Breathtaking location by Wörthersee with breathtaking view just a short drive both from Villach and Klagenfurt. Charming historical building with elegant interior, a perfect combination of classic furniture and modern technology. Service is exceptional even for a ***** hotel.

I've stayed here a couple of times already this year and already have a reservation for over Christmas.
This is a fabulous hotel. It has the German efficiency but added to that has the Austrian charm. Kind of makes it perfect.
The staff here are really what makes this hotel special. Ever so polite and friendly and go out of their way to make your stay as enjoyable as can be.
The facilities at this hotel are second to none.
Rooms in both the original schloss and modern wing are to the highest standards.Those in the orginal schloss are ever so romanic while those in the modern wing are cool chic.
Only downside I can comment on are the overcomplicated touch screen room controls. Sometimes a simple switch will do!

If you're ever at the Worthersee I highly recommend this hotel.
Yes it's very expensive during the summer months but out of those periods there are some fabulous deals to be had. Go on treat yourself, we certianly do.

I stayed in Schloss with my family about 10 times and it's really the best European hotel. It's good for business trip, honeymoon, family rest, skiing, for private rest, for spa for all types of relaxing

Ivanov Maksim

My wife and I spent 1 night at the Schloss Velden on 6/22/11. We were not impressed. We attempted to check in at 3:50pm and were told the room was not ready and that we would have to wait 30 minutes (check-in time 3:00pm). The attitude of the front desk person rubbed me the wrong way and did not set a very positive tone for the rest of our stay. Close to 30 minutes later our room was indeed ready and we were escorted to the room down some long, ugly, garish, chrome laden, downright hideous public spaces with hellish overly bright fluorescent and LED lighting. Up the elevator 1 floor to the room corridor which, thankfully, was far less hellish. We were shown our standard King bedded room in the historic building (view across “garden” to new wing). The room was large, but done in a bland international luxury style that exuded little charm with no sense of being on an Austrian lake. The room was very dark with poor lighting. Nice well lit bathroom with impressive rain shower, but again rather generic. Plenty of mostly useless gimmicks in the room like touch screen panels to control the lights that were mounted where the light switch would have been… what’s the point? Some pleasant surprises included a free minibar (water, sodas, juice) and a turndown service that included a nice ready-to-go setup to make coffee in the morning (coffee press, water, excellent coffee + kettle and cups). On the plus side a very good bed and the room was also very quiet. Dinner and buffet breakfast at the restaurant in the hotel was quiet good with a nice view of the lake, but something was always just not right… difficult to explain.

I could go on and on about other things we did not like (and a few I did), but I’ll switch to the town of Velden. It too was a bit disappointing. Unlike lakes in Switzerland that have long beautiful lakeside promenades with wonderful landscaping, Velden’s lake front is mostly private areas that individual hotels own with beach chairs, etc. for their guests. So the walk along the lake is views of tall hedges and fences around each of these areas. Schloss Velden has it’s own private area which includes a lakefront restaurant.

There was a sports car exhibition/rally of some kind in town and the front of the hotel was wall to wall Lamborghinis and Ferraris. Some might find this interesting, I found it annoying. How long do you need to own a Lamborghini before you learn how to turn off the car alarm before unlocking it?

We took the early morning train out of Velden to Vienna the next morning, so all in all not a big loss as our time there was short.

The owners made an ambitious architectural choice in the remodel, and I think it fails. Further, the town of Velden, while an OK place to spend the weekend with some buddies (if you live in Austria)… just does not strike me as a luxury destination.