Rosewood Waltzes Into Vienna With A New Hotel

Vienna has lengthy been related to a wealthy inventive and musical legacy, classical structure, and refined class—together with its decadent pastries. Now, the town referred to as the house of the Sachertorte, can also be the location of Rosewood’s first resort within the German-speaking market and the model’s fifth European property.

Opening earlier this week, Rosewood Vienna is sited in a restored Nineteenth-century neoclassical constructing that was the previous headquarters of the Erste Group Financial institution AG. The landmarked construction has been remodeled into 71 spacious visitor rooms and 28 suites over seven flooring with each luxurious amenity.

“The opening of Rosewood Vienna gives right this moment’s ultra-luxury vacationers a brand new form of Viennese life-style, one that’s imbued with the wealthy historical past of the vacation spot but the fashionable and cosmopolitan outlook befitting this dynamic European capital,” says Alexander Lahmer, Managing Director of Rosewood Vienna.

“We’re thrilled to open our doorways to a particular hospitality expertise in one of many world’s biggest cities.”

A coveted location within the coronary heart of the Vienna

Rosewood Vienna is positioned at Petersplatz, one in all Vienna’s most well-known squares and simply steps away from the luxurious outlets and eating places on the pedestrian streets of Graben, Kohlmarkt, and Tuchlauben. Close by are St. Stephen’s Cathedral and the Hofburg Imperial Palace advanced within the metropolis’s Previous City.

A reimagined house that appears like a house

Two architectural companies, A2K and BEHF, each of Vienna, collaborated with London inside design studio Alexander Waterworth to create a heat, residential setting that showcases the town’s inventive heritage.

Evocative murals painted by Austrian artist Marie Hartig cowl the partitions of Salon Aurelie, the resort’s foyer lounge that gives the atmosphere of a classy Viennese espresso home. Right here, visitors can chill out whereas they get pleasure from gentle bites and drinks.

Visitor rooms at Rosewood Vienna characteristic tasteful, custom-made furnishings and splendid materials by Backhausen. Commissioned works by main worldwide artists, together with illustrations, archival pictures, lithographs and wall sculptures, might be discovered all through the resort.

Kroenland, a Viennese agency, created the brasserie and rooftop bar with sweeping views of the Previous City. The opposite public areas—together with the eating places, wellness middle and assembly rooms—equally mirror the life-style and spirit of Vienna.

The posh Asaya Spa, the primary at a Rosewood property outdoors of Asia, extends over two flooring. Therapies, spa therapies and wellness choices are offered in a singular house with views of the dome and bell towers of St. Peter’s Church.

Vacation spot eating

The eclectic menu of the restaurant and out of doors terrace at Neue Hoheit (New Highness) on the sixth ground consists of brasserie-style European dishes together with Austrian classics. The delicacies displays Vienna’s historical past as a cultural crossroads.

The rooftop cocktail bar on the seventh ground gives a menu of inventive cocktails; a set of uncommon vintages are stowed within the bar’s handcrafted cabinetry.

A Sense of Place, after all

All Rosewood properties embrace the model’s “A Sense of Place” philosophy—and so does Rosewood Vienna.

The inns gives visitors curated experiences and particular entry to native tradition by its “Uncover My Vienna” program. This may occasionally embrace looking for Augarten porcelain, designing tailor made sneakers at Scheer boutique, or experiencing one of many metropolis’s culinary treasures, Zu Herknerin, a standard Austrian tavern.

Simply strolling by the constructing, visitors can “sense” its wealthy historical past. The hallowed partitions of the brand new resort as soon as encompassed the condominium the place Mozart lived and wrote The Abduction from the Seraglio.

*For added data, go to the Rosewood Vienna web site.

The opposite Rosewood properties in Europe embrace Rosewood London; Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco in Tuscany; Lodge de Crillon, A Rosewood Lodge in Paris; and Rosewood Villa Magna in Madrid.