangle area or something like that which was the happening place at night with great bars/resturants
 
We stay in the Hotel Kummer which is listed as a 3 star but more like a 4 star. It is exremely central and we get a double room for around €80 incl breakfast. We are generally there in Feb / March. The rooms are quite big - bigger again if you ask for a corner room!


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I've been to Vienna several times, mainly with work but a couple of times for pleasure - really like the city. A useful link:

[broken link removed]

includes maps, hotels, whats on etc etc.

Someone above mentioned the triangle, it's known as the Bermuda triangle (once you go in, you never get out!), a section of narrow streeets with loads of bars - you can find it at the end of Rotensturm, go downhill past St Stephen's cathedral and it's before the river off to the left.

Lots of museums, art galleries and imperial palaces (it's worth taking a trip out to Schonbrunn the summer 'cottage' of the old royals). If you get a chance, take in a classical music concert in the Hofburg palace.

There's plenty to see and do!
 
thanks bofarr01, very useful link that - hope we get a good weekend weatherwise for sightseeing at the end of October - if not, we can always just enter the bermuda triangle area, find suitable watering hole and get lost for a couple of hours ....:)
 
Just booked a few days in Vienna and have not been here since a teenager

Going with Miss Gunner but we are not into Museums but may try the opera

Will be there for Paddys day

So looking for things to do and places or maybe a day trip to Salzburg ? Have been to Innsbruck previously back in inter railing days but any other places

It seems to be full of culture but we dont wont to be 'arted' out if there is such a thing

Thanks
 
Salzburg is a good 3hrs on the train from Vienna, but it's nice, very touristy, though. What are you into Gunner? I might have some suggestions
 
Petal said:
Salzburg is a good 3hrs on the train from Vienna, but it's nice, very touristy, though. What are you into Gunner? I might have some suggestions
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Anything really but not the boring stuff like architecture or spanishriding school. Maybe something on Mozart or Austria in the war not into scenery see it once take a picture breath it in and thats it done for me miss Gunner the same

Not a school trip want to enjoy ourselfs may take a trip to Salzburg

Also almost nigh impossible to get a decent price for accomodation still looking

Anything that you think would be considered interesting let me know. Also an Irish Pub to drink in for Paddys Day ?

Thanks
 
Charlie P's Irish pub is meant to be a good spot, would be more than suitable for Paddys Day I imagine.
They have a webpage I think with directions/map
 
yeah, there's a couple of other ones, I'll think of their names and post in the next couple of days. Have you tried www.wotif.com - I've usually found quite good deals, also and www.laterooms.com although it might be a wee bit early for the last two. If you find anything and want to check the location, let me know - I am from Vienna originally, although at this stage I'm half Irish, been living here for 10 years...
 
Was looking for hotels in the Innere Stadt but these all seem to be full or mad prices

What other areas should I look at that are not miles out from the city
 
Found a hotel called Delta in Sonnwendgasse

Good reviews on

Anyone know anything about this cannot locate their own webpage
 
That's their webpage [broken link removed] but it's not well populated yet. It's not the prettiest location around Suedbahnhof and not overly central either, but having said that it's safe and all. What's your budget and your travel dates, I could have a look and recommend somewhere nicer maybe?
 
Price is budget to mid range

This hotel is charging €95 per night incl breakfast. Rang tourist board in London and they said its near town by tram

But your saying its not a great area ? So not pubs or restaurants near ? Dont mind that as its just a place to rest our heads

All of the below have no rooms available

Pension PERTSCHY
HOTEL AUSTRIA
Hotel Post Wien

Below are some of the quotes I got so anything around the €100 mark looking at

Cheers

Guest house Dr. Geissler ***
Postgasse 14
1010 Wien, Austria
Double room (bath or shower/ WC), incl. buffet breakfast
from 16.Mar.2008 until 22.Mar.2008 (6 nights)
95.00 EUR per night

Hotel Kärntnerhof ***
Grashofgasse 4
1011 Wien, Austria
Double room (bath or shower/WC), incl. buffet breakfast
from 16.Mar.2008 until 22.Mar.2008 (6 nights)
134.50 EUR per night

Guest house Neuer Markt ***
Seilergasse 9
1010 Wien, Austria
Double room (2 beds) (bath/shower/WC), incl. buffet breakfast
from 16.Mar.2008 until 22.Mar.2008 (6 nights)
114.17 EUR per night

Austria Classic Hotel Bleckmann ***
Währinger Strasse 15
1090 Wien, Austria
Double room (shower/WC), incl. buffet breakfast
from 16.Mar.2008 until 22.Mar.2008 (6 nights)
87.33 EUR per night

Hotel Graf Stadion ***
Buchfeldgasse 5
1080 Wien, Austria
Double room (bath or shower/WC) incl. buffet breakfast
from 16.Mar.2008 until 22.Mar.2008 (6 nights)
85.00 EUR per night

Hotel Koenig von Ungarn
Schuler Strasse 10**A- 1010 Wien
€190 per night

Pension Suzanne - William
Walfischgasse 4
1010 Wien
1 large double room with bath/toilet, room rate per night Euro 110.-- or
1 appartment with bath, toilet, some with kitchenette, room rate per night
Euro 119.--

Pension NOSSEK
1 Suite for 2 pers. with bath and toilet, a the daily rate of Euro: 143,--
price per night incl. breakfast buffet and all taxes

Appartments Riemergasse
1 Cute Suite at €188 per night

Hollmann Beletage - Design & Boutique
Köllnerhofgasse 6
A-1010 Vienna
Austria
- 1 double RESIDENZ XL at Euro 180.- per room and night for the period of
16.-21.03.2008 - then room change into
- 1 double BELETAGE L at Euro 140.- per room and night for the night of
21.-22.03.2008.

