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‹‹ We stayed at the Hotel DeFrance for 3 nights. We were totally impressed. They have the best breakfast I have ever had in a hotel and the room and service were...››
30 Aug 2006 read hotel reviewsAbout Hotel De France
exterior - entrance
Hotel de France is an elegant venue in the very centre of Vienna on the famous Ringstrasse, within walking distance of St.Stephen's Cathedral, Hofburg, the Spanish Riding school, the State Opera and the business and banking district.
This hotel features all exclusive services expected of a first class structure, with refined banqueting rooms, meetingrooms, an excellent restaurant and a wonderful ambience.
Location of Hotel De France, Vienna
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City Area:Innere Stadt
Position of the zone in the city
General map
DISTANCES
From Vienna airport: 23 km.
From Westbahnhof railway station: 1.5 km.
From Südbahnhof railway station: 3.5 km.
From Hofburg: 1 km.
From Prague: 350 km.
From Brno: 130 km.
From Bratislava: 70 km.
From Budapest: 250 km.
From Salzburg: 300 km.
Rooms at De France
junior suite
The hotel offers 212 single and double rooms, in modern and traditional style, featuring private bathroom, with hairdryer.
The rooms are furthermore equipped with individually controlled air conditioning, satellite and Pay TV, radio, mini bar, electronic safe, trouser press, Internet connection and direct dial telephone.
The junior suites i.e. Maisonettes are located on the 6th floor and have a wonderful view over Vienna. They are composed of a spacious living room with sitting area and writing desk and a loft with a cosy bedroom.
Tea and coffee making facilities, as well as free broadband Internet access are available. The junior suites are furnished with modern furniture and have bright colours for a wellbeing sensation.
Rooms for non smokers are also available.
- Desk
- Dial-up Internet access
- Direct dial phone
- Electronic safe
- Hairdryer in each room
- Heating
- Individually controlled air conditioning
- Mini bar
- Non-smoking rooms
- Pay-Per-View
- Radio
- Satellite TV
- Telephone
- TV
Breakfast at De France 'Austria Hotels International'
The breakfast buffet is served in the breakfast room from 6.30 a.m. until 10.30 a.m.
Hotel Facilities
- Credit card accepted
- Entire property is air conditioned
- Gift shop
- Historic building
- Lift/elevator
- Personal waiter
- Pets accepted
- Room service - limited hour
- Concierge
- Front desk - 24 hour
- Luggage room
- Multilingual staff
- Newspapers
- Tourist information
- Banqueting service
- Business Center
- Conference room
- Congress facilities
- Meals for groups
- Meeting lounge
- Meeting Room
- Secretarial service
- Fitness Center
- Garage
- Shuttle service from and/or to the railway station
- Internet/Email services
- Bar
- Lounge bar
- Restaurant/Dining
Hotel Reviews De France
9.9
Mature couple
Italy, Aug 2009
it's really the best
6.5
Not Specified
USA, Jul 2009
The location of the hotel was excellent. It was walking distance from all of the important attractions. But the hotel is definately not a five-star property. I would say it compared to a low four-star or possibly even a high three-star hotel. Even the bathroom products were skimpy and low quality.
8.5
Group
Germany, Jun 2009
A hotel with an very, very large breakfast table, nice personal, and a very good quality in restaurant. I can only recommend this hotel, in private as in business use.
9.9
Mature couple
Italy, Jan 2009
The hotel and the room were very beautyfull and no expensive
9.5
Mature couple
France, Dec 2008
correct for 4 stars, nice people, very good price
6.4
Young couple
United Kingdom, Dec 2008
Stayed in Vienna for a very nice long-weekend. Hotel De France is an OK+ hotel in a central area with friendly staff. We didn't stay much in the hotel, as we were out 'exploring' and drinking a fair amount of alcohol, coming back late. But overall, very positive - and yes: I'd come back. Two good tips: 1/ Visit the Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien. Wicked building. We saw the Peter Kogler exhibition. Probably one of the best contemporary exhibitions I've seen in a very long time. 2/ Check out the store of the Austrian fashion designer, just behind the Museum Square. (5 min walk) http://www.lenahoschek.com/
7.9
Mature couple
Norway, Oct 2008
A hotel to recommend. I would like to come back. Only drawback to mention is that the restaurant did not meet the expectation.
7.3
Family with young children
Belgium, Mar 2008
Beware that breakfast is not included in the price and that receptionist may mistakenly affirm that it is included.
8.1
Mature couple
USA, Sep 2007
The hotel offered free high speed internet service which only worked for one day of our 4 day stay, which was very disturbing.
9.7
Mature couple
United Kingdom, Jul 2007
Great location for old city and finding your way around.Great buffet style breakfast. Live music in the bar music every night.Would stay there again.
