Austria, Austrian Alps, Schwarzenberg
"Rustic chic with a history - this 17th-century former inn has now been sympathetically restored to four-star standards."
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Austria boasts baroque cities, spectacular mountains, and some of the best ski resorts in Europe. Vienna, home to Mozart and the Hapsburgs, has elegant, luxury hotels and contemporary boutique hotels that reflect both its traditional, classical elegance and its edgy, contemporary side. Salzburg is another baroque jewel not to be missed and skiers have the choice of the ski resorts in Tyrol, Salzburg and Voralburg. Our Austria travel articles are a mine of information and a taster for our Austria travel guide which will have details on the best hotels, restaurants, bars and museums across the country.
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Austria, Austrian Alps, Schwarzenberg
"Rustic chic with a history - this 17th-century former inn has now been sympathetically restored to four-star standards."
From EUR 145
per room per night
Austria, Vienna, Vienna
"This cool and sophisticated design hotel sits in the heart of imperial Vienna, just across from St Stephen's Cathedral."
From EUR 225
per room per night
Austria, Vienna, Vienna
"A design hotel housed in a classic Bauhaus building; it's a sexy fusion of stone, chrome and glass overlooking the Parliament."
From EUR 160
per room per night
Austria, Austrian Alps, Zell am See
"A sophisticated ski and spa hotel, low-key in style, with a tranquil organic palette that's a world away from ski chalet kitsch."
From EUR 145.00
per room per night
Austria, Vienna, Vienna
"Luxurious and efficient, this smart business hotel with clean, uniform rooms is just a stroll away from the Opera House."
From EUR 199
per room per night
Letter from Europe | David Clement Davies | Austria, Vienna, Vienna
Can a human being turn into a mezze? Culturally I'm certainly becoming a mixed platter, with the little inedible bits pushed to one side...
Why Go To Vienna? | Jamie Dunford Wood | Austria, Vienna, Vienna
A pale shadow of its former Imperial glory, Vienna still has something to offer, but you need to be clear about what that is.
Vienna with Daughters | Andrew Eames | Austria, Vienna, Vienna
Selling the idea of a weekend in Vienna to our daughters was not easy at first. This was, we announced, the city of sumptuous chocolate cake, of dancing horses and of boys in sailor suits who sang like angels
Literary Hotels | Ken Scrudato | Austria, Vienna, Vienna
I quickly discerned that nowadays there were more tourists than tortured intellectuals, downing espressos and reading the Herald Tribune…
Vienna's Horse-Drawn Cabs | Jasper Winn | Austria, Vienna, Vienna
In Vienna, horse-drawn carriages, fiakers, still ply for hire in the city’s centre, continuing a history that goes back to the mid-17th century and making them one of the oldest organised taxi systems in Europe
Climbing with Sharks | Jasper Winn | Austria, Vienna, Vienna
There was the surreal knowledge that on the other side of the wall that I was scaling there were sharks, conger eels and guppies swimming lengths of their tanks inside the Haus des Meeres
Ballroom Dancing for Horses | Jasper Winn | Austria, Vienna, Vienna
Today the Spanish Riding School still teaches and performs Renaissance haute école in a tradition that has been passed by practical instruction from one generation of riders to the next through nearly 450 years
One Man Searching for the Third Man | Ben Mallalieu | Austria, Vienna, Vienna
Late to the party by six decades, Vienna is finally warming to Graham Greene and Carol Reed's The Third Man, and the city is surprisingly much the same
Haunting Vienna | Campbell Jefferys | Austria, Vienna, Vienna
The cafes chime with bright voices, silver forks scrape the last morsel of Sacher Torte from milk white plates, music comes from every open door and window, but the true spirit of Vienna belongs to its spirits
Weekending in Salzburg | Vitali Vitaliev | Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg
Salzburg is an undisputed gem of Central Europe, “the heart of Europe’s heart”, as it was put by an Austrian poet