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Stucco ceilings from another century sit above marble bathrooms in a historic building on Petersplatz, one of Vienna's more quietly spectacular squares. This is a luxury hotel in the truest sense: rooftop cocktails with a panorama of imperial rooftops, a spa, a brasserie reworking Austrian classics, and rooms that look onto either the city or a hushed inner courtyard. It holds a Forbes Four Star.

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The grand, marble-columned former bank headquarters it occupies sets the tone before you've even checked in. This luxury hotel in Vienna's first district keeps the imperial bones, brass fittings, and alabaster intact while threading in genuinely local touches, including oversized wall art drawn from Wiener Werkstatte brooch designs. A spa, indoor pool, and a bank-vault cocktail bar round out the offering for anyone who wants history without austerity.

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