Celebrating Haydn's Bicentenary
Hotel Sacher
Vienna’s most famous hotel, the sequence of lounges are discreetly opulent rather than grand, and the
bedrooms are luxuriously decorated and appointed. All are well equipped and all have a bath. The two
restaurants are excellent and the café is redolent of Austria’s history. Single rooms are double rooms for sole occupancy. The junior suites have separate living space and separate showers and bath tubs, while the suites are additionally distinguished by antique furnishings and original works of art. Situated just behind the Staatsoper, it is the best located of the festival hotels, the four inner-city concerts being less than ten minutes away on foot.
Suite for two people sharing
Price per person: £5,690
Junior Suite for two people sharing
Price per person: £3,700
Double or twin room for two people sharing
Price per person: £3,180
Price per person with extra night 28th August: £3,390
Double room for single occupancy Price: £3,775
Price with extra night 28th August: £4,080
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One of the grand old hotels of Vienna, this 5-star establishment retains the opulent décor of a century ago. The hotel is excellently located on the Ringstrasse, the boulevard encircling the old centre, and overlooking the Opera House. None of the four inner-city concerts is much more than ten minutes away on foot. All rooms are air-conditioned and well equipped. Most bathrooms have a bath, some have a shower only. The hotel has two restaurants and a bar. Single rooms are double rooms for sole occupancy. Junior suites and suites have separate living room space and separate showers and bath tubs. The junior suites have a terrace and the suites have a balcony.
Suite for two people sharing
Price per person: £4,170
Junior Suite for two people sharing
Price per person: £3,510
Double or twin room for two people sharing
Price per person: £2,920
Price per person with extra night 28th August: £3,060
Double room for single occupancy
Price: £3,310
Price with extra night 28th August: £3,520
Radisson SAS Hotel
A five-star hotel located on Parkring, the former city walls, now the inner ring. Though a modern building, the décor is traditional, and the service is excellent. Every room has a safe, minibar and adjustable air-conditioning and bathrooms have a bath and hairdryer. The hotel has two restaurants
and a bar. Single rooms are double rooms for sole occupancy. The junior suites have separate living room space as well as separate showers and bath tubs. The four concerts within the inner city can be reached on foot in twenty-five minutes or less.
Junior Suite for two people sharing
Price per person: £2,730
Double or twin room for two people sharing
Price per person: £2,490
Price per person with extra night 28th August: £2,560
Double room for single occupancy
Price: £2,680
Price with extra night 28th August: £2,770
Hotel am Stephansplatz
This small family-owned 4-star hotel enjoys a very central location in the pedestrianised zone in front of the Gothic cathedral. Reopened in 2005 after extensive renovations, rooms are contemporary in style and are equipped with safe, minibar and adjustable air-conditioning. All bathrooms have a bath and hairdryer. There is a breakfast room and a bar where snacks are served but there is no restaurant. Single rooms are double rooms for sole occupancy. Church bells from the nearby cathedral are audible throughout the hotel.
Double or twin room for two people sharing
Price per person: £2,480
Price per person with extra night 28th August: £2,590
Double room for single occupancy
Price: £2,850
Price with extra night 28th August: £3,040
The choice of hotel, and with it the restaurants for dinner we have linked to each hotel, are the sole determinants of the different prices for the festival package. Otherwise the ingredients are the same for everyone.
Price without flights: subtract £150 from the package price.
All prices are per person.