The Guesthouse Vienna

In Innere Stadt — Old Town (the 1st district), The Guesthouse Vienna is a hotel. It is roughly a 5-minute walk from Hofburg. The address is Führichgasse 10, 1010 Wien.

Within walking distance: Gasthaus Reinthaler (next door), Joseph Brot • Wien Bio Bäckerei (next door) and Palais Lobkowitz (1 min). If it is full or shut, the closest alternatives of the same kind are Hotel Sacher Vienna (2 min) and Austria Trend Hotel Europa Wien (2 min).

Reception is not staffed around the clock, so tell them your arrival time if you land late. Its Google score is 4.6 out of 5, gathered from 1,099 reviews — a solid number of reviews. Across the whole city, that score puts it in the top 25% of the hotels we list. Inside the Ring everything is walkable — the cathedral, the Hofburg, the Opera — and prices reflect it. Most streets go quiet at night; the exception is the bar cluster around Ruprechtsplatz and Schwedenplatz, so ask for a courtyard room if you are booking near it. See also Innere Stadt — Old Town or the other places to stay.