Updated 06/01/2020 SHERATON
SALZBURG (*****): We
already can hear small voices bitterly whispering in the fog that
going to the ever so romantic city of Salzburg to stay at the Sheraton
is a We enjoyed the "Deluxe Rooms": spacious, generously equipped with a combined fax machine and PC printer - they are a dream made true for regular corporate guests. Should you be a tourist, we most kindly advise you to make a reservation for a romantic room with a view on the park. There is a connecting corridor to the neighbouring SPA; but a fee is required to use it.
SHERATON
SALZBURG : Auerspergstrasse 4, Salzburg 5020
SCHLOSS
MONCHSTEIN (****L): An oasis of
silence,
over a land of history and culture: such is the SCHLOSS
MONCHSTEIN. The service is discreet and distinguished, making the guests feel like they have a home away from home, should they be so fortunate as to have such a high echelon of staff in their own abode. We were very impressed by the Paris Lodron restaurant , and we most heartily agree with the "Gault and Millau" gourmet guide which ranked it as the best one in Salzburg. Very original is the tiny chapel, famous from the Monchsberg...to Tokyo: plenty of Japanese couples travel round the world to get married here, then to enjoy honeymoon in an incredibly romantic room with a view atop the Old City, the river Salzbach, the SchloB Mirabell and its garden " à la Française". Ex-votos have long since been replaced by shining copper plates engraved with the exotic names of the couples who sealed their love here : you see quite a lot! Besides the Nippons, many stars have enjoyed the Schloss Monschtein, at least once in their life: think of Peter Ustinov, Claudio Abbado, Mickey Rooney or Lucciano Pavarotti, they have all walked the paths of Prince Architop Paris Lodron, and of Catherine of Russia who were, some centuries ago, its first distinguished guests. Open on a 25 hectares park befit for romance... and jogging, the hotel is also equipped with a tennis court. It is regularly and deservedly awarded and praised by the world media: named "Urban Sanctuary of the World" by "Hydeway Report Magazine". You will find it love at first sight. SCHLOSS
MONCHSTEIN : Monchsberg Park 26-ib, Salzburg 5020
GOLDENER
HIRSCH (****L): There are
two
penultimate attractions along the Getreidegasse, the main historic and
shopping street in the Old Salzburg: Mozart's THE
GOLDENER HIRSCH : Getreidegasse 37, Salzburg
5020
SURROUNDINGS
OF SALZBURG AND CARINTHIAN MOUNTAINS:
ALMDORF "SEINERZEIT" (****L):Between Salzburg and Slovenia, boarding the "Nockerberge" (the most beautiful national park in Carinthia), and close to the SPA city of Bad Kleinkirchheim, this exceptional hotel opened in 1995. Though four stars deluxe, the Almdorf "Seinerzeit" actually doesn’t look like a palace. With three main buildings and 21 chalets, surrounding a small lake where one can fish for trout on Summer time, and ice skate on Winter, it looks like a traditional Carinthian hamlet: Almdorf "Seinerzeit" actually means "old alpine village". Very scrupulous care has been taken during its construction. The architects are nobody but the young owners: Isabelle and Karl Steiner. This Franco-Austrian couple invested both his heart and soul in the enterprise: using only 100% natural regional materials, and asking local people to build up the hamlet just like their ancestors would.
The Almdorf "Seinerzeit" received recently the Dingh Trophy for Cultural Affairs Award (Taiwan), the National Tourism Award (Austria), the British Airways "Tourism for Tomorrow" Highly Commended Award 2000, and has been selected by the Congrès Mondial de la Jeune Chambre Economique de Cannes (France). One can reach the hotel by train + taxi, from Salzburg: it makes the curious traveller discover a breathtaking alpine landscape. In you are actually on a hurry –but what a pity! - then take a domestic flight to Klagenfurt, then a regular bus to Patergassen. Rate is much affordable,
at Euro
180 - 368 per day, double occupancy, including breakfast, plus
afternoon
tea/coffee and cakes! Sauna is complimentary for hotel
HOTEL
ALMDORF "SEINERZEIT" : Fellacheralm, A-9564
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monumental
gaucherie. These critics must come from people who have never visited
this
particular outpost, far different from the "deluxe bunkers" the US
hotel
chain actually operates in some other cities. Indeed, the Sheraton
Salzburg
is a very warm, friendly, and pleasantly old-fashioned hotel, housed in
a turn-of-the-century building, strategically located on the right bank
of the river Salzach. It takes but five minutes to reach the Old City,
by foot, across the extraordinary garden of the SchloB Mirabell. The
Sheraton
uses it as a park: nothing less! The Mozarteum and the Puppets Theater
are a headturn behind the hotel; the railway station a scant 500 meters
away. For a first visit to Mozart's homeland, this is definitely the
ideal
place to stay. 
