About Edgar Mendez Chacon Expertise I lived in Vienna for 3 months and know many good places to visit, places to rent apartments for a short period of time and how to easily get around the different districts in the city.
Question Edgar, have you heard anything about Pension Pertschy in the inner circle?Any recommendations for taverns around the Hotel Post that you recommended?Again thank you very much.
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Two of us will be in Vienna in early October 2005 for 3 days. 1. Any suggestions for friendly lodging around 80 - 100 euro's? some names that have surfaced are Altwienerhof, and alstadt. We do not have to stay in the inner circle. 2. is it better to have a "half board" arrangement? 3. Any places to avoid? Thank you in advance. (if you have questions about Chicago IL, I would be happy to recipricate!) have a wonderful day.
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Hello Bob!
My favorite affordable hotel in a great location is the Hotel Post which is right in the Ring (inner circle), about a 5 minute walk from Stefansdom (St. Stephen's Cathedral). If you don't mind walking down the hall for the shower, you can get a double room between 64-70 Euro or if you want the shower in your room it's 95-115 Euro depending on when you go. They have a great breakfast buffet too! You can check out their website at www.hotel-post-wien.at/index.html.en
There are many cheaper hotels in the outer districts but I'd opt to stay within the Ring on my first visit. If you'd like to search for other hotels, you can check on the Vienna Toursit website at www.wien.info and search all the hotels there.
I wouldn't get the half board arrangement and just stop by the supermarket, butcher and bakery and get stuff for picnic lunches and then search out some nice places to eat for dinner. The picnic lunches are one of my favorite things to do when in Europe since you get to try different things then you get at home!
Hope this helps you out some and if you have some more questions let me know!
Edgar
Answer Hello again Bob,
I haven't stayed there myself but I've heard many good things about Pension Pertschy from other travelers and it is also in a great location within the Ring and the downtown pedestrian zone.
A cool place for drinks and/or dinner nearby is the Zwolf Apostelkeller (www.zwoelf-apostelkeller.at) which is located down below the street and has great atmosphere. You can see some photos of it on their website.
A famous place between the Hotel Post and Stefansdom is Figlmuller which is well known for the huge portions of Wienerschnitzel that hangs off the plate (www.figlmuller.at). Many tourist go there but the locals go to Schnitzelwirt for the same huge portions of Wienerschnitzel. It's located at Neubaugasse 52 and I think it's in the 7th district.
One of my favorite places for pizza and pasta is at Pizza Bizi right near the Stefansdom on the corner at Rotenturmstrasse. It is usually filled with college students and you can also have them make different pastas at cheap prices. Great place for an afternoon or late night snack or meal.
Vienna's oldest restaurant (almost 550 years old!), the Griechenbeisel, is located almost right across the street from the Hotel Post and is a nice place for a good dinner. You can check out their menus on their website: (www.griechenbeisl.at/page.asp/980.htm#Monatskarte)
The Esterhazykeller (www.esterhazykeller.at) is another place close by with traditional Viennese food.
Hope some of these choices help you out. I've also found that the recommendations in the Lonely Planet guidebook for places that aren't too filled with tourist usually seem to be right on and have great food too.
