Palais Coburg Vienna: Luxury Hotel Guide for Indian Agents

What your clients are buying

Privacy, a serious table, a famous cellar, a central address

Palais Coburg is a five-star hotel of suites only, run with the discretion of a private residence. Every restaurant table is reserved in advance and there are no walk-ins. In the middle of Vienna, your clients come home to a quiet palace.

The stay

A palace without standard rooms

36 suites, each named after a member of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and styled Royal, Classic or Modern. Your clients sleep in Victoria or Ferdinand, not in room 204. Most of the suites the hotel details have a kitchen or kitchenette, and eight sit on two levels.

The table

Two stars, then the state rooms

Silvio Nickol holds two stars in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Austria and five Gault&Millau toques. For the easier days, the historic state rooms serve brunch, afternoon tea and dinner every day, under restored stucco ceilings.

The cellar

Four centuries of wine

Six vaulted cellars under the old city walls hold more than 60,000 bottles and over 5,000 different wines, the oldest from 1727. The wine list holds Wine Spectator's Grand Award, and your clients can walk the cellars with the sommelier before dinner.

The address

Walk out to the Old Town

The palace stands on a 16th-century fortification in the 1st District, beside the Ringstrasse and the Stadtpark. St. Stephen's Cathedral is about nine minutes on foot, and the opera and concert halls are within walking distance.

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Operated by Hospitality Visions Lake Lucerne (HVLL). Sister hotel: Park Hotel Vitznau on Lake Lucerne.

Five centuries on one site

The milestones as the hotel records them, for the guest who wants to know why the walls matter.

1545The Braunbastei is built as part of Vienna's city fortifications

1840Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg begins the palace, finished in 1845

1857The walls come down for the Ringstrasse. The palace stays on its bastion

1997The Pühringer foundation buys the neglected palace and restores it

2003Opens as a hotel

2026Reopens to hotel guests after a full renovation of suites and state rooms

Who to place here

The right suite and stay for each traveller

Pick the traveller or the occasion. You will see the suites and experiences that fit, what to book and what to check before you quote.

Suites

Every suite the hotel publishes, from 71 to 164 m²

The hotel has 36 suites in three published categories: Multi-Bedroom Suites, Gallery Suites and Suites (on one level). It publishes details for fourteen of them and lists its new Signature Suites as available soon. Suite rates and maximum occupancy are not published, so we confirm both with every quote. Filter by what your clients need.

All fourteen side by side

Each suite as the hotel lists it. Connecting doors open up larger family or group set-ups.

Listed by the hotel– Not listed

Published stays

The only rates the hotel publishes. Each is a two-night stay in a suite with à la carte breakfast and spa access, priced "from" as shown on the hotel's site.

How to read the ratesNightly suite rates are not published. Each stay below has one rate for the whole two nights: the suite, à la carte breakfast, spa access and the extras listed. The hotel shows it as a "from" rate and does not say whether it is per suite or per person, so we confirm the basis with every quote. Dining rates on this page are per person.

Longer stays. The hotel's current offer reads: "Book four nights and we'll treat you to a free night at the Palais Coburg." We confirm dates and conditions with every quote.

Dining and the wine cellar

Two restaurants, six cellars and a sommelier who has kept them since 2012

All dining is by reservation, for hotel guests and outside guests alike. Book the Silvio Nickol table with the suite, and the big dinner of the trip is settled before your clients fly.

Two MICHELIN stars · 2026 guide

Silvio Nickol Gourmet Restaurant

Five Gault&Millau toques

Silvio Nickol has led the kitchen here since 2011. His cooking starts in France, picks up Asian notes and leans on regional produce, served as one long tasting menu. Plan nothing else for that evening.

Open: Tuesday to Saturday
Arrival: 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Dress: Smart casual; long trousers and closed shoes for men
Closed: Sunday and Monday

Tasting menu€330 per person · wine pairing €170 · non-alcoholic €135

All day · since 7 September 2026

Prunkräume

The historic state rooms · Head Chef Lewis Emerson

For the first time, the palace's state rooms are open as a restaurant. Brunch, afternoon tea and dinner are served under restored stucco ceilings: classics with a modern touch, in rooms built for a prince. It replaces Clementine in the Glass House, which has closed.

Brunch: Daily 10:30 am to 2:00 pm
Afternoon tea: Daily 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Dinner: Daily 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Bar: Daily from 5:30 pm

Afternoon tea€85 per person with sparkling tea · €105 with Champagne

Wine racks in a brick-vaulted cellar beneath the palace

Wine Spectator Grand Award

The Wine Archive

Six cellars under the former city walls

Guided tours take your clients through the vaults, with a tasting along the way. Private tours are available on request. Sommelier and wine academic Wolfgang Kneidinger has looked after the collection since 2012.

