Hotel Imperial in Vienna | Travel + Leisure
16 Kärntner Ring
Vienna
www.starwoodhotels.com
800/325-3589 or 43-1/501-100

COST: $$$$$

From the T+L 500

Opulent 1863 palace, former home of the Prince of Württemberg, on the Ring near the Kärntnerstrasse.

Stats:
138 rooms; 2 restaurants; 1 bar.
Competitive Edge:
The grand scale and extravagant décor of a Hapsburg palace.
Rooms to Book:
Those on the Belle Étage are the biggest.
Don't Miss:
The originals of Franz Xaver Winterhalter’s paintings of Emperor Francis Joseph I, hanging on the 2nd floor.

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