TripAdvisor ranks the Altstadt as the number one business hotel in Vienna.

BBC: Business trip: Vienna

None of the 42 exquisitely decorated rooms at the Hotel Altstadt Vienna are alike, an eclectic style that fits in well with the artsy Spittelberg neighbourhood.

BBC: Business trip: Vienna

In Grossbasel, the Altstadt (Old Town) charms with its 15th- and 16th-century architecture, including many half-timbered houses, a common architectural style in the German-speaking areas (of both Switzerland and Germany) north of the Alps.

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