Thursday, December 20, 2012

ARCOTEL Kaiserwasser Family Special

Familiy Special in Vienna
a fantastic deal for young and old ARCOTEL Kaiserwasser is always happy to welcome children!

Rooms:
Our spacious rooms are perfectly sized for your family holiday in Vienna. Mums have plenty of space for their shopping bags, dads can keep their laptops secure in the safe, and of course there is still enough space for the kids´toys.

If your little ones get hungry then there is a mini-kitchen to make them a quick snack. And, you can also make use of our room service from 7.00am to 11.00pm so that your loved ones never go hungry (charged separately).

What we offer your children
  • Children´s play area in front of the hotel
  • High-chairs in the UNO restaurant
  • Kids´cocktails in the bar
  • Children´s menu in the UNO restaurant
  • Figures for painting in the UNO restaurant, including colouring pens
  • DVD player in the room
  • Cartoon channels
  • Nintendo Wii Game Room

Additional services
  • We will gladly help you organise what to do during your stay in Vienna. Our front-office team is available to you at any time to give help and advice.
  • Our youngest guests can look forward to a small welcome gift when they arrive.
  • Children up to 16 years old can have their breakfast for free in the UNO restaurant, and certain dishes also have special price.
  • If you require a babysitter we will be happy to organise on for you.
Do you fancy a family holiday in Vienna? Do not waste any time, contact us today to ask about room availability, with no obligation on your part.

T +43 1 224 24-0
E reservation.kaiserwasser@arcotelhotels.com

Monday, December 17, 2012

ARCOTEL Moser Verdino Winter Special


The city has much to offer in the winter too, not just in the summer. Just outside the city, both young and not so young cross-country skiers con enjoy some time on the snow-covered fields. Only five minutes by car from the city centre you will find the "Schleppe-Alm", a small but fantastic winter sports centre with lifts, slopes, cross-country tracks and sledge runs for kids.

Other skiing areas such as the "Nassfeld" and the "Turracher Höhe", can be reached in only half an hour by car. When the temperatures drop you can ice-skate on the Lendkanal and the Kreuzbergl ponds, while if Lake Wörthersee freezes over it becomes the largest open-air skating rink in Austria.

A winter holiday in Klagenfurt can't be done without a traditional "Glühwein" at the Café Restaurant Moser Verdino! It is probably one of the most popular winter drinks in Austria. The hot wine drink spiced with cloves and cinnamon is a great way to warm your hands and your heart as you pass the time outdoors.

Enjoy a wonderful winter holiday at the ARCOTEL Moser Verdino!

The package includes:

  • 2 nights stay in a double superior room including breakfast
  • Warm cosiness with a cup of "Glühwein" at our bar Moser Verdino
  • 3-course Christmas dinner in our restaurant Moser Verdino
  • Late-Check Out until 03.00 p.m.
From EUR 135.00 per person (excl. local tax EUR 1.50 per person and day)

Information & Reservation
ARCOTEL Moser Verdino | Domgasse 2 | 9020 Klagenfurt | T +43 463 578 78-0
E moserverdino@arcotelhotels.com 

Friday, December 7, 2012

From "Trichter" to hotel

"Beim Trichter", this is the name of the street connecting Zirkusweg with Reeperbahn, and the ARCOTEL Onyx Hamburg is situated on the triangular piece of land bordered by these three streets.

Today it is principally a meeting place for business people and individual tourists, but roughly 150 years ago there was a small wooden pavilion in the form of a funnel. Back then, this part of the city was known as the district before the "Millerntor". Nobody suspected that it would one day become probably the most famous part of Hamburg, if not in the whole of Germany. The "Trichter" (funnel) quickly became a popular place to be, where small refreshments were available along with dancing and music from time to time.

During the period of the French occupation around 1806, the Reeperbahn was considered the "promenade d'amusement entre Hambourg et Altona". For the first time, the "Trichter" offered something quite spectacular: a panoramic rotunda was added, in which landscapes, mythological scenes or historical events could be viewed with a 360° panorama.

In 1814 the suburb was almost completely destroyed by fire, which engulfed the "Trichter" too. After being rebuilt in 1820 with an open veranda and billiards room it was bought by restaurateur Theodor Mutzenbecher and replaced with a more solid building. The "Trichter" was renamed by the new owner, and called "Mutzenbecher's Beer Hall".

You can "experience" just how this exciting piece of history continued to develop (from beer hall to concert hall) and how it eventually took on its current form of the 4-star-superior ARCOTEL Onyx Hotel by visiting our themed room, the "Kiez room" with original exhibits and photos from the St. Pauli Museum.

Photocredit: Hamburger Staatsarchiv