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Marriott Hotel, 5 star hotel in Vienna

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4December2010

Marriott Hotel, five star hotel Viennas in Vienna

  • Overview of the Hotel: It is situated on the Ringstrasse that is one of the most popular boulevards in Europe and has location a few yards away from the St. Stephen’s Cathedral, the Opera House and many other museums. It has a decorated Executive Lounge that lets you to forget the hustle bustle of crowed cities. The Vienna Marriott Hotel is the ideal choice for a person to stay in Vienna. There are total 323 rooms in the hotel.
  • Amenities in Hotel: Among the general facilities in the hotel includes the restaurant, bar, 24-hour front desk, non-smoking rooms, rooms/facilities for disabled guests, elevator, safe, stores in hotel, air conditioning. The services as offered by the hotel are room service, meeting/banquet facilities, airport shuttle, business center, babysitting/child services, laundry, hair/beauty salon, breakfast in the room, ironing service, currency exchange, souvenirs/gift shop, shoe shine, fax/photocopying.
  • Hotel Rules: With respect to policies in the hotel, there are some general policies in the hotel that are must for every visitor to follow. The Check in time into hotel is 15:00 hours and check out time of the hotel is until 12:00 hours. Cancellation and prepayment policies in the hotel vary from hotel room to hotel room. Pets are allowed in the hotel on some charges applicable. The hotel accepts the credit cards like Visa, Euro, Diners Club and JCB.
  • Hotel Room Type and Rates:

Deluxe Double Room: € 151(Per Night)
Executive Double Room: € 268 (Per Night)
Junior Suite: € 339 (Per Night)

Grand Hotel Wien, 5 star hotel in Vienna

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30November2010

Grand Hotel Wien, 5 star hotel in Vienna

  • Overview of the Hotel: This hotel is located at Kärntner Ring, a few yards away from the Vienna State Opera, the famous Kärntner Straße and the grandeur of St. Stephen’s Cathedral. The hotel has around 205 spacious suites and rooms, and they all are quite furnished and decorated to the best taste. Hotel is one of the chains of the JJW Hotel & Resorts.
  • Amenities in Hotel: In hotel, a touring guest can also have a good number of general facilities like restaurant, bar, 24-hour front desk, non-smoking rooms, rooms/facilities for disabled guests, elevator, safe, soundproofed rooms, heating, and air conditioning. The services in the hotel too  there are required like as room service, meeting/banquet facilities, business center, laundry, dry cleaning, vip room facilities, breakfast in the room, ironing service, currency exchange, shoe shine, car rental, fax/photocopying and ticket service. Free of charge wired internet is too available in hotel as well.
  • Hotel Rules: There are some general rules in the hotel for every guest to follow though these hotel rules does varies from hotel rooms to hotel rooms. The check in time into the hotel is between 14:00 – 00:00 hours. The check out time is between 07:00 – 12:00 hours. The cancellation and prepayment policies in hotel vary from hotel room to hotel room. Children under 12 years can stay here for free of charge using existing bedding. Pets are allowed in the hotel for certain charges and rates.  The hotel accepts credit cards like American Express, Visa, Euro/Mastercard, Diners Club, JCB and Maestro.
  • Hotel Room Type and Rates

Deluxe Double or Twin Room: € 259 (Per Night)
Exclusive Double/Twin Room: € 299 (Per Night)

Hotel Fürst Metternich, Vienna hotels near train station

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25November2010

Hotel Fürst Metternich, Vienna hotels near train station

Overview of the Hotel: Belonging to the chain of Austrotel Hotels, the Fürst Metternich is a cozy boutique hotel in a quiet side street of Mariahilfer Straße, Vienna’s main shopping boulevard. Mariahilfer Straße, Vienna’s most important shopping street, has Neubau, in the south, the valley of the Vienna River, in the west, the Gürtel beltway. The Museum Quarter is within easy walking distance, and the Zieglergasse subway station (line U3) is only 110 yards away. The hotel was built in 1897, and looks like a traditional Art Nouveau building forming part of a typical Viennese row of houses. The hotel has 55 comfortable and spacious rooms with high ceilings. The legendary hotel bar “Barfly’s” offers a wide range of cocktails, drinks and cigars.

Amenities at the Hotel: One can avail of Bar, 24-Hour Front Desk, Non-Smoking Rooms, Elevator, Safe, Heating, Baggage Storage, and Gay Friendly atmosphere in the hotel. Wi-fi is available in the entire hotel and is free of charge. Public parking is possible at a location nearby (reservation is not possible) and costs EUR 17.50 per day. Both smoking and non-smoking rooms are available. The hotel also considers preferences regarding bathtubs or showers.