Bottles: More than 60,000
Wines: Over 5,000 different
Span: Four centuries
Oldest: 1727 Rüdesheimer Apostelwein

TastingsBooked with the stay

The Yquem Cellar, with bottles of Château d'Yquem displayed under a brick arch — The Yquem Cellar holds at least one bottle of every Château d'Yquem vintage produced since 1893.

The six cellars

What each cellar holds, in the hotel's own figures. Guests who book a tasting walk through them.

Cellar	What it holds
France	The largest, with around 30,000 bottles. Bordeaux and Burgundy lead, with Loire, Alsace and Rhône.
Old World	Over 13,000 bottles of Austrian wine plus Italy, Germany, Hungary and Switzerland, with vintages back to 1845. About 300 bottles of Sassicaia.
New World	Built in the shape of a ship's hull. USA, Chile, Argentina, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, plus Portugal and Spain.
Champagne	More than 1,000 bottles in the palace's former ice cellar, the deepest room. Oldest from 1962.
Yquem	Over a hundred Château d'Yquem vintages and a 15-litre bottle.
Rare wines	Portuguese sweet wines from 1795 and the 1727 Rüdesheimer Apostelwein from the Bremen Ratskeller.

Vienna by season

Christmas markets, ball season and the opera

Three seasons your clients will plan a whole trip around. Dates for 2026 and 2027 are as Vienna Tourism and the Vienna State Opera publish them, and these dates fill early.

The palace garden terrace under fresh snow on a winter evening

6 November 2026 to 6 January 2027

Christmas markets

From early November, Vienna's squares fill with Christmas markets. Several are a short walk from the hotel, so an evening among the stalls ends with a short walk home.

Stephansplatz: 6 Nov to 26 Dec, at the foot of the cathedral
Rathausplatz: 13 Nov to 26 Dec, with an ice rink to 6 Jan
Am Hof: 13 Nov to 23 Dec. Freyung: 14 Nov to 23 Dec
Schönbrunn Palace: 6 Nov 2026 to 6 Jan 2027
Spittelberg: 13 Nov to 23 Dec

Crystal chandeliers and gilded stucco in the palace's Mirror Salon

11 November 2026 to February 2027

Ball season

More than 450 balls a year, opening on 11 November at 11:11 am and peaking in January and February. For the couple who has always wanted to waltz in Vienna, this is when to come.

Vienna Philharmonic Ball: 21 January 2027
Coffee Brewers' Ball: 22 January 2027
Doctors' Ball: 30 January 2027
Vienna Opera Ball: 4 February 2027. Floor-length gowns; black tailcoat and white bow tie for men

A gilded state room set with round tables for a gala dinner

24 to 31 December 2026

Christmas and New Year at the hotel

The hotel's own festive programme, per person:

Christmas menu at Silvio Nickol, 24 to 26 Dec: 7 courses with aperitif and wine pairing, €695
New Year's Eve at Silvio Nickol: 7 courses, wine pairing, midnight Champagne and a view of the fireworks, €1,115
New Year's Eve Gala Dinner in the state rooms: 6 courses with aperitif and wine pairing, €745
Across town: the New Year's Eve Trail, 2 pm to 2 am, and Die Fledermaus at the State Opera

The Vienna State Opera stages around 50 operas and ballets a season. Its 2026/27 calendar runs from September 2026 to June 2027, and it pauses performances for the two evenings before the Opera Ball. Book early for these dates.

The setting

Coburgbastei 4, in Vienna's 1st District

Beside the Ringstrasse at the Parkring, with the Stadtpark in view from the spa terrace. Your clients walk to the Old Town, the opera and the concert halls, and walk home again.

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Walk the grounds

The hotel's own photographs of the palace, from Coburgbastei and from above the garden. Tap a numbered point to see what is there. The spa and its sun terrace are on the third floor, out of sight from here.

Swipe the map sideways to see Switzerland.

Getting there

Vienna AirportAbout 20 km. The hotel can arrange an electric limousine.

City Airport TrainRuns as a bus to Wien Mitte in 21 minutes, 24 August 2026 to 31 October 2027.

ÖBB RailjetAbout 15 minutes to the Hauptbahnhof, then about 10 minutes by taxi.

St. Stephen's Cathedral

About nine minutes' walk, as the hotel gives it. The Stephansplatz Christmas market sits at its foot.

