Name: Vienna-apartment-one Schmidgasse
Address: Schmidgasse 5, 08. Josefstadt, 1080 Vienna, Austria, Schmidgasse 5, Vienna (state), 1080, Austria
Price range: Prices for upcoming dates start at $79 per night (We Price Match)
Rating: 8.7

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Apartment Vienna-apartment-one Schmidgasse

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This neighborhood is a great choice for travelers interested in monuments, museums and architecture – Check location Schmidgasse 5, 08. Josefstadt, 1080 Vienna, Austria – This neighborhood is a great choice for travelers interested in monuments, museums and architecture – Check location

Spacious, comfortable beds and location was perfect for Christmas Markets. The young woman who came by was helpful and kind. We asked for money back and received 100€ back for non working tv and internet.

Kristin, United States of America

Great location in the heart of many interesting places. 50 m from metro. There are luggage storage in the same location and very convenient for our family.

Lim, Malaysia

A lovely, clean and comfortable property in a fantastic location! Excellent facilities and friendly staff. Perfect for families and would also be excellent for groups of friends.

Kim, Australia

The location is perfect, the apartment is comfy and good equipped.

Olga, United States of America

The staff were fantastic, wonderful location, and the apartment was sparkling clean. Would absolutely come here again

Patricia, United Arab Emirates

I dated with the owner previously and when I arrived the address I called her and gave the keys and explained several things. All was OK.

Jesús, Spain

I liked the location as it was an easy walk to many sites. Grocery stores nearby so we could purchase food and cook in the apartment. Large living room and kitchen area with the basics we needed to cook meals there. It was especially nice to have the washer in the apartment to be able to wash a few items and with the large drying rack, they were ready the next morning! It was nice to be greeted when we arrived and extremely helpful to have our taxi arranged and confirmed for us as we needed to leave at 4 am in the morning.

Jo, United States of America

The location was nice because it was near the subway station. There were also a few restaurants nearby.

Marie, United States of America

It was clean and centrally located - they allowed us to leave the car in the garage the next day until the new arrivals came - thus we could explore the city knowing the car the fine! Lots of fans inside to deal with the heat!

Janice, Poland

the host was awesome, very helpful, closed garage is what we needed

Eda, Czech Republic

9.4

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What guests loved the most:
“Spacious, comfortable beds and location was perfect for Christmas Markets. The young woman who came by was helpful and kind. ”

Kristin United States of America
“Great location in the heart of many interesting places. 50 m from metro. There are luggage storage in the same location and very convenient for our family.”

Lim Malaysia
“A lovely, clean and comfortable property in a fantastic location! Excellent facilities and friendly staff. Perfect for families and would also be excellent for groups of friends.”

Kim Australia
“The location is perfect, the apartment is comfy and good equipped.”

Olga United States of America
“The staff were fantastic, wonderful location, and the apartment was sparkling clean. Would absolutely come here again”

Patricia United Arab Emirates
“I dated with the owner previously and when I arrived the address I called her and gave the keys and explained several things. All was OK.”

Jesús Spain
“I liked the location as it was an easy walk to many sites. Grocery stores nearby so we could purchase food and cook in the apartment. ”

Jo United States of America
“The location was nice because it was near the subway station. There were also a few restaurants nearby.”

Marie United States of America
“It was clean and centrally located - they allowed us to leave the car in the garage the next day until the new arrivals came - thus we could explore the city knowing the car the fine! ”

Janice Poland
“the host was awesome, very helpful, closed garage is what we needed”

Eda Czech Republic

Stay in the Heart of Vienna –

One of our top picks in Vienna.Vienna-apartment-one Schmidgasse enjoys a central location, just a 3-minute walk from the Vienna City Hall. It offers fully equipped apartments with free Wi-Fi. The underground station Rathaus (line U2) is 1,300 feet away.

All of the modern and bright apartments come with parquet floors, a living room with a flat-screen cable TV and a kitchen with a dishwasher. Amenities like a washing machine and a bathroom with a bathtub are standard in all apartments.

Vienna-apartment-one Schmidgasse’s building features an elevator. Private garage parking is possible on a surcharge.

A cash machine and a post office can both be reached within a 2-minute walk. Restaurants, supermarkets and a bakery are located nearby.

The St. Stephen’s Cathedral is a 20-minute walk away and within 10 minutes on foot, you can also reach the Museum Quarter. The shopping street Mariahilferstraße can be reached within 5 minutes by underground.

08. Josefstadt is a great choice for travelers interested in monuments, museums and architecture.

This is our guests' favorite part of Vienna, according to independent reviews.

This property also has one of the top-rated locations in Vienna! Guests are happier about it compared to other properties in the area.

Couples in particular like the location – they rated it 9.2 for a two-person trip.

