Detailed Review
In the baroque centre of Salzburg, City of Mozart, in the famous Getreidegasse stands the Hotel Goldener Hirsch, rich in its tradition of luxury and combining the romantic magic of the 15th century with the luxury of a modern five-star hotel. The Hotel Goldener Hirsch owes its individualistic charm to its management. Every guest is a "friend of the house" and is greeted as such with cordial warmth and is served with pleasure.
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“The venue is chic, top-notch, impeccable, and charming, richly sought after during peak season.” NY Times 07
Independent Reviews
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"Excellent coaching inn-turned-luxury hotel, traditional hostelry"
Hotel Goldener Hirsch
By Jamie Dunford Wood
Another addition to Starwood's Luxury Collection, the Goldener Hirsch will hopefully be here in another 500 years as it was 500 years ago, when the Luxur y Collection will be long gone. This is an ancient (1407) Austrian coaching inn in the traditional sense which has been preserved and upgraded for the modern traveler. It has more the feel of a hostelry or an inn than a hotel in the modern sense. The staff all wear traditional dress, antlers adorn the massive stone walls, and many of the rooms are adorned with priceless medieval hand-painted and hand-crafted furniture. The ground floor area is a succession of vaulted spaces up and down stone flagged steps - a small, intimate galleried bar where you might find the cream of Salzburg society; a simple and unpretentious restaurant - deceptively simple, because the cuisine is award-winning. The stone floors are carpeted in a hunting green carpet, a colour scheme which continues upstairs in the rooms, alongside simple floor rugs. The hotel is right in the heart of the old town in the pedestrianised district, and has the feeling of being a real social hub.
The rooms have low ceilings, pretty but simple central lampshades (no chandeliers here), and rustic furnishings, with landscape oils on the walls and sculpted pine bedheads. The deluxes and suites have Austrian 15th/16thC antique furniture. Colourways are in pale yellow and pink, with pink marble bathrooms. Most deluxes and some of the standard 'classic' rooms have separate showers. Of the 69 rooms and suites, just 9 are the standard classics - a ratio which undoubtedly adds to the contented 'feelgood' factor evident thoughout the whole hotel. Prices rise sharply during the musical festivals of April and late July/August, but at other times it is, relatively, a bargain. For real romance, come for New Year when Salzburg is blanketed in snow.
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