European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse A u the charms of Vienna hotels Are generally expensive but you can find some relatively cheap pensions right in the Center. Prices Given Are approximate Many hotels do flexible deals and Are per person per nights hotel Sachur 4. Telephone 51456 fax 514-57810. You Hobnob with Heads of state at this historic palatial hotel next door to the opera. 2,000 schillings about $180. A a Maria Thyresia Kirchberg Gasse 6-8. 52123 fax 5212370 a a palais Rudolfs Platz 11.533-1353 fax 533-135370. Twin hotels with swedish style decor intelligent and charming staff and Superb breakfasts. 1,200 schillings $110. Par hotel Schonbrunn Rietzinger Haup Strasse 10 20.87804 fax 87-804-3220 a Stone s throw from both the a Bahn and the Entrance to the Park. Older rooms regally splendid a Lovely indoor Pool giving on to gardens. But beware the computer controlled phones Don t always work and the front desk night staff Are surly 995 schillings $90. Hotel Schneider Petrei Demark 5. 58380 fax 588 38212. A favorite with actors and opera singers rooms have turn of the Century grandeur. 1,000 schillings $90 hotel Royal singe Strasse 3. 51568, fax 513-9698. Small but pleasant rooms breakfast room doubles As a Good italian restaurant for the rest of the Day. 1,200 schillings $110. Together with its sister hotels the Regina and Graben this hotel offers a viennese intermezzo package of three nights plus assorted fringe benefits sightseeing tour tavern visit Etc. The charms of Vienna what to the biggest cultural event of the year coinciding with the most perfect weather is the Vienna festival in May and june. Telephone 43 1/586 1676. This includes exhibitions plays concerts and operas with big reductions for students tickets Here Are very expensive. There is a summer music festival in july and August 43 1/4000-8410and annual festivals of dance in february and july to August the Rathaus Platz is turned into a free open air Cinema in july and August for opera films and legendary concerts. Information on All these events is available from the Vienna tourist Board a-1025 Vienna 43 1/211 -140. But the really indispensable guide is the free monthly program of events published by the Board which is available in any tourist information office. The hotel Sacher which has made appearances in numerous movies dates to 1876. Hotel Wandl pandersplatz9. 534-550 fax 534 5577. Conveniently Central intelligent and helpful staff every room has different decor. Rooms 110,112 and 114 have no bathroom or lavatory but Are charmingly Cocteau ish. 1,000 schillings $90. Pension Pertschy Habsburg Fergasse 5. 534-490 fax 534-4949. Central quiet Friendly looking out Over a 17th-Century courtyard. Guests come Back year after year 600 schillings $55. Pension Christina Hafner Steig 7. 533-2961 fax 533-2961-11. Quiet Central rooms tiny but pretty. 600 schillings $55. To Call Vienna dial your International Access code the country code 43the City code 1 and the Telephone numbers listed above. Michael Church the Rathaus offers this View of the Homburg theater. Volks Thaier offers dramas comedies and Folk plays. The weekly paper falter in German offers the Best guide to what s on. The austrian film museum Augustine Strasse 1 43 1/533-7056, is the nearest thing to an Art cinematheque but the Bellaria Kino museum str 3, offers Vintage classics in an authentic 1930s ambiance. The magnificent Staat Soper will be reopening dec. 15 after alterations so operatic life currently centers on the cheaper and More intimate vol Soper Wahringer Strasse 78, 43 1/51444. The Musi Verein dumb Strasse 3 505-8190, with its three Superb auditor a is where the likes of Mahler and Schoenberg launched their works. The Konzer thaus Lothringer str 20, 43 1/712-1211, is of near comparable importance. The Kamme Roper Fleisc Markt 24 43 1/512-0100, functions intermittently but brilliantly and does chamber opera at Schonbrunn in summer. The Ronacher theatre Seile Statte 9 43 1/51402, often stages american musicals. Jazz land Franz Josefski 29/ 43 1/533-2575, is an archetypal dive with railway Arch roof first rate bands. The smartest club is u4 Schonbrunner str 222,1/858318. The Danube Island is always Worth checking out in Fine weather plenty of Rock and children s events and Nice bathing places. Vienna has Many pools the most pleasant outdoor one being in Schonbrunn Park. The amalie bad in the Reumann plat with its 1920s Interior must be one of the most Beautiful in the world. The huge Sauna area mixed on sundays could be straight out of a Fellini film. 1 Michael Church 3 stripes Magazine december 29, 1994
