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Housed in a 14th-century building, Hotel Goldene Ente is a lush, colorful splurge on one of the Altstadt's most appealing little streets. The 18 rooms are at once regal, cushy, and modern, and the hotel's surroundings are exhaustingly charming.
Ente's hallways and lobby still have the original warped-stone floors and staircases. Rooms are likewise atmospheric, with oil paintings, antique furnishings, and seductive white beds that resemble giant sticks of softened butter.
Some of the more colorful rooms feature rich red cabinets and bedposts offset by mint-green walls. Bathrooms have giant tubs or showers with stone-tiled floors; a few even have stone sinks and wood-beamed ceilings. Rooms in front overlook winding Goldgasse's wrought-iron signs and gently curving building façades.
Ente serves buffet breakfast in the hotel and traditional fare at Restaurant Goldene Ente on the ground floor. According to the hotel literature, the restaurant's Salzburger Nockerl—a super-eggy, sugary souffle—was deemed "the very best" by Salzburg-based writer Stefan Zweig. While we can't substantiate this claim, we're willing to trust Zweig's superior opinion (Chess Story, anyone?).
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