Hotel de FrancevsSO/ VIENNA
Hotel de France and Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom are both rated very highly by professional travelers. On balance, Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom scores significantly higher than Hotel de France. Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom has a TripExpert Score of 83 with accolades from 8 sources such as Jetsetter, Fodor's and Frommer's.
Hotel de France
Schottenring 3, Vienna 1010, Austria
From $80/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Laundy Room
Frommer's
"Its central location makes it a neighbor to the university and the Votivkirche." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"Built in 1872, the hotel still has an elegant flair combined with all modern comforts. There are conference and banqueting halls and three restaurants."
Star Service
"This attractive, late-19th-century Ring Strasse building offers well-kept but dated traditional accommodations to a varied clientele." Full review
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Light sleepers might avoid rooms on lower floors, which can resound with noise from the Ring, and the fifth floor rooms underneath the fitness area.
Oyster
Upper-middle-range
"The 195-room Hotel de France is a three-and-a-half-pearl property with historic architectural features that give it an elegant, royal air." Full review
SO/ VIENNA
Praterstrasse 1, Vienna 1020, Austria
From $237/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
Michelin Guide
"It offers a harmonious blend of ultramodern urban style both inside and out."
Fodor's
"Minimalist luxury can be a contradiction, but at the Sofitel, it's pulled off with supreme elegance." Full review
Jetsetter
"Jean Nouvel-designed contemporary hotel-cum-living art space overlooking Vienna's Danube Canal." Full review
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Choose from a palette of three non-colors (as Nouvel calls them): gray, white and black.
Condé Nast Traveler
"Austria’s conservative capital got a jolt of minimalist chic with this off-kilter 18-story tower by French starchitect Jean Nouvel." Full review
Star Service
"It is the creation of famed French architect Jean Nouvel, and this adventurous avant-garde construction is filled with cutting-edge art, architecture and state-of-the-art technology." Full review
Frommer's
"In a soaring glass tower overlooking the inner city from across the Danube canal, this hotel is about as abstract as it gets in Vienna." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"On the banks of the Danube Canal, this Jean Nouvel property has monochromatic rooms in white, gray, and black." Full review
The Telegraph
9.0
"John Nouvel, a French architect, not only designed the building but the interior furnishings of this hotel." Full review
The Telegraph
7.0
"The Sofitel Vienna Stephandom is a shimmering tower of glass with sleek monochromatic design, peering over the Danube canal." Full review
Michelin Guide
"Fine-dining restaurant, bar, meeting rooms, 24-hour room service, a just-opened spa — they’re all here, as you would expect. So are views of the Riesenrad, a giant Ferris wheel, and the Vienna Woods" Full review