Privat parkering, 10 minutter gange til sentrum, Karmeliterviertel - TOP 7

The apartment is lovely and tastefully decorated (the photos don't do it justice!). Communication with the host was easy and quick.The apartment had everything that we needed, all the necessary kitchen utensils should you wish to eat in. In general we had a very pleasant stay. It's also in a great location, close to Schottenring station where you can get the U-bahn, but also an easy walk from the city center. There's a supermarket just around the corner and a few places to eat out if you don't want to venture into the city center. We had a nice Saturday morning at the local market (Karmelitermarkt). The only slight drawback was sluggish internet, which would frequently drop out - but in the grand scheme of things this was only mildly annoying.

There are some key points one looks for while booking a home stay.

a) An experienced, efficient owner

b) A comfortable, well maintained apartment

c) Location - wrt public transport, convenience stores/ restaurants/ sights.

This apartment ticks all the boxes.

The owner, Christian, is the perfect mix you need - friendly, approachable, and yet not intrusive or persistent.

If you wish to understand a city, you need to understand it's denizens. And that does not come from living in a barren soulless hotel room, with identical features and lack of personality. You need to live in a HOME.

The myriad personal touches scattered around the apartment here testify to the importance art has in the daily life of the average Viennese. Also evident is the pride they take in their heritage, as is seen in the impeccable way Christian has maintained his centuries old building with love and care.

The apartment is clean, airy, functional, with everything you could possibly need to make your holiday pleasanter.

It is a step away from the amazingly designed subway - Vienna has a wonderfully efficient public transport system.

The supermarket next door is well stocked.

And there is Vienna! With more soul, style and character than most continents have.

Great weather, extremely pleasant, helpful and polite citizens, culture and history at every turn of the head.

Regal, opulent, strangely addictive, this city will call to you again and again.

If so, stay at Christian's!

The apartment was quite large and reasonably well supplied, the only extra thing we would have liked is a microwave.

It is only about a fifteen minute walk to the old city and only about two hundred metres to he underground. We found it very convenient as we were travelling without a car.

Christian, the apartment manager was most helpful and obliging.

This is our second stay with Christian. He is a good and kind host who provides all of the information that you need. His apartments are so very well designed and his artwork is always a pleasure to see. His english is excellent, making communication both online and in person very easy. If we come back to Vienna, we will come here! So close and convenient!

We rented a two bedroom and a one bedroom at Schiffamtsgasse 11 from Christian, who lives in the same building and was always available to answer any questions or help out in any way. (I was clueless about the coffee machine - he brought his own over in case the one there had a problem, it didn't, I was the problem.) Christian has a table full of info on Vienna in the hallway, in case you didn't bring your own guide books.

The apartments were spacious and spotless, great huge bathrooms, fantastic light through big windows (and also good curtains for sleeping), and a washing machine in the hallway. We personally loved all the art on the walls, too.

The metro is down the street, but the building is so close to the Altstadt that we could walk just about anywhere around town - Stephansdom, MAK, Hofburg Palace, the Opera, Kaertner Strasse - take the Saltztorbruecke (except for Schoenbrunn, which is on the line closest to home, too!).

The supermarket around the corner has everything you might need, and the Karmelitermarkt around the corner in the other direction has many little cafes and restaurants (try Tewa!). Four of us ate in every morning at the big kitchen table while two popped around the corner for coffee out.

Our personal take on the famous cafes: Sperl and Central worth it, each for entirely different reasons.

The whole experience couldn't have been any better! If you're traveling as a family, or simply want to have more space than a standard hotel room offers, this can't be beat!