SO/ VIENNAvsHotel Topazz & Lamee
Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom and Hotel Topazz are both recommended by professional reviewers. On balance, Hotel Topazz ranks significantly better than Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom. Hotel Topazz scores 88 with endorsements from 12 publications including Fodor's, The Telegraph and Frommer's.
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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
Hotel Topazz & Lamee Show All Reviews
Lichtensteg 3, Vienna 1010, Austria
From $206/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Michelin Guide
"The interior is equally exclusive, boasting an elegant design and muted colour scheme, as well as a 'Privileged Club Service', which meets the very highest standards."
Insight Guides
"Occupying a striking building with oval portholes for windows, this cutting edge hotel takes the design theme to new heights."
Fodor's
"One of the top hotel showstoppers in town, the Topazz should win every design award in the book." Full review
Lonely Planet
"Added to Vienna's hotel scene in late 2012, this design hotel has decorations and furnishings inspired by the Wiener Werkstätte period around the turn of the 20th century." Full review
Star Service
"Just steps from Saint Stephen's Cathedral and the Goldene Quartier, Topazz is immediately recognizable by its unusual dark facade punctuated with oval windows." Full review
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Light sleepers should request a room away from the street on weekend nights.
Frommer's
"The building looks a bit like a space ship, with porthole windows and matte-black metal siding." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler
"An ultramodern eco-friendly design hotel with 33 rooms in the historic First District." Full review
Oyster
Upscale
"The 33-room Hotel Topazz is an eco-friendly design boutique set in the vibrant heart of Vienna's 1st District." Full review
Wallpaper
"Topazz seamlessly blends into the historic first District of the city and takes to the podium as Vienna's greenest hotel, with everything from construction materials to the bed linen locally sourced." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"The new Hotel Topazz, in the First District, places much emphasis on its eco-friendly policies, but not at the expense of a strong design aesthetic." Full review