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Hotel Imperial, Vienna

$400 or more
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16 Karntner Ring
Vienna
Austria 1015
Tel: 43 150 1100
www.luxurycollection.com/imperial

Concierge.com's insider take:

In 1873, the former residence of the Prince of Württemberg was redone as the discreet Hotel Imperial. Since then, boldface names from Queen Elizabeth II to Charlie Chaplin to Brangelina have settled in among the velvet brocade curtains and cherry cabinets. This 138-room hotel veritably drips with royal treatment—right down to the hand-ironed newspaper your butler delivers with the morning coffee. While the lack of a full-service spa and the nine-euro-per-hour Internet charge won't win the slightly drowsy Imperial a new wave of digital fans, the supernal room-service—order the Tafelspitz with chive sauce—is something worth e-mailing home about.

E-mail: reservations.imperialvienna@luxury
collection.com

From the readers of Condé Nast Traveler:

Overall Score: 93.9

Rooms: 94.1
Service: 93.1
Food: 91.2
Location: 96.1
Design: 95.1

The "stately, gorgeous, old-world" former home of the prince of Württemberg, with a large, marble-floored lobby and arched ceilings, has a nineteenth-century atmosphere. Spacious silk-walled rooms with white- and gold-trimmed furniture are "fit for a king" and attended by butlers. Listen to live piano at Bar Maria Theresia.

(138 rooms)
—2009 Gold List

Amenities: Spa