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Vienna Hotels for Christmas. If you are in Vienna for Christmas, do you want a place near Christmas markets, or a romantic hideaway? I have found a few perfect places right next to Christkindlmärkte, seasonal concert venues, churches and Christmas shopping.
Alternatively, look at my finds in tranquil outskirts with village character for a romantic hideaway. Here are my top choices for Christmas in Vienna.
Best Vienna Hotels Near Christmas Markets
Steigenberger Hotel Herrenhof Wien, Vienna
Vienna Hotels for Christmas. The four star hotel is located at a stone’s throw from traditional Altwiener Weihnachtsmarkt at Freyung, and minutes from Christkindlmarkt in front of Vienna City Hall. In fact, another smaller market in front of Hofburg Imperial Palace is also around the corner. If you love advent concerts, insider tip Minoriten Church with its regular seasonal music events is a few minutes walk.
Visitors mostly praise the hotel’s excellent breakfast buffet and their friendly staff. Tip: ask to visit the urban beehive on the hotel’s roof – fantastic city views included.
Where to book: Customer reviews and best rates.
Radisson Blu Style Hotel
Vienna Hotels for Christmas. If you spend Christmas at Radisson Blu you will balance out seasonal kitsch in its stylish ambiente. Like the Steigenberger, this luxury hotel is set conveniently between the Altwiener Weihnachtsmarkt at Freyung and the Christkindlmarkt.
You will also be next door to the Freyung passage luxury shopping mall, and to our illustrous Cafe Central.
Where to book: Customer reviews and best rates.
Hotel Lameé
Vienna Hotels for Christmas. At this hotel you will get your own in-house Christmas market. Most spectacularly, Lameé’s splendid roof top bar hosts Vienna’s highest Christmas market in the run up to Christmas Eve.
Looking at Lameé itself, the hotel is just a few years old and boasts glamorous 1930’s style interiors. At five minutes walk you can attend the advent concerts at our landmark St. Stephen’s Cathedral, and those at Peterskirche.
Where to book: Customer reviews and best rates.
DO & CO Hotel Vienna
Vienna Hotels for Christmas. The contemporary five star hotel is located at the junction of shopping boulevards Graben and Kärntnerstrasse. What is more, it sits right on top of a small luxury shopping mall.
For peaceful advent concerts and an atmospheric Christmas market, head for Stephansdom (St. Stephen’s Cathedral) right opposite, or for nearby Peterskirche.
Where to book: Best rates and reviews for DO & Co Hotel Vienna.
Pension Residenz
Vienna Hotels for Christmas. This value-for-money hotel is minutes from the Christkindlmarkt. You may even hear the evening advent trumpets playing from the balcony of the City Hall, if you are not right there anyway.
Walk 10 minutes towards Alsergrund district, and you will discover the lovely secluded Christmas village at the University campus of the Old Vienna hospital (‘Altes AKH’) – a must!
Where to book: Customer reviews and best rates.
Best Peaceful Vienna Hotels For Christmas
Schloss Wilhelminenberg
Vienna Hotels for Christmas. If you look for a Vienna Woods retreat close to the city, this castle is located right in the hills of Western Vienna. Besides providing stunning views of Vienna, the early 20th-century castle in Second Empire style impresses with a beautiful historic breakfast room and scenic castle terrace. A caveat for luxury dwellers are the somewhat outdated rooms.
For switching off and taking walks through the quiet residential area of Wilhelminenberg this place is priceless. Don’t miss nearby Liebhartstaler Bockkeller, a fin-de-siecle concert venue which regularly stages original Viennese folk song events.
Where to book: Customer reviews and best rates.
Schloss Weikersdorf
Vienna Hotels for Christmas. Located in the Southern Vienna Woods, this Renaissance Castle in the spa town Baden bei Wien is the perfect hideaway. While the main lobby, restaurant and ‘Lipizzaner Bar’ exude palatial glamour, the rooms are contemporary, and spacious. Since the hotel is just opposite from my mother’s apartment I have been at Schloss Weikersdorf several times for lunch and a Sunday breakfast. Do also try the spa’s wildflower bath.
Where to book: Customer reviews and best rates.
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