Ambassador Hotel

Location. Overlooking the fashionable shopping street of Karntner Strasse, the 19th-century Ambassador Hotel in central Vienna, Austria, is 100 metres from the Albertina Museum and 200 metres from the State Opera. The five-floor hotel is within 500 metres of Vienna's shops, restaurants and attractions. Vienna International Airport (VIE) is 20 kilometres away.

Hotel Features. Glass doors open into the Ambassador Hotel's lobby, decked out with period features like marble columns, chandeliers and dark wood panelling.

Centred around an open-view kitchen, the parquet-floored Morwald im Ambassador serves a fusion of international and Austrian cuisine. The contemporary restaurant leads through to a glass-walled conservatory overlooking a fountain by Raphael Donner. Marble pillars and crystal chandeliers set the scene in the Grunderzeit- style Atrium Bar. The high-ceilinged bar provides a cigar menu and signature drinks like vanilla-spiced rum. The hotel's open-air café on Karntner Strasse is a popular people-watching spot over a coffee or glass of wine.

The Ambassador Hotel has conference rooms accommodating up to 100 people. Wireless Internet access is available (surcharge).

Multilingual staff at the 24-hour front desk can help guests arrange excursions, plan city tours or book opera tickets.

Guestrooms. The Ambassador Hotel's 86 neoclassical-style guestrooms are decorated in light hues with parquet flooring, royal blue fabrics and dark wood furnishings. All rooms offer air conditioning, wireless Internet access (surcharge), cable television, direct- dial phones and minibars. Bathrooms have bath/shower combinations, bathrobes, slippers and complimentary toiletries.