Historic Hotels

THE NIKOLAUSZECHE
Purbach: This hotel - with its warm hearth and awe-inspiring antiques - is as charming and intimate as tiny Purbach, on the north shore of Lake Neusiedl.

BURG BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: There are ten cavernous rooms and suites in the towers and turrets of this seriously antique castle. Also on the grounds: an abandoned well and a prehistoric museum. If not the history, then come for the food: breakfast in the courtyard or dinner in the Baroque dining room, with its frescoed walls, deep bay windows, and ornate plasterwork.

BLIEM'S WOHN.REICH
Halbturn: You'll think you've wandered into Eden. A 150-year-old winery and farmhouse are tucked inside a vast inner courtyard lined with flowers and fuit trees. Arched windows light the spirited, modern rooms. Check for cooking classes and wine seminars.