Hotel Das Tyrol

Frommer's Review

It's friendly, fairly priced, and lies within a five-minute walk of one of the densest concentrations of museums in Europe. The hotel's only drawback is that it's so good that it's often booked weeks in advance. It occupies what was originally built 175 years ago as a convent, which later functioned as a simple hotel that was the first building in its neighborhood to feature running water in each of its rooms. In 1999, it was bought by an Austrian member of Parliament, Helena von Ramsbacher, who, at the time of her election, was one of the youngest women ever to be elected to the Austrian parliament. After pouring money into the building's restoration, she justifiably defines it as a boutique-style luxury hotel. Don't expect a scaled-down version of, say, the Imperial or the Bristol. What you get are high ceilings, comfortable and contemporary furnishings, a congenial collection of contemporary art, a sense of uncluttered spaciousness, and a winding central staircase that evokes the building's antique origins -- all of this within a five-minute walk from the Ring.

Facilities:
Sauna; limited room service; laundry service/dry cleaning

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