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Start of dialog content 댴 Private bathroom Modern apartment with 3 bedrooms and a living room with a sofa bed and a flat-screen cable TV. The apartment features parquet floors and provides a bathroom with a shower and a hairdryer. Please note that the room rate is based on 6 guests. Maximum occupancy is 8 guests (see Extra Bed Rates). Apartment Facilities: • Shower • TV • Hairdryer • Iron • Refrigerator • Desk • Ironing facilities • Sitting area • Fan • Toilet • Microwave • Dishwasher • Washing machine • Private Bathroom • Heating • Kitchen • Cable channels • Flat-screen TV • Hardwood or parquet floors • Dining area • Electric kettle • Kitchenware • Wardrobe or closet • Oven • Stovetop • Coffee machine • Towels • Linens • Dining table • High chair • Clothes rack • Drying rack for clothing • Sofa bed Select everything you want to know more about (Your response helps provide better info for travelers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the options you selected? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve so you can book more easily next time. Close Sorry – there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in Date / / Check-in Date Check-out Date / / Check-out Date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content
	One-Bedroom Apartment Living room: 1 sofa bed Bedroom 2: 1 full bed	Show prices
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Area Info – This neighborhood is a great choice for travelers interested in monuments, museums and architecture – Check location Guests loved walking around the neighborhood!

Closest Landmarks

Rathaus Metro Stop
0.1 miles
Theater in der Josefstadt
0.2 miles
Vienna's English Theatre
0.2 miles
Vienna City Hall
0.2 miles
Vienna Christmas Market
0.2 miles
Rathauspark
0.3 miles
Parliament of Austria
0.3 miles
University of Vienna
0.3 miles
Burgtheater
0.3 miles
Votive Church, Vienna
0.4 miles

Restaurants & Markets

Naschmarkt Market
1 miles
Centimeter I Restaurant
0 miles
Billa Supermarket
0.1 miles
Corbaci Restaurant
0.5 miles

Closest Airports

Schwechat Airport
11.4 miles
M R Stefanik Airport
39 miles

What Travelers Love About This Location

“The apartment is clean, all installed household equipment works well. The area is quiet, no car noise. Metro station is only 150 meters away.”

Лариса

Russia

7.9

“The location is great, couple of minutes to the Rathouse and U-bahn station. There's a supermarket and plenty of cafés nearby. The apartment is spacious and...”

Janna_p

Russia

8.3

“Perfect location in the heart of Vienna, it takes couple of minutes to get the subway, quite huge apartment includes everything you might need from coffee maker...”

Natasha

Russia

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All children are welcome.

All children under 6 years are charged EUR 15 per night for extra beds.

Any additional older children or adults are charged EUR 15 per night for extra beds.

The maximum number of extra beds in a room is 2.

Any type of extra bed is upon request and needs to be confirmed by management.

Additional fees are not calculated automatically in the total cost and will have to be paid for separately during your stay.

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Pets are not allowed.

Vienna-apartment-one Schmidgasse accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.

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Please note that Vienna-apartment-one Schmidgasse has no reception. Please let the property know your expected arrival time in advance to arrange the handover of the key. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or directly contact the property.

Please let the Vienna-apartment-one Schmidgasse know about the number of guests that will be arriving.

Please note, check in between 21:00 - 22:00 o'clock will cost an extra charge of 25 EUR.

Please inform Vienna-apartment-one Schmidgasse of your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly using the contact details in your confirmation.

“Spacious, comfortable beds and location was perfect for Christmas Markets. The young woman who came by was helpful and kind. We asked for money back and received 100€ back for non working tv and internet. ”

Kristin

United States of America

“I liked the location as it was an easy walk to many sites. Grocery stores nearby so we could purchase food and cook in the apartment. Large living room and kitchen area with the basics we needed to cook meals there. It was especially nice to have the washer in the apartment to be able to wash a few items and with the large drying rack, they were ready the next morning! It was nice to be greeted when we arrived and extremely helpful to have our taxi arranged and confirmed for us as we needed to leave at 4 am in the morning.”

“It was clean and centrally located - they allowed us to leave the car in the garage the next day until the new arrivals came - thus we could explore the city knowing the car the fine! Lots of fans inside to deal with the heat!”

Janice

Poland

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Reviewed: January 11, 2019

David
United Arab Emirates

2 helpful votes
8.3

Very Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Two-Bedroom Apartment
- • Stayed 6 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Central heating was new but kept tripping
Location

Stayed in January 2019
Reviewed: January 8, 2019

Lunux
Switzerland
8.8

“It was Ok.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Group of friends
- • Two-Bedroom Apartment
- • Stayed 3 nights
Rather austere furnishing, not enough utensils in the kitchen. The sofa in the living room is rather tired.
Location is very good, very close to the Rathaus and metro stop. The apartment was clean.

Stayed in January 2019
Reviewed: January 7, 2019

Andrea
Colombia
7.5

Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Three-Bedroom Apartment
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
We were 5 persons and the Apartment just have 1 toilet. We would have preffered to have 2.
Good location. The Apartment is clean and good distribution. Landlady very nice.

