Sir Terence Conran's hand in a Viennese hotel was always going to produce something particular — not a grand imperial fantasy, but a considered, quietly confident argument for contemporary European domesticity. The Guesthouse Vienna, which opened in 2013 on Führichgasse in the first district, a short walk from the Staatsoper and the Albertina, makes good on that promise across 39 rooms fitted into a mid-century building whose restrained facade — dark-framed windows, a cream render, green awnings shading the brasserie terrace — sidesteps Habsburg theatrics entirely. Conran & Partners shaped the interiors around warm oak, geometric wool rugs in soft charcoal and blush, and a furniture selection that keeps one eye on Vienna's own Modernist inheritance: the cantilever armchairs visible in the larger rooms carry a clear debt to the Thonet and Viennese Werkstätte traditions, reissued in terracotta wool and chrome rather than bentwood. The brasserie draws the surrounding neighbourhood in as much as it serves hotel guests, its emperador marble tabletops and leather banquettes lit by pendant clusters with a faint Murano influence, mirrored walls doubling the amber warmth of the room after dark. On the terrace, walnut-clad planters and wire-frame lounge seating give the streetside dining the atmosphere of a private garden rather than a pavement concession. Throughout, the scale stays deliberately residential — this is a property that argues, convincingly, that forty rooms and a clear point of view are sufficient.

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Boutique Hotel in timeless design of Sir Terence Conran und Conran + Partners, situated right in the heart of Viennas historic center, in a top location behind the State Opera House and the famous Albertina Museum. 39 rooms and suites do not communicate the typical hotel atmosphere, rather the feeling of your own private apartment in Vienna, with individual and very personal service. Brasserie & Bakery on the ground floor, which spoils with daily fresh baked bread and sweets, as well as light, healthy dishes 7 days a week from 06.30 am to 11.00 pm. All rooms and suites are equipped with cosy living room area, bath and/or rainforest shower, air condition, a wine fridge, espresso machine and minibar - all drinks except spirits are included in the room rate, safe with power outlet, B+O TV and Audio, high speed W-Lan, cordless phone, bathtub or rainforest shower, towel radiator (also heatable in summer), hair dryer, shaving mirror and large wardrobe. Molton Brown amenities and hand made soap from the soap manufactury Wolfgang Lederhaas. Enjoy a lounge window in the opera view rooms from 2nd to 7th floor! The Guesthouse Vienna – not a hotel in the conventional sense! Welcome to your new home!