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Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 27
1030 Vienna
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+43 1 79 5570
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Neighborhood :
2nd district - Leopoldstadt
http://www.belvedere.at/ - Mon to Sun from 10:00 AM to 06:00 PM
The Belvedere comprises two magnificent baroque mansions facing each other across a sloping formal garden. Prince Eugène of Savoy, whose campaigns against the Turks enabled the Habsburg Empire to reclaim Hungary, purchased some land beyond the city walls in 1693, upon which he ordered a park with elaborate water features and fountains to be built. In 1714, the Prince had Lukas von Hildebrandt build the Lower Belvedere for his personal use with its beautiful Marmorsaal (marble hall), the Prunkgalerie and the marvelous Spiegelsaal (mirror hall). In 1721, Hildebrandt started with the construction of the Upper Belvedere, purposely built for the prince's lavish masked balls, receptions and firework displays. The Audienzsaal (reception room), Spiegelkabinett (mirror cabinet), Kunstgalerie (arts gallery), Konferenzsaal (conference hall) and Kaffeezimmer (coffee room) can all be visited today. The complex of the Upper Belvedere now houses one of Austria's most popular galleries (Galerie im Oberen Belvedere) with a huge collection of paintings by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka.
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Trip Advisor Reviews
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Perfect Vienna hotel.. almost
This is an excellent hotel: Location: just outside the ring but only 2 tram stops to Schwartzenburg Platz where you can pick up other trams, on...
Modern and very comfortable but be careful if you get a middle door
We stayed 4 nights in this hotel and we really enjoyed it. The room was very big and comfortable. The breakfast buffet was great and the staff ...
Service with a smile
I'm in agreement with a lot of the other reviews. I really loved this hotel. It was good value for money, good location and the staff were real...
PERFECT ROOM - Not so perfect service.....
Rooms are perfetct, full of atmosphere. Cozy. Elegant. Would have rated 5 stars. However service need much improvement. Room service is quite a...
So Close to the Centre but So Quiet
The Lindner Am Belvedere is quite new but carefully slotted into an historic area, indeed the Belvedere Palais can be seen from the windows of ...
The sheets were not changed
when we came back to the hotelroom around 5pm, the room was not cleaned. (we of course had put the sign "please clean the room" befor...
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worthy of a Prince
A superb collection, in the best possible frame, extremely well preserved and maintained, and tiring - too much in so little time. Austrian ar...
Beauty within
Not including the beautiful gardens and architecture throughout the exterior, the interior and all of the wonderful artwork that is houses is u...
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