Austria

A trendy, tastefully furnished conversion of a medieval building on the city's most popular street, Blaue Gans encompasses its own in-house gallery, complete...more

More than 15 years after designing HaasHaus, which sits like a postmodern exclamation point amid the imperial glory of Vienna's Stephansplatz, Pritzker...more

Not far from the Staatsoper, the 205-room Grand Hotel Wien—housed in the renovated Palais Corso—looms over the Ringstrasse. The imposing...more

Forget "have a nice day" and "sleep in peace." Hollmann's brainier, heartfelt motto—"Here I am human, here they let me be"—comes courtesy of Goethe...more

This 42-room boutique hotel is spread over five floors of a converted 19th-century town house located near the MuseumsQuartier. It offers wildly varying...more

Across from the Vienna State Opera, this hotel has a "palatial setting" and late-1800s antiques that "blend with modern technology to create a perfect Viennese...more

Probably Salzburg's best-known high-end property, this 69-room mini-Schloss has been an inn since 1407. Its current incarnation as a luxe lodging began with...more

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...more

The fame of the 152-room privately run Sacher has little to do with brocade drapes and attentive service: It's all about chocolate cake. The Café Sacher...more