Hotel Rules: The check-in time for the hotel is from 14:00 hours and the check out time is until 12:00 hours. Cancellation and prepayment policies vary by room type. One child under 12 years stays free of charge when using existing bedding. All children under 2 years stay free of charge for cots. All older children or adults are charged EUR 35 per night per person for extra beds. Maximum capacity of extra beds/babycots in a room is 1. Any type of extra bed/cot or crib is upon request and needs to be confirmed by the hotel. Supplements will not be calculated automatically in the total costs and have to be paid separately in the hotel. Pets are not allowed. When booking more than 7 rooms, different policies and additional supplements may apply. Credit cards accepted by the hotel are American Express, Visa, Euro/Mastercard, Diners Club, JCB, and Maestro. The hotel reserves the right to pre-authorize credit cards prior to arrival.

Hotel Room Types and Rates:

Single Room: € 130
Included in room price: 10 % VAT
• FREE cancellation

Single Room (Advance Purchase): € 90
Included in room price: 10 % VAT, Buffet breakfast
• Non refundable
• Breakfast included

Double Room
Included in room price: 10 % VAT
• Non refundable: € 170
• FREE cancellation: € 162

Double Room (Advance Purchase): € 153
Included in room price: 10 % VAT, Buffet breakfast
• Non refundable
• Breakfast included

Comfort Double Room: € 130
Included in room price: 10 % VAT
• FREE cancellation

Quality and cost of living in Vienna

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22November2010

As Vienna is situated in Europe and being a part of the European Union, Vienna has all the reasons to cheer up for being its quality of living to be high in comparison to cities in other parts of the world. This confidence in living of the people is therefore is attributed to Austria’s status as a thriving economy and a stable political system. The Nature even in its better form attributes to the Vienna’s living standard as the beautiful countryside and cultural diversity provided by the country.

Vienna that is the capital of Austria is one of the attractive cities, globally. And this status of being at top spot is relatively is given to the city by top level international studies and city rankings. In a recent survey of international quality of life survey, Vienna has been placed at the 4th Number. Vienna was judged based on various criteria and patterns.  It has been observed that a general objective of international city rankings is to give a fair, consistent, objective and consistent data of comparison.  The city can vary upon various attributes and tendencies, however, there some common tendencies are found in the city like political stability, personal safety and freedom, medical and health considerations, educational situation, public services and transports, recreational options, availability of consumer goods, housing and environmental situation.

In the ranking of Mercer, that evaluates overall quality of life survey in 2006 evaluated around 250 cities world wide. As result of the survey placed Vienna at the fourth spot after the other prominent cities of the world like Geneva, Vancouver and Zurich. It is not a miracle that Vienna is selected for that spot instead; there are many reasons to support its selection.  On the very first account it is the Vienna’s status of city of culture as the city is filled with ample scope for cultural activities in form of music, art exhibitions, public readings, museums, operas and other options as well. The imperial status of the city as attributed due to the massive architectural structures like  Hofburg, Schönbrunn Palace, Belvedere Palace, the splendid buildings of the Ring Boulevard, the medieval narrow streets and the baroque squares that shape the city’s image led to the that status of  the  city. More Vienna is a safe city with good connectivity through public transport as well.

With cost wise as being located at the center of Europe, Vienna is somewhere in middle with respect to rate and prices. For shopping Vienna though is not a cheap tourist center of attraction yet it can tourist still get it a great place to shop. There are many international brands in the city for local shops selling out the specialized and traditional goods. The rental cost is however, affordable in the city and is flexible at the outskirts of the city.

Suite Novotel Wien Messe, 3 star hotels in Vienna

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17November2010

Suite Novotel Wien Messe, 3 star hotels in Vienna

Overview of the Hotel: Located in the immediate vicinity of the Messe Wien (expo and convention center) and the Austria Center with the center of the city at 7 minutes distance, St. Stephen’s Cathedral at 10 minutes distance and only 15 km from Vienna Airport, this 3 star hotel under the chain of Suite Novotel has 158 quality AC rooms of which 127 rooms are non smoking. The hotel is centrally located close to the Vienna’s exhibition and conference center (Messe Wien), the Prater, the Austria Center and the Vienna International Center (United Nations). The nearest subway station is only 55 yards away.

The hotel offers Boutique Gourmande gourmet food counter, a gym, and a business corner with free high-speed internet and Wi-Fi. At 24×7 hours. There are free massages on Thursday evenings, private undercover parking, and accessible facilities for persons with limited mobility. One can enjoy Jacuzzi, sauna, solarium, billiard/snooker, soccer, racquetball court, and volleyball near the hotel.

