Travel + Leisure readers appreciated a certain style in the Vienna hotels they voted for in this year’s “World’s Best Awards”: Sophisticated interiors and grand, historic buildings are notable themes.

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To be swept away in a fairytale whirl of 19th-century pomp and circumstance, the sort that could be soundtracked and choreographed by Baz Luhrmann, lit by chandeliers, with marble floors you want to ...

Boutique hotel with Viennese decor set in a majestic building built in 1873 - 4 minutes walk from a U-Bahn station.

Across Europe, a handful of historic buildings—castles, water towers, city palaces—have been turned into luxury hotels. They are architectural landmarks restored with a level of care more often seen ...

Some fall quickly for the charms of cities like Paris and Rome. Such destinations wear their hearts on their sleeves, with well-known attractions drawing in the crowds. Other destinations don’t flaunt ...

Many of the hotels on the best-in-Vienna list are elegant landmarks opened in the 19th century, when the city was the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and a major European cultural center. The ...