Settled
on the top of the Monchsberg hill, a green paradise easily accessed by
the rocky paths winding sinuously up from the edge of the Old City,
this
superb castle well shaped by the end of the XIVth century and restored
three hundred years later with the addition of a tower and chapel,
became
a deluxe hotel in 1947. Less famous than its proud rival, the Goldener
Hirsch, the SCHLOSS MONCHSTEIN doesn't look the role of a challenger
anyhow:
its "raison d'être" is not social life, but superlative rest away
from the crowds. Intimacy is a key to its success. Set with 17 rooms
and
suites, each different from the next, tastefully decorated with period
furniture and precious items, this jewel of a hotel is definitely
ritzy.
Let's say, without any hesitation, that they are the most luxurious in
town. 
birthplace,
and the Goldener Hirsch. Since the beginnings of the XVth century, this
baroque masterpiece has continued to cultivate the fine art of Austrian
hospitality. From a modest guest house, the Goldener Hirsch turned into
the most famous hotel in Salzburg. The idea of staying anywhere else
during
the period of festival is an untenable jest for those of high society.
Snobism ? Maybe, somehow. Exploring the resources of this venerable
city,
it is now possible to find more luxurious (and cheaper!) accommodation.
But nowhere else would we bask in the glamour the jet-society radiates.
Who likes staying here? Come on: don't ask us to reprint the "Gotha"
and
the "Who's Who" overwhelming our files! From Herbert von Karajan to
Arnold
Schwartzenneger, all - we say ALL - the rich and famous delight in the
place faithfully, quite often for a tuxedo and cocktail dress supper,
in
the most social 
The
result is splendid: the Almdorf "Seinerzeit" looks like much more an
ethnological
open-air museum than a hotel. The decoration inside the chalets seems a
daydream: in a complete opposition to the standard setting in most of
the
hotels nowadays, the touch remains completely personal. Wood –and its
exquisite
essences- is everywhere: in accordance with that specific touch of
rusticity
Austrian people transforms in the greatest comfort. Dishes, lamps and
carpets…even
the most neglected piece of decoration gets its own story (and
sometimes
History!). Wood is used for heating the chalets…even when they are
empty
! Mattresses are made out of natural latex and lamb wool. Space is not
a problem here: each chalet is about 75 square meters, divided on two
floors:
there are two bedrooms, a vestibule with kitchen, a sitting room, and
two
bathrooms…including an old style one, with a tub made out of massive
pine
wood. There is also a very large terrace and even a private garden. If
foreigners just start discovering the Almdorf "Seinerzeit", the place
already
received a multitude of awards from part of the German speaking medias:
all of them emphasized, besides the very exceptional location, that
anticipating
service which pleases guests accustomed to stay in palaces-hotels. It
is
here completely family oriented: which is even better than in a
grand-hotel.
You stay in a somehow "super-deluxe Gasthaus", where everything is made
a very personal way, and where the guests express their own
satisfaction
directly to their hosts: not under written form, on a questionnaire
which
would be directed on the desk of a pale marketing manager. We don’t
want
to play that stupid IN and OUT fashion game, but we would like to
mention
that the hotel is now a favourite spot for Austrian and German TV
stars.
Maybe are they looking for some comfortable simplicity here?
The Almdorf "Seinerzeit" neglects nothing, indeed, to make a stay
even more
pleasant. After skiing the all day down virgin runs, or after enjoying
a Summer walk across the green paths, some relaxing herbal baths are
offered
to the guests: the medical herbs used on the purpose can only be find
in
this pollution-free area. No tourists to pick them up all around. You
enjoy
this privilege of being unique. These treatments are actually relaxing,
and relieve cramps, rheumatism…and even gout. We heard the hay baths
were
particularly efficient on the matter. The SPA treatment room is so
beautiful,
with its wide goldsmith’s fireplace and its wooden tubs! There is also
a sauna, of course: on request you can use it on your very own. The "