Vienna is one of those magical cities that charm you from the moment you arrive downtown. It is filled with culture - people, architecture, paintings, music, churches, palaces, museums, sidewalk cafes, restaurants in the garden, beautiful parks, super public transportation, great shopping, and is truly an international meca. Of all the 65 countries I have visited, I think Austria is my favorite. Vienna is more beautiful and affordable than Paris and the people are a thousand times more polite and willing to speak ENGLISH. Whenever I go to Wien, as it is locally called, the home of the Hapsburg empire for over 750 years, I stay at the Haydn Hotel. It is a small hotel located within walking distance to the Hasburg Hofburg palace, Museum Quarter, Maria Theresa Platz, and about 2 blocks from the U-bahn subway, right next to the Maria Hilfenfrau Kirche and statue of Josef Haydn the composer. It is one one of the main shopping streets and very close to the center of the city. For the price and cleanliness, you cannot beat it. Staff are friendly, helpful, and the continental breakfast is more than you can eat each morning. It is an old hotel, but well maintained and extremely clean. Do not spend your money on taxis and the train into the city if you have several pieces of luggage, it will cost you dearly and exhaust you lugging them everywhere to catch the next mode of transportation. Call the hotel and ask them to send an airport shuttle to come get you for about 35Euro - less than you would pay for the taxi once you get downtown and if that is added to the train price, you can pay about 100 Euro for 2 people with bags to just arrive there instead of calling the hotel. The airport is about 30Km outside the downtown, so it is a ways off. By the way, if you are active duty or retired military, they will give you a NATO discount of 10% off the posted price, but you have to ask for it when making the reservation - either by phone or email.
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