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The cheeky three-star Hotel Bleckmann, tucked away in the student quarter of the Alsergrund, presents some clever extras that go above and beyond the hotel's three-star rating.
This 27-room hotel won't win any awards for design, but with the Innere Stadt about a 15-minute walk away and the showy Volkskirche and intellectual stimulus of the university are both just down the street, the location is excellent. It's a tad costly for a three-star property, but given its status as one of the fancier properties in this neighborhood, we think that it's fairly priced.
Rooms, decorated in a conservative business hotel style with few bright colors, are outfitted with telephones, satellite television, private showers and toilets. As the Bleckmann is on the traffic heavy Währingerstrasse, rooms on the street are outfitted with sound-proofing, and all feature a centralized air ventilation system that pumps fresh, diesel-free air throughout the hotel. Wi-Fi isn't free here, though the hotel is a T-Mobile hotspot. Bathrooms are on par with the size of the rooms, although they're a bit dimmer than we like. Overall, the Bleckmann seems more about the small detail than the overall importance of memorable furniture or large rooms.
But there are caveats: the front desk closes at 9:00 p.m., and the breakfast area is best described as frumpy. Rooms lack minibars, and the Bleckmann's fancy ventilation system does not have air conditioning capacity.
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