Palais Hansen Vienna

Originally built in 1873 for the Vienna World Exhibition by the Danish architect Theophil Hansen — who also designed the Austrian Parliament building next door — the Palais Hansen spent over a century as offices before it became a hotel in 2013, under Kempinski until 2024 and under Anantara since. The neo-Renaissance façade on the Ringstrasse is one of the most imposing in Vienna, and the interiors blend Hansen's 19th-century proportions with crisply contemporary design. 152 rooms, the Edvard restaurant, and a cigar lounge that takes the Viennese coffeehouse tradition in a more aromatic direction.