5.0
Luxembourg, Jun 2007
Many refurbished 4 Star Hotels in Vienna located on the same "Inner Ring" offer a much better quality/price relation than this old facient 5 Star Hotel. It appaers as if the hotel has not seen any investment since many years except for the painting. The breakfast room is looking horrible and only accesible by stair (beware if you are handicaped), the morning buffet is below 4 star standard (not only compared to other Vienna hotels), the cocktail bar has probably be added in the '7oth, ... The room was clean, more or less correctly equiped but the TV, a modell of the early '80th did not work, and according to the outlook of the screen, many guests already tried to make it working. There are of course although positive points like the location close to all the major attractions of Vienna (mainly all within walking distance), absolutely quiet rooms,... I would classify this hotel as a good 4 star hotel for American tourists not having stayed in real 5 star hotels befor. The low room rates reflect the real standard of the hotel and are not absolutely 'good buys'
9.9
Mature couple
Norway, Sep 2006
We are comming back to Hotel De France. First class. Dinning is superb at Zum Schwartzen Kameel,Bognergasse 5, just 5 mins walk away, lokk at KAMEEL.AT
10
Mature couple
USA, Aug 2006
We stayed at the Hotel DeFrance for 3 nights. We were totally impressed. They have the best breakfast I have ever had in a hotel and the room and service were outstanding. I feel like the value for the money was off the scale and I will definitley recommend this hotel to and your service to anyone.
8.4
Mature couple
Ireland, Jul 2006
Excellent room with aircondtitioning. Ideal for 4 night first stay in Vienna.
6.1
Gay Couple
United Kingdom, Feb 2005
the hotel was nice and in a good location but feel this was by far not a 5 star hotel as advertised maybe a 3 or 4 at maximum.
5.4
Heterosexual Couple
USA, Jan 2005
This hotel was rated 5 stars. In my opinion, it was not. If it had been rated 3 stars, I would have not been disappointed.
10
Heterosexual Couple
United Kingdom, Dec 2004
We had only one small complaint which was that our room was non smoking but the next door room was not and the fact that there was an adjoining door meant that we had to put a towel along the door to stop the smoke coming in as it affects my husbands chest. This seemed to work fairly well but it does seem a little strange to put a smoking room next to a non smoking with a communicating door.
9.2
Couple with children
USA, Jul 2004
After the initial lack of service in the restaurant, we accepted the fact that the staff lacked professionalism. For a five star hotel, I would have expected more in the way of mannerisms and attitude which were all too casual and jokey.
7.5
Heterosexual Couple
USA, May 2004
Nice room and nice hotel but it is starting to show its age. Needs some work/upkeep to make it worth its price. Location was great and breakfast was fantastic.
10
Single leisure traveller
USA, Jun 2003
Excellent location, big rooms, great breakfast.
How to reach De France 'Austria Hotels International'
By car
From highway A1, take exit Zentrum and continue along Hietzinger Kai, Schönbrunner Schloßstraße and Rechte Wienzeile. At Karlsplatz keep left in the Oper direction into Kärntner Straße. In front of the State Opera, turn left at the traffic light into Kärntner Ring. Follow the ringroad until Dr.Karl-Lueger-Ring, turn left into Schottengasse and turn immediately right into Maria-Theresien Straße. Turn right again into Hessgasse and right once more into the side-street in front of the hotel.
From highway A2, take exit Zentrum, Triesterstraße. At Matzleinsdorferplatz, follow the indications to Zentrum, along Wiedner Hauptstraße. Continue following the Zentrum signs, passing Karlsplatz and on to Kärntner Straße. From the State Opera, follow the indications above.
By train
From Westbahnhof railway station, take underground line U3, in the Simmering direction, change to line U2 at Volkstheater and get off at Schottentor.
From Südbahnhof railway station, take tram D, in the Nußdorf direction, and get off at Schottenring, which is opposite the hotel.
By airplane
From Vienna airport, take the bus to Westbahnhof railway station and continue by underground or take the train to Südbahnhof and continue by tram.
Transport Services Hotel De France
- Garage
- Shuttle service from and/or to the railway station
Guests are offered discounted parking at a nearby private garage.
The hotel also features an airport shuttle service, which is subject to extra charges.
The Hotel
exterior - entrance
Rooms at De France 'Austria Hotels International'
junior suite
junior suite
double room
double room
double room
double room
Hotel Facilities
lounge bar
lounge bar
restaurant/dining
meeting room
banqueting room
banqueting room
The atrium is the perfect place to meet friends for a coffee break or a drink.
Hotel Policies
METHODS OF PAYMENT
Venere.com does not debit your credit card for your reservations. You will be asked to insert your credit card details which will be sent to the property only as a guarantee of the reservation. The bill will then have to be settled directly at the hotel. In case your chosen hotel needs a deposit, this information will be included in the "Cancellation policy" section and the deposit will have to be settled directly with the pre-selected property. It is not possible to cancel your reservation if you selected and booked a room indicated as "PREPAID/NOT REFUNDABLE". In this case, the total amount of your stay will be charged to your credit card by the hotel at the time of booking.
CHECK-IN & CHECK-OUT
Check-in: the rooms are available at anytime from 2 p.m.
Check-out: it is necessary to leave the rooms no later than noon.
INCLUDED/NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE
Airport shuttle service is not included and costs €42,00 from the airport and €37,00 to the airport.
Internet access is not included and costs €8,00 for 30 minutes.
Breakfast is not included in the price and costs €26,00 per person per day.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Reservations can be cancelled one day prior to arrival (6.00 pm local
time) without charges. Cancellations made after will be charged for the
first nights stay.
For New Years period (DEC29-JAN03): If cancelled up to 14 days before
date of arrival, no fee will be charged. If cancelled or modified up to 4
days before date of arrival, the first two nights will be charged. If
cancelled or modified later or in case of no-show, the total price of the
reservation will be charged.
You may cancel your reservation without penalty up until 1 day before your arrival date, by accessing the Your Reservations page. It is not possible to cancel your reservation if you selected and booked a room indicated as "PREPAID/NOT REFUNDABLE".
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