Palace hotels in Vienna
3 palace hotels in Vienna, chosen and checked by the Atlas. The grand hotels of the world: palaces on the great squares, family houses that have kept their standards for a century or more, and a few modern masterpieces.
Hotel Sacher Wien
Opposite the State Opera since 1876, still family-owned, and home of the original Sacher-Torte. Its Blaue Bar is a Viennese institution.
Hotel Imperial
A Ringstrasse palace built in 1863 for the Duke of Württemberg and a hotel since 1873, the traditional address of state visitors to Vienna.
Rosewood Vienna
Opened in 2022 in a 19th-century building on the Petersplatz, beside St Peter's Church, with a rooftop bar over the old town.
Good to know
Book direct
The best rooms and upgrades usually go to guests who book with the hotel itself, by phone or through its own website.
Ask for the history
Grand hotels are proud of their past. Ask the concierge which suite was whose; the answer is often worth the question.
Dress for the public rooms
Bars and restaurants in palace hotels expect smart dress in the evening, and a few still ask for a jacket.