Amenities at the hotel: The hotel provides all possible amenities like Bar, 24-Hour Front Desk, Newspapers, Grounds, Terrace, Non-Smoking Rooms, Elevator, Express Check-In/Check-Out, Safe, Soundproofed Rooms, Heating, Baggage Storage, and is also Gay Friendly. The services provided by the hotel are room service, Business Center, Laundry, Dry Cleaning, Ironing Service, Shoe Shine, Tour Desk, and Fax/Photocopying. Free internet via modem is available in the business centre. Free Wi-fi is available in some hotel rooms. Private parking is possible on site (reservation is not needed) and costs EUR 10 per day. The hotel offers a Fitness center, massages, and bike rental at extra charge. The assorted breakfast buffet consists of everything from sweet to savory, and is available daily from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. Self-service snacks and beverages are offered around the clock, with the bar closing at 1 a.m.

Hotel Rules: The check in time for the hotel is from 15:00 hours and the check out time is until12:00 hours. Cancellation and prepayment policies vary by room type and are different for different rooms. Up to two children under 16 years stay free of charge when using existing bedding and maximum capacity of babycots in a room is 1 which is available on request. Pets are allowed on request though the hotel may apply some nominal charges on them. When booking more than 7 rooms, different policies and additional supplements may apply. The cards accepted by the hotel include American Express, Visa, Euro/Mastercard, Diners Club, and Maestro but the hotel reserves the right to pre-authorize credit cards prior to arrival.

Hotel Room types and rates: (Including 10 % VAT, 2.80 % city tax)

Room for 1 or 2 persons: € 159
Superior Suite With 1 Double Bed And 1 Single Bed: € 119
Superior Suite With 1 Double Bed And 1 Single Bed: € 129
Superior Suite with 1 Double bed and 2 Single beds: € 159
Superior Suite with 1 Double bed and 2 Single beds: € 129

Radisson BLU Palais Hotel, 5 star hotel in Vienna

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16November2010

Radisson BLU Palais Hotel, 5 star hotel in Vienna

 

  • Overview of the Hotel: Situated on Vienna’s famous RingstraBe, the 5 star Radisson BLU Palasis Hotel is situated within the walking distance from all important sights in the city center. It provides an unaccounted access to all the important sights at the city centre. It even provides the quick and rampant Wi-Fi Access. The hotel has also award-winning gourmet restaurant Le Siècle, the Bar Belami and the winter garden in the Palais Café that serve culinary delights within its premises. The Vendome Sap center there at the hotel provides an exclusive massages and extraordinary floatation tanks. The Radission BLU Palais Hotel is situated opposite to the Stadtpark (City Park) at the center of Vienna. It has about   247 hotel rooms and it is part of the hotel chain Radisson BLU.
  • Amenities in Hotel: The General services as provided to coming guest in the hotel includes restaurant, bar, 24-hour front desk, newspapers, terrace, non-smoking rooms, rooms/facilities for disabled guests, elevator, safe, baggage storage, gay friendliness. It provides services like room service, dry cleaning and fax/photocopying. Wireless Internet Hotspot is available in public areas and costs EUR 3 per 30 minutes. Private parking is possible at a location nearby (reservation is not needed) and charges are applicable.
  • Hotel Rules: There are some common rules in the hotel for every guest to follow and they are very necessary for everyone to follow. Though these rules even can change from hotel room to hotel room.  The Check in time into hotel is 15:00 hours whereas check out time for hoteliers is 12:00 hours. The cancellation and prepayment policy there varies from hotel room to hotel room.   Pets are allowed in the hotel following certain charges. The hotel accepts the credit cards like American Express, Visa, Euro, Mastercard, Diners Club, JCB and Maestro.
  • Hotel Room Type and Rates:

Economy Single Room:  € 179 (Per Night)
Royal Club Rooms: € 188.10 (Per Night)
Classic Double Room: € 199 (Per Night)
Masionette: € 206.10 (Per Night)

How to tour around most of the artistic places around Vienna?

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9November2010

One can begin this artistic tour around Vienna from the 18th century baroque palace, the Belvedere palace can be divided into two palaces, the Upper and Lower Belvedere. The palaces were constructed as a summer residence of Prince Eugene of Savoy. Presently, Belvedere is said to be the rather extensive collection of Austrian art about from middle Ages to the present time. It has the largest collection of the Gustav Klimt works.

