Experts' Choice Award SO/ Vienna
What the experts agree on
Jean Nouvel's glass tower overlooking the Danube Canal, prized for its striking monochromatic minimalist design—elegant, avant-garde, and unmistakably different from Vienna's traditional grandeur.
“Minimalist luxury can be a contradiction, but at the Sofitel, it's pulled off with supreme elegance.”
– Fodor's
Michelin Guide "It offers a harmonious blend of ultramodern urban style both inside and out."
Jetsetter "Jean Nouvel-designed contemporary hotel-cum-living art space overlooking Vienna's Danube Canal." Full review
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Choose from a palette of three non-colors (as Nouvel calls them): gray, white and black.
Condé Nast Traveler "Austria’s conservative capital got a jolt of minimalist chic with this off-kilter 18-story tower by French starchitect Jean Nouvel." Full review
Star Service "It is the creation of famed French architect Jean Nouvel, and this adventurous avant-garde construction is filled with cutting-edge art, architecture and state-of-the-art technology." Full review
Frommer's "In a soaring glass tower overlooking the inner city from across the Danube canal, this hotel is about as abstract as it gets in Vienna." Full review
Travel + Leisure "On the banks of the Danube Canal, this Jean Nouvel property has monochromatic rooms in white, gray, and black." Full review
The Telegraph9.0
"John Nouvel, a French architect, not only designed the building but the interior furnishings of this hotel." Full review
The Telegraph7.0
"The Sofitel Vienna Stephandom is a shimmering tower of glass with sleek monochromatic design, peering over the Danube canal." Full review
Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
"Fine-dining restaurant, bar, meeting rooms, 24-hour room service, a just-opened spa — they’re all here, as you would expect. So are views of the Riesenrad, a giant Ferris wheel, and the Vienna Woods" Full review
Tablet19.3
"It’s not quite on the level of the Stephansdom cathedral itself, but architecture buffs will want to set aside some time for the SO/ Vienna as well. Pritzker winner Jean Nouvel re-thought..." Full review
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