Le Méridien's supercool "art and tech" lobby in its Vienna outpost is adorned with Mies van der Rohe-style sofas and ottomans and nouvelle fluorescent-light panels. Guest rooms are white and decorated with glass headboards, contemporary vases, and other cutting-edge items. Cloudlike mattresses, flat-screen plasma TVs, and roomy "tower of power" showers with three massaging jets pour on the luxe. Outside, visual excitements continue, as the tranquil, soundproofed rooms offer views of the Hofburg, Burggarten, and Ring. Add to this a complimentary minibar and Internet service, and you have the makings of a truly pampered stay. Pros: next door to museums, opera, and Hofburg. Cons: lacks "Vienna" character.
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