The Club lounge on the top (12th) floor was nicely proportioned and featured a more than adequate selection for breakfast, afternoon tea and evening canapés. In fact, the evening ‘canapés’ turned out to be substantial enough to feed a small army. However, the ‘comfy’ seating area was far too small, and the dining chairs were uncomfortable and not particularly attractive. The service in the lounge did not seem to be up to the excellent standard set throughout the rest of the hotel, but there was no real cause for complaint. The super-fast wifi and high quality of catering made up for any service issues we experienced in the lounge.


Club lounge entrance


Club lounge reception


Reception, looking towards the exit








Breakfast set-up


Evening buffet, canapés


Evening buffet, hot plate


Evening buffet, dessert and tea area


View from the lounge


View from the lounge, on a sunnier day

Vienna is a truly beautiful city, and during our couple of days we explored pretty much the whole of the central area, including tours of the Spanish Riding School and Opera House. The city will now always hold a special memory for me, as I received a rather important phone call at the Belvedere Palace offering me a position on a graduate scheme that I had been eagerly anticipating for the past week! I’ve included a selection of my favourite photographs from Vienna here to set the scene.










Spanish Riding School of Vienna, Hofburg Palace


Lower Belvedere Palace


Upper Belvedere Palace


View over the city from Upper Belvedere Palace