The tour starting from the Upper Belvedere leads a tourist to French style baroque gardens constructed by the Dominique Girard, pupil of André Le Nôtre, who created the gardens of the French Palace of Versailles. Next you can turn to the Lower Belvedere to have a scene of and around Prince Eugene’s wealthy baroque living quarters. After with drawing from there, you can continue your journey Rennweg and move forward to Schwarzenbergplatz, with its 19th-century Hochstrahlbrunnen and to have a sight of   Red Army Monument situate behind it and as erected in 1945 in memory of Soviet soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the battles around Vienna.

Next spot there worth visiting is French Embassy, at one end of Schwarzenbergplatz and next is the baroque  St. Charles’s Church, whose two pillars at the entrance looks similar to the Trajan’s Column in Rome. After church you can pay a visit to the Vienna University of Technology that was founded in 1815 as an Imperial Polytechnic Institute.

Across the park of St. Charles’s Church is situated Musikvereinm that is one of the leading music halls in the world and residence to the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Next to it is located is Künstlerhaus that is an exhibition halls of the Association of Austrian Artists. Farther next there is the white cube and golden roof detail of the Secession constructed to organize art nouveau exhibitions and still has very great reputation for holding and organizing shows. Next to it is Vienna’s most popular markets, Naschmarkt where one can procure fresh exotic fruit, vegetables, herbs, and local products. There are too many dining options also there from typical Austrian to Asian cuisine.

Two architectural magnificence in the Naschmarkt location is Otto Wagner’s Majolikahaus on Linke Wienzeile and the Haus mit Goldverzierungen on Linke Wienzeile 38. If one head towards Getreidemarkt on the side of the Secession building, one will easily approach towards MuseumsQuartier, which is favorite spot for art and delicious cuisines. Across from MuseumsQuartier’s main entrance there is located Maria-Theresien-Platz with Vienna’s Museum of Art History on the right and Museum of Natural History on the left. While on the tram line from Breite Gasse to Siebensterngasse, on your right you can have vivid streets and squares of Spittelberg. The area has many a nice restaurants, art galleries, and Vienna’s most beautiful Christmas markets.

UNESCO World heritage sites in Vienna

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30October2010

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a list of places forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city of special cultural or physical significance selected by UNESCO. Below is a brief list of places that are selected as World Heritage Site in Vienna.

•  The Innere Stadt: It is a first Viennese Municipality District and the Innere Stadt of the old town of Vienna.  Till 1850, when the boundaries of the city expanded, the Innere Stadt was adjoined with the city of Vienna. It was divided into four quarters protected with respective gates. Its division as follows- Stubenviertel (northeast), Kärntner Viertel (southeast), Widmerviertel (southwest) and Schottenviertel (northwest). The Ringstraße surrounds the Innere Stadt side by side through the route of the former city walls. The first district has population of around 100,745 and has the largest employment scope in Vienna and its credit to a great extent goes to tourism, as well as the location of many corporate headquarters in the district’s central location. Innere Stadt is the central district of Vienna and has borders with Leopoldstadt in the northeast, on Landstraße in the east, on Wieden and Mariahilf in the south, on Neubau and Josefstadt in the west, and on Alsergrund in the north.

•   The Ringstraße: It is a circular road around the Innere Stadt district of Vienna, and is one of the sights in Vienna worth watching and visiting.  The street was constructed to replace the city walls that were constructed during the period of    13th century and money for the construction of the wall was arranged from the ransom payment as received from the release of Richard I of England, and reinforced as a consequence of the First Turkish Siege in 1529. In 1850, the Vorstädte were included into the municipality, thus city was only creating the problem for traffic, so on the orders of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria the wall was demolished. Then Ringstrabe and the planned building were constructed to keep and show the the grandeur and glory of the Habsburg Empire. And after that a good number of opulent public and private buildings were even erected there, and presently it is one of the primary attractions of Vienna.

•   Schönbrunn Palace: It is a former imperial summer palace in Vienna and one of the most beautiful building and piece of architectural marvel in Austria. It is one of the primary centers of tourist attraction in Vienna. The palace and garden there showcase tastes, interests and aspiration of successive Habsburg monarchs. In the year 1569, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II developed a royal recreational ground on the land between Meidling and Hietzing, however, there already was a mansion called Katterburg. Eleonore Gonzaga, who in sixteenth century was using the place as her widow’s residence after the death of her husband, Ferdinand II created a palace to the Katterburg mansion, and in 1642 there came the first reference to the name “Schönbrunn” on an invoice. There are many attractions in palace along with gardens over there. It has the Tiergarten, the world’s oldest existing zoo, an orangerie erected around 1755, staple luxuries of European palaces of its type and many more.