On foot

Vienna State Opera

About 650 m in a straight line, on the Ringstrasse. Close enough to walk back after the final curtain.

On foot

Musikverein

About 650 m in a straight line. Home of the New Year's Concert and the Philharmonic Ball.

Next door

Stadtpark

Your clients see it from the spa's sun terrace, and it is just across the Parkring. U3 Stubentor and U1 Stephansplatz are both close by.

Historic view of Vienna enclosed by its star-shaped fortifications — Vienna inside its fortifications. The palace stands on what remains of the Braunbastei.

A palace that kept its walls

When Emperor Franz Joseph I ordered the city walls demolished in 1857 to make way for the Ringstrasse, Palais Coburg was one of the few buildings left standing on its original fortifications. Because the palace was built early, the Renaissance casemates beneath it survived. Today they hold the wine cellars and event spaces such as the High Casemate. The free-standing columns of the façade earned the building its Viennese nickname, "Spargelburg", the Asparagus Castle.

Spa and pool

A compact spa on the third floor, made for a city stay rather than a wellness retreat. After a day on foot, a swim, a sauna and the sun terrace are a fine way to end the afternoon. Present it as a pleasant extra, not the reason to book.

Indoor pool9 × 4 m, about 36 m², 27°C, with a counter-current system. Plunge pool at 13°C.

Heat, then coldA Finnish sauna at 90°C and a steam bath at 45°C, then the 13°C plunge pool. Afterwards, the winter garden and a 120 m² sun terrace over the city and the Stadtpark.

Fitness and yogaA 73 m² gym in the basement with direct access to the garden, and a 43 m² yoga room.

HoursSpa and fitness daily 6:30 am to 10 pm, treatments 10 am to 8 pm. Hotel guests can use the facilities outside these hours on request.

Plan a stay

Getting there, who it suits, and what to know

Every stay the hotel publishes is two nights. Three or four nights give your clients the opera, a cellar tasting and Silvio Nickol, without rushing any of them.

Strong fit

Food and wine travellers who will plan an evening around a two-star tasting menu and a cellar tour.
Couples on an anniversary or honeymoon who want space, a terrace or a cathedral view, and a quiet building.
Music lovers here for the opera, the Musikverein or a ball, all within walking distance.
Families who need two bedrooms and two bathrooms behind one front door: Suites 201 and 203.
Guests spending Christmas or New Year in Vienna, with the Christmas Magic stay and the hotel's New Year's Eve dinners.

Think twice

Guests who want a resort-scale spa. The pool is 9 × 4 m and the spa is a city-hotel facility.
Guests who like to decide on dinner at the last minute. Every table is reserved in advance and Silvio Nickol is closed on Sundays and Mondays.
Travellers who want a busy lobby scene. The hotel is run for privacy.
Clients who leave visas late for December or the Opera Ball. Book the visa appointment as soon as dates are firm.
Clients set on the new Signature Suites. The hotel lists them as available soon.

From the airportVienna Airport is about 20 km away. The hotel can arrange an electric Mercedes-Benz EQS or EQE limousine on request.

Rail works until October 2027From 24 August 2026 to 31 October 2027 the City Airport Train runs as a bus to Wien Mitte, 21 minutes. ÖBB Railjets reach the Hauptbahnhof in about 15 minutes, then about 10 minutes by taxi to the hotel.

Schengen visaAustria is in the Schengen area. Apply at least 15 days and no earlier than six months before travel. The fee is €90 for adults and €45 for children aged 6 to 12. Normal processing is 15 days and can extend to 45.

Vienna local tax5% of the accommodation charge for stays from 1 July 2026. It is set to rise to 8% in July 2027.

Arrival and departureSuites are ready from 2 pm, and check-out is by 12 noon. The hotel may ask for a credit card to guarantee the booking.

CancellationStandard bookings follow the Austrian hotel terms: free until 48 hours before arrival, then up to 100% of the suite rate. The published stays allow free cancellation up to 72 hours before arrival, and Christmas Magic up to 7 days.

Access and petsOne suite is barrier-free (Suite 307, Antoinette). Dogs are welcome with prior approval.

ParkingValet parking in a secure underground car park, €60 a day, with an electric charging point.

Quotes and bookings

Book any way you like. Keep us in the loop.

Book through your DMC, directly with the hotel, or through us. Ask us for a quote, or let us know once your clients are booked so we can follow up with the hotel on their behalf.

For a quick quote, include:

Number of guests, their ages, and how many bedrooms they need
Travel dates and flexibility
Preferred suite type, view or outdoor space
The occasion, and any restaurant, cellar or opera dates to hold
Dietary requirements and mobility needs

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