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Hotel Bristol, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Vienna
Vienna, Austria · The Luxury Collection · Grand Luxury
Opened June 26, 1892, directly across from the Vienna State Opera on the Ringstrasse, the Bristol takes its name from the English port city rather than any aristocrat, despite a century of rumors about a fictitious Earl of Bristol. The Prince of Wales stayed here with Wallis Simpson in 1936 at the height of their affair, and a suite still carries his name. Owned by the Sacher Group since 2011, the hotel closed in March 2025 for a full renovation and is scheduled to reopen in December 2027.
- 140 rooms
- Opened 1892
- Neighborhood: Innere Stadt
About Hotel Bristol, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Vienna
- Opened on June 26, 1892 as the Hotel am Ring, the Bristol is named after the English port city of Bristol, not any aristocrat, despite a persistent myth about a fourth Earl of Bristol.
- In 1938 the hotel's Jewish owner, Samuel Schallinger, was forced under Nazi Aryanization laws to sell his shares before being deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, where he died.
- The first guest to sign the hotel's leather-bound guestbook in 1894 was Russian pianist and composer Anton Rubinstein.
- Closed since March 2025 for a full renovation by owner Hotel Sacher Group, the Bristol is scheduled to reopen in December 2027 with a greened roof and courtyard and new photovoltaic panels.
The setting
Hotel Bristol, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Vienna is an Innere Stadt hotel on the south side of Innere Stadt in Vienna. Vienna State Opera is essentially at the door. Albertina is about 3 minutes on foot, and St. Charles's Church is roughly 6 minutes' walk. The State Opera, the Kunsthistorisches, the Albertina, and St. Stephen's Cathedral are the civic map. Stadtpark and the canal are the air. 9-minute walk to Gothic.
Amenities
- Sauna
- Fitness center
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