Hotel Gastein - Salzburg, Austria 

I stayed here in September with my husband and two other couples. With one exception, our rooms were charming and beautiful, and very clean. (Our friends had a room upstairs that was not so nice and lacked some essentials, such as a shower curtain and bath mat.) The staff were also very accommodating and friendly. I loved the breakfast -- not a huge variety of food but it was all done well. The best thing about this hotel was its quiet seclusion. It was a bit of a walk into town, but we didn't mind... it gave us a chance to work off the Wienerschnitzel. Overall I would recommend it, but be warned that all the rooms are different -- it can be hit or miss! (I agree with other reviewers that the Bear room is amazing!)

I am very sorry for what I am about to write right but this is the reason of this site and I will try to be as objective as possible. My name is Cristi and I am from Romania. Do you knew were Romaina is? Well in my country this 4 stars hotel (!) would receive 2, maximum 3 stars. I do not knew what's the name of the austrian authority that makes the hotel classification but I'll try to contact them. It is unbelievebel the in a 4 stars hotel you can find bad rooms only for the reason that they are sold with low price. Can you imagin the sink in the same room with your bed? And can you imagin a TV-set that receives only 15 channels of which 7 was repetable? I find out that at this hotel 2-bed-room means a room with a normal bed plus a smaller bed (fortunatly my wife has only 1,54m hight). There was no AC and altough is specified that the hotel has internet connection, I couldn't find it. I hope that you will post my review for the sake of the other well intentioned tourists. And if you do not belive me please go and see! You have what to remember!