Hotel Information: Built in 1872 and renovated many times since, Hotel de France preserves a grand 19th-century ambience that attracts an international clientele. The style is exemplified by the original wrought-iron staircase ascending from a lobby with dark-wood wainscotting, cream-and-white walls and ceilings, crystal light fixtures, and classical background music.

Amenity highlights: A complimentary 24-hour top-floor fitness centre contains free weights and cardio machines with individual televisions. Outside the centre is a small terrace where guests can sip chilled, complimentary soft drinks and bottled water at a teak table. In the marble-floor lobby, guests can relax while planning their days in conversation areas furnished with floral rugs, upholstered seating, and potted plants.

Insider tip: During July and August in front of City Hall 700 metres from the hotel, food stalls are set up and free movies are shown at night on a large screen. During November and December, the area becomes an open-air Christmas market.

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Special Check-in Instructions

Check-in takes place until 6 PM. Guests arriving after this time may lose their booking.

Rooms

Hotel de France offer 194 high-ceilinged guestrooms in a six-storey building with wide hallways paneled in dark wood, crystal chandeliers, and original pastoral watercolours illuminated by brass lamps.

Beds are dressed with down duvets. Bathrooms contain bathrobes, scales, phones, hair dryers, and shower/tub combinations. Cable television offers international channels and pay movies, while minibars and Internet ports are complimentary. Other amenities include safes, trouser presses, voicemail, and turndown service.

Furnishings include chairs, cocktail tables, and desks with complimentary high-speed Internet connections. Traditional Viennese decor includes soft-green textured wallpaper, blue carpets and drapes, and brass chandeliers.

Room Amenities

• Internet access - high speed
• Cable/satellite TV
• Pay movies
• Climate control
• Blackout drapes/curtains
• Air conditioning
• Internet access - complimentary
• Internet access - surcharge
• Direct-dial phone
• Voice mail
• Minibar
• Wake-up calls
• Housekeeping
• Turndown service
• Bathroom telephone

• Bathroom scale
• Shower/tub combination
• Bathrobes
• Complimentary toiletries
• Hair dryer
• Child care (in room, surcharge)
• Electronic/magnetic keys
• Trouser press
• Desk
• Window opens
• In-room safe
• Television
• Smoking rooms
• Rollaway beds
• Cribs (infant beds) available

Recreation

A health club 300 metres from the hotel offers exercise classes such as aerobics and yoga. Hire bicycles are stationed outside most underground stations. For children there's a playground 300 metres from the hotel.

Hiking and jogging trails, a golf course, a public swimming pool, and an amusement park featuring a 200-foot Ferris wheel are among the attractions in the vast Prater park established by Emperor Joseph II in 1766. The park begins 2.5 kilometres from the hotel, and there is an underground station (Prater) at the amusement park.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.

• Golfing nearby
• Swimming nearby
• Running track/path nearby

• Yoga classes/instruction nearby
• Bicycle rentals nearby
• Hiking/biking trails nearby
• Playground nearby

Property Amenities

A room off the lobby contains a computer providing high-speed Internet access (surcharge) and a complimentary printer. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) is available in public areas. Room service is offered from early morning to late night. The hotel's gift shop includes a women's-clothing boutique. The hotel building also houses a cinema with an outside entrance.

• Concierge services
• Fitness equipment
• Room service (limited hours)
• Meeting rooms (small groups)
• Internet access - wireless
• 24-hour front desk
• Porter/bellhop
• Number of rooms: 194
• Number of floors: 6
• Gift shops or newsstand
• Currency exchange
• Audio-visual equipment
• Air-conditioned public areas
• Elevator/lift
• Banquet facilities

• Bar/lounge
• Beauty services
• Breakfast available (surcharge)
• Complimentary newspapers in lobby
• Conference room(s)
• Dry cleaning service
• Internet access in public areas - high speed
• Internet access in public areas - surcharge
• Medical assistance available
• Multilingual staff
• Parking nearby
• Restaurant(s) in hotel
• Safe-deposit box - front desk
• Shopping on site
• Tour assistance
• Umbrella

Policies

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Rollaway beds and cribs (infant beds) may be available and should be requested at the time of booking; fees may apply.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests made via this Web site cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.

• Pet fee charged at hotel/condo
• Pets accepted

• Check-in time is 2 PM
• Check-out time is Noon

Dining

No. 3 - Casual indoor-outdoor restaurant with two-level interior offering street views through large windows. Sidewalk section with umbrellas potted-plant border. Viennese fare. Open daily for lunch and dinner.


Bel Etage - Intimate fine-dining restaurant on mezzanine level adjacent to Atrium Bar. Molded-stucco arches, blue carpet, white table linens, fresh flowers. Mediterranean and Viennese dishes. Open for lunch and dinner Monday-Friday. Closed July and August.

Sushi Bar Daihachi - Intimate two-level spot offering sushi and teppanyaki dishes. Open for lunch Monday-Friday and dinner Monday-Saturday. Closed Sundays.

Atrium Bar - Expansive lounge including atrium salon displaying with contemporary art. Upholstered club chairs, yellow walls with molded-stucco details, crystal chandeliers, potted plants. Complimentary newspapers. Open daily from early morning to late night for cocktails, snacks, and desserts. Pianist Monday-Friday evenings.

Address

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Schottenring 3

Vienna, 1010

Austria

Nearest major airport:

Vienna, Austria (VIE-Vienna Intl.)

Area:

Innerstadt Vienna, Austria