Stayed in January 2019
Reviewed: January 4, 2019

Kata
Hungary
8.8

Excellent
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Four-Bedroom Apartment
- • Stayed 1 night
The wifi and the Tv didn't work at all. The apartment's equipment was lacking.
The host was very nice and helpful. It's close to the heart of the city, well placed.

Stayed in January 2019
Reviewed: December 31, 2018

Kristin
United States of America

3 helpful votes
6.7

“Great location/Needs upgrading”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Three-Bedroom Apartment
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
We travel frequently throughout Europe as a family and I can say this was a disappointment and I wish I’d read the reviews more carefully. We spent and inflated amount for a Christmas price and we were disappointed. Television didn’t work the entire time. Internet was also offline- we were able to eventually connect through another apartment but it took a visit from a rep, and eventual phone calls to determine it was broken. Not what you want on holiday or Christmas Eve. Narrow staircase up in old building but there is a small lift. Shower design was poor and shower leaked into kitchen if the curtain didn’t draw directly into tub. One toilet. When we arrived it was boiling hot. Had to open windows. Remained fairly hot even after adjusting the heat. Couch was comfy but definitely showed signs of wear and tear on arms, little dingy. Bare bones- don’t expect anything except a sponge, three dishwasher tablets and some tea and a couple of cookies. Prepare to shop on arrival. Shuttle service provided was two cars for a party of 6 from airport. Was expecting one van for entire family. Driver had unfortunately awful body odor. Would absolutely use bus, u bahn next time it was so easy and cheap!
Spacious, comfortable beds and location was perfect for Christmas Markets. The young woman who came by was helpful and kind. We asked for money back and received 100€ back for non working tv and internet.

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: December 30, 2018

Claire
United Kingdom
6.7

Pleasant
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Three-Bedroom Apartment
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Could do with more things in the apartment. The dish washer does not work and no plug for the sink . Just one bathroom for 6 people was a challenge !
Location -easy to get about

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: December 28, 2018

Lim
Malaysia

3 helpful votes
9.6

“Great location and clean apartment”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Three-Bedroom Apartment
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
When i book from booking.com, i saw the total price is 99 euro, but i didn't see any cleaning fee? When the payment out, there are 50 euro cleaning fee. Anyway, Vienna is one of the expensive city for me.
Great location in the heart of many interesting places. 50 m from metro. There are luggage storage in the same location and very convenient for our family.

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: December 26, 2018

Amanda
United Arab Emirates

1 helpful vote
7.9

“Great location close to attractions and public transport”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Two-Bedroom Apartment
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The description says bathtubs are standard, but our apartment did not have a bathtub. It wouldn’t normally bother me, but I was travelling with my toddler and it was one of the reasons we chose this apartment. We somehow locked ourselves in the apartment and could not open the door and had to call someone to get us out. There was also no laundry powder, which I found strange for an apartment that had a washing machine. The walls were paper-thin and you could hear everyone coming up the stairs.
The apartment is in a convenient location close to Rathaus and public transport. It has a washing machine, coffee machine and spacious living areas. The host was lovely.

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: December 24, 2018

Stacie
Russia

1 helpful vote
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Three-Bedroom Apartment
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
We can’t think of anything)
The staff were very friendly and helpful, the apartment was well furnished, sparkling clean and perfectly located behind the Rathaus. Our family of 5 loved it!

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: December 23, 2018

Kim
Australia

1 helpful vote
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Two-Bedroom Apartment
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Had repeated issues with the heating. Luckily my husband could reset the boiler.
A lovely, clean and comfortable property in a fantastic location! Excellent facilities and friendly staff. Perfect for families and would also be excellent for groups of friends.

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: December 23, 2018

Deborah
United Kingdom
7.5

“Emjoyable”
- • Leisure trip
- • Group of friends
- • Two-Bedroom Apartment
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Really object to paying €25 for the key to be left on the mat outside the apartment!
The apartment was very spacious and comfortable.

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: December 21, 2018

Ivaylo
Bulgaria
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Group of friends
- • Two-Bedroom Apartment
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Nothing
Good location, clean and sound

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: December 20, 2018

Anonymous
Canada
8.3

Very Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Group of friends
- • One-Bedroom Apartment
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Only basic things provided. Towels dishwasher detergent. Instant coffee and teabags. No laundry detergent. Noisy first floor.
Location was good . Hosts responds to email fast

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: December 16, 2018

Maz
United Kingdom
7.5

“Very clean and excellent location. Would stay again”
- • Leisure trip
- • Group of friends
- • Two-Bedroom Apartment
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
We arrived late after shops were closed so would have liked a small welcome pack of essentials
The location was excellent 10 min walk from Xmas market

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: December 16, 2018

Olga
United States of America
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • One-Bedroom Apartment
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The location is perfect, the apartment is comfy and good equipped.

Stayed in December 2018

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