Other than good food and museums (satisfying for the Shiele and Klimit fans in us), one of the top highlights of our Vienna trip was the boutique hotel we stayed for 2 nights called Hollmann Beletage. We had a hard time finding reasonably price good vacation rental at Vienna and most mid range hotels were […]
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Hollmann Beletage Hotel Breakfast (Vienna: Inner Stadt)
By Joan in Favorite Food Entries, ViennaHotel Sacher (Vienna: Opera House)
By Freda in ViennaThe next day we went to try the original Sachertorte from Hotel Sacher. The restaurant was full, so we went to their cafe side which supposed to have the same menu. The boutique + restaurant + cafe + bar combine area is bigger than Demel. The decor, however, was old school classical (not that pretty […]
Tags: Cafe, Cakes, Coffee, Patisserie, Soup
Demel (Vienna: Hofburg Imperial Palace)
By Freda in ViennaThe sausages revived our energy, but we were thinking of cakes. After hitting several tourist sights (including following the Royal Band marching into the Castle, saved our trouble finding directions), we dashed to one of Vienna’s most famous cake shop before its closing time. So there was a bitter rivalry story about Vienna’s signature chocolate […]
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Sausage Stand (Vienna: Stephansdom)
By Freda in ViennaAfter an early morning 4 hours train ride we arrived at Vienna. Imagine our dismay at leaving behind a charming quaint little fairytale town to a huge “familiar” metro city with an insanely overcrowded city central. The Stephansdom was surrounded by Spring break festivals, radio station stage, sausage stands and massive tourist + shopping crowds. […]
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