HOTEL AM STEPHANSPLATZ
1010 Vienna, Stephansplatz 9
1 double room >superior< with view to the Cathedral
EUR 240,00 / night / room

Hotel Wandl A-1010 Wien Petersplatz 9
€178 per night

Hotel Karntnerhof
€162 per night
 
Ok,
Now I really wouldn't recommend around Delta-Hotel. Really not a pretty part of Vienna, and I dare say there wouldn't be a nice selection of pubs or restaurants around. Of the list you have and the ones around your pricerange, the following four are bang on in the middle of the city centre. If you look at these webpages you'll get the idea of the type places they are. There are lots of them in the city centre and they're not really hotels but rather guest-houses and the interior is kind of old-fashioned (but not necessarily gruby). So it depends on what you're after.

http://www.karntnerhof.com/frame_e.html
http://www.hotelpension.at/dr-geissler/english/index.htm
http://www.hotelpension.at/neuermarkt/english/index.htm
http://www.pension-suzanne.at/index.htm

I've checked a couple of places - these are more hotels of the modern kind, both under 100 Euros, but that's the no-frills price (i.e. you have to pay for the whole stay, no cancellation, no refunds and the first one is without breakfast).

The first one is across the road from one of the main shopping streets and is handy for going into town (couple of underground stops) and handy for some other locations. It's right beside the trainstation you would have to go to if you were to go to Salzburg and there is an express bus to the airport from that trainstation.

The second one (alpha) is behind the townhall - so outer edge of the inner city. I've included google maps (location) and if you take "Stephansplatz" as the very centre of town you get an idea as to where they are. The above four are all more or less scattered around the centre.

http://www.accorhotels.com/accorhotels/fichehotel/gb/mer/5358/fiche_chambre.shtml location

http://www.austria-hotels.at/de/hotel-alpha/location.html Location

Just to clarify though, I have never stayed in a hotel in Vienna (obviously) so I can't guarantee that my recommendations will suit you!
 
Oh yeah, and pub, i'd recommend this one [broken link removed] - bit off the beaten track and hence more ex-pats than tourists..
 
Cheers will check out that pub for Paddys day

Geissler mixed reviews on trip advisor you get what you pay for.Alpha hotel looks good best deal is online

Mailed them and rules for special rate are

Reservations are final and require full prepayment for the entire stay and cannot be refunded, cancelled or changed. On making a reservation you authorise us that your credit card is charged between time of booking and day of arrival for the entire stay regardless of whether or not the reservation is used.

This offer is only bookable through our webpage

Gets good reviews on tripadvisor so may book this as looks ok but hate booking without seeing room first

Thanks for all your advice petal more than I expected if you can think of anything else that would entertain 2 30ish year olds in the lines of pubs & restaurants please let me know
 
Booked Hotel now looking for places to eat and drink.....

Checked out a few Irish Pubs for Paddys Day Flanagans seems to be the closest although Johnnys Pubs looks good also, bit out

Also Salzburg trip is to far anyone gone to Budapest or Bratislava(pity Miss Gunners has image of the film Hostel still in her mind :-()

Any tips would be welcome
 
Hi Irish Gunner,

Johnny's is not that far out really, probably just looks far out but is probably about 10 mins walk from the opera at the most. Flanagan's will be more touristy, whereas Johnny's is the haunt for the ex-pats and true Viennese pub fans...

Had a quick thought about what you could do other than the usual museums and tour around the 'Ringstrasse', had planned to take more time thinking about it, but kind of ran out of time....:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naschmarkt Vienna's most famouse food market - and plenty of things to eat while you're there (daily) and cool and unusual flea market (Saturdays). Not just for the tourist but all the Viennese people go there, too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wurstelprater Vienna's famous amusement park (the famous ferris wheel is there) - there's some nice food out there, too (although do not expect fancy!) The ferris wheel is good to get a good view of Vienna, as is the Donauturm http://www.donauturm.at/en/Default.aspx or you can walk up the tower of St. Stephen's cathedral (millions of steps though!)


Some tours or exhibitions and stuff:

http://www.wienguide.at/epages/index.php?page=detail&idtour=1 Third Man Tour - apparently quite good
http://www.verliebtinwien.at/html/english.html For other unconventional tours
http://www.albertina.at/cms/front_content.php?idcatart=64 nice exhibitions in March
http://www.ostermarkt.co.at/files/info_en.html Easter market in front of the castle


Food
http://www.amerlingbeisl.at/
http://www.figlmueller.at/ (Wollzeile restaurant - the most famous Wiener Schnitzl in town)
For more ideas check out http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/austria/vienna/where-to-eat My ex wrote the vienna guide, so I hope he hasn't lost his good taste!


http://www.flex.at/ (the hottest club in town)


http://www.dorotheum.com/en/auctions.html (auction house if you want to look at some unusual things - everything from furniture to jewellery)

Also would rather go to budapest than bratislava, the latter hasn't got that much to offer in my opinion. Having said that, it's a good 10 years since I've been there, but I remember not liking it much...

If you're interested in the second world war, there is a concentration camp about 2.5 hours from Vienna by train. Not for the faint-harted though. If you're interested let me know and I post more info on how to get there.

Anyways, hope you enjoy the trip, let me know if I can help in any other way (like getting to form airport, public transport or stuff like that)
 
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