H10 Villa de la Reina

"This is just what you would expect of a traditional old style Austrian hotel. It was very well located and right along the river. The public areas were lovely. Our rooms were not large but there was place for all of our stuff in our king sized room. Lots of drawers and shelves. There was a desk, chair, sofa along the end of the bed and nightstands with plugs. My brother’s room was slightly smaller so no desk. We had a lovely river view. At check in they tried to upsell each of our party to a suite. The room did feel a little crowded with all of the furniture. The bathroom had 2 sinks and a shower that could have been a little bigger. Breakfast was an excellent buffet and items that you could order off of a menu. They even made one in our party gluten free pancakes and they had very good gluten free bread. Service was friendly and efficient. My only complaint was that the rooms were warm. I guess they had turned off the air conditioning and we needed to keep the window open to manage the heat. I would highly recommend this hotel."

"So the big question would I stay there again?? absolutely not!!! We have stayed in many places that are five star rated that I would LOVE to return this is not one of them. The hotel itself is not one that would itself be a destination. Having stayed in hotels where the property itself is worthy of visiting where if you could not leave the property you would be happy and think you had a great time this is not one of them. . The location and surrounding areas are not desirable to return to either. The room was well appointed yes it’s as pictured on their website. The bed was comfortable enough pillows were OK not great. It was clean. It is located on a very very busy street. Nothing particularly great about the location. We did have a room on a higher floor with a balcony, that looked out across the river at the old town area of Salzburg. To be honest there’s not anything great about looking out at that. It’s not particularly pretty. You’re looking at basically a sheared off hillside with some buildings at the top and at night a few neon lights. The hotel does not have much of a lobby to hang out in places outside of your room. Much of the hotel is built around a very large staircase. The hotel is next to the foot bridge to go across to the old town. Historic area is small. Basically Salzburg, if you have not been there, it’s just a big huge dirty city with this tiny little historic area in it. I have to admit it wasn’t what I expected. I thought it would be quaint I knew the old town would be small but I did not expect it to be in a big dirty city. There were several places we visited on this trip that were small quaint towns with nice historic areas disappointingly Salzburg is not like that . There are many beautiful scenic places in Austria to stay. Salzburg is more of a place to make an afternoon day trip out of while you’re staying in some beautiful location elsewhere . When we arrived, it was about time for dinner we were going to eat in the one little bistro in the hotel we walked into it. It had a really bad funky smell. I mean really bad. Not sure what that was about. We turned around and left. We went over the Foot bridge to find a restaurant in the old town area, I think in our travels which were for several weeks this was the only place we walked around and where it did not feel quite as safe to walk around in the evening. The hotel staff were accommodating enough no one was rude or anything like that, but one would expect that to be the case. We ended up having to change our travels and leave earlier than we had thought which in hindsight I realize was a blessing. If I had to stay in Salzburg itself again I would stay within the historic area at least perhaps there’s something quaint to walk to right outside your hotel room. I would not stay in a hotel that is just a building on a very very busy street again so while it was OK, it just didn’t have anything particularly special to offer either in location or in the actual property. In comparison staying in Vienna was absolutely beautiful to stay snd walk around. I would save my big city experience for there. Another minor thing the hotel room key is this big huge thing quite irritating to try to carry with you. I usually slip my hotel room key into my wallet you’re not doing that with this key. We did have a car and they do have valet parking. Thank goodness because there’s just a tiny little pull up for you to get out at and hope not to get hit by cars as you exit your car. The parking is rather expensive. I believe it’s maybe €65 , they should really just make it complementary might make you feel better about having to pull up in all of that traffic on this tiny little curb area."

"So the big question would I stay there again?? absolutely not!!! I have stayed in many places that are five star rated that I would LOVE to return and this is not one of them. The hotel itself is not one that would itself be a destination. Have stayed in hotels where the property itself is worthy of visiting just to be on property where you could not leave and be happy and think you had a great time this is not one of them. . And then the location and surrounding areas are not desirable to return to either. First the good the room was well appointed it was as pictured on their website. The bed was comfortable enough amenities in the bathroom itself condition of the room those kinds of things were all fine. Staff were all pleasant enough and accommodating enough. There is not much of a lobby. I’ll call it to speak of the hotel is based around a large, winding staircase. So not much areas or lobby areas to sit out in or to be in for sure . The night we arrived we were going to eat in their one little bistro type restaurant. We walked in there and it had a really unpleasant funky smell, and we walked back out. They do as talked about sit right on the river and you can and we were able to from our room look out across the little river at historic area of Salzburg. Not much to see though like a sheared hillside and a few neon lights up there absolutely nothing scenic. We had a room with a small little balcony opening, looking out across the river. The hotel sits on a very, very,busy road. Salzburg itself disappointingly so is really just a big dirty city. My vision I think was that it was small and quaint. If you’re from Florida, in the states you might as well just been off of an I-4 exit in the middle of Orlando. Salzburg historic area is best done as just an afternoon day trip while you are staying somewhere else in the beauty of Austria. There are many beautiful places to stay in Austria with breathtakingly beautiful scenic views Salzburg is not one of them. If I absolutely had to spend the night again in Salzburg, I would stay in one of the hotels that are actually in the historic area at least something pleasant to walk around in outside of your hotel room. The Sacher does sit right next to the foot bridge to go over to the historic area which we did actually that night to find a restaurant. I think it was the only place during our journeys where I didn’t really feel that comfortable walking around in the evening, lots of groups of young people out I can’t quite describe it but anyway if you want a big city experience in Austria stick with Vienna. It was absolutely beautiful and lovely to stay and walk around in. We actually had to change our travel plans and check out early and it ended up being a blessing in disguise. Like I said I would not stay here again would not waste my time staying there too many other beautiful places to be."