Relaxing at various spots and places along Vienna Danube

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23October2010

Danube River originates from Black Forest in Germany and is an important river of Europe. In beginning flowing from Black Forest as a smaller rivers Brigach and Breg it is joined at the German town of Donaueschingen and thus is called Danube there and flows southeastward for a distance of about 2850 km (1771 miles), and passes from the Central and Eastern European capitals, before getting emptied into the Black Sea through the Danube Delta in Romania and Ukraine,.

In Vienna, the Danube is present everywhere in various forms like the Donau-Auen National Park or Old Danube, Danube Island or Danube Canal. There it is also understood as the river banks and beaches that are located there much closer too. Viennese employ them as mean to relax, for playing sport or having the pleasing time at beaches. The Viennese use them to relax, for play and sports, or for pleasurable hours at the beach cafes, bars and restaurants that can easily be get at the Old Danube and the Copa Cagrana. Here is provided brief for those special effect spots and places

•  Old Danube: It is the area surrounded by gardens, lawns, restaurants with terraces on the water, promenades with pedestrian and bicycle paths. The Old Danube is favorite spot for swimmers, sailors, rowers, and surfers. There you can select between three sailing and surfing schools, nine boat rental agencies and four beach facilities. As to enjoy there you can rent a row boat, paddle boat or electric boat and can have a romantic boat picnic by moonlight. Or you can spend an afternoon at the Gänsehäufel beach facility where two kilometers of beaches, a wave pool and athletic pool and other water sports facilities provide you the chance to live your day to fullest.

•  Danube Island: The three day Danube Island festival is celebrated by around   three million visitors and is recognized as the largest party event in Europe. And there occurs a lot of happening on the Island as people get involve into festivities that includes about 42 kilometers of sand, pebble and grassy beaches on the New Danube, bays, playgrounds, graded jogging and skating paths. Other than Island, even in summer about 100,000 guests a day move around the Danube Island and it is considered as the largest recreation centers in Europe.

•  Danube Canal: The Danube Canal is formed through the regulation of Danube from 1870 to 1875. It’s southernmost original branch of the Danube in Vienna and has a length of about 17.3 kilometers and runs across the Viennese Old City. There you can enjoy either the Danube Canal by ship or you can enjoy the ambiance at the numerous outdoor bars spread across and along the Danube Canal.

Different facets and forms of Viennese Architecture

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16October2010

There are many reasons to praise Vienna as a modern metropolitan city for many reasons and one of the prominent reasons to be impressed by the city for its architecture. As during the rule of Empress Maria Theresa and her son Joseph II, the pioneering architects like Johann Lukas von Hildebrand and Josef Emanuel Fischer von Erlach constructed the city with magnificent buildings. Majestic Karlskirche was created by Fischer von Erlach.

It is during the rule of the Congress of Vienna and the second half of the 19th century the architecture and buildings in Vienna had undergone another transformation. Emperor Franz Joseph I ordered the restructuring of Ring Boulevard. Famous Baroque architects like Gottfried Semper and Karl von Hasenauer are the reason for popularity of the city’s architecture into one of the most attractive cities of Europe. They collaborated at the Museum of Fine Arts and semper is responsible for majestic State Opera House.

By the 19th century the Viennese architecture was reintroduced with the most fascinating chapters of Austrian art history known to be as art deco or ‘Jugendstil. Otto Wagner was one of its prominent proponents and it is still impressively at Vienna’s structure and buildings.   The Vienna’s tube network is also an example of the city’s architecture.  The network was extended till then, but now its influence can be seen around various tube stations. Other achievements there into Vienna’s architecture is Majolica house at the ‘Naschmarkt’ and the spectacular ‘Postsparkasse’ in the first district. One of his pupils, Joseph Maria Olbricht, realized an exciting art deco museum: Secession building with its cupola of golden laurel leaves. Adolf Loos developed a very rational and minimalistic style of architecture in the city.

The Architecture of Vienna is also known for it’s bewitch and traditional buildings and there are also exist many modern structures, too, as adoring the modern Austrian capital and some of Austria’s architects have made impression upon international architecture. Friedensreich Hunderwasser is known for presenting a very novice style of architecture with aversion against straight lines and his love for color. In Vienna you can praise of some of his work of masterpieces like ‘Hundertwasserhaus’, ‘KunstHaus Wien’ or the waste combustion at Spittelau. An Austrian group of architects has influenced the world with their agravic architecture: Coop Himmelb(l)au as they have realized a number of buildings in Vienna and all around the world.

Most buildings in Vienna are compraively low; in early 2006 there were around 100 buildings higher than 40 m. The number of high-rise buildings in the city is kept low by building legislation with perspective of keeping green areas and districts of the city provided protection under world cultural heritage. And this all has become possible only by the construction of high-rise buildings.