The result of countless hours of evaluation by MICHELIN Guide Inspectors, our 2025 selection of Key hotels in Austria spans a series of remarkable landscapes.
Like the MICHELIN Stars for restaurants, the MICHELIN Keys are our most outstanding hotels. Go straight to the lists or check out some of the highlights of the 2025 Austrian Key hotels, below.
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Vienna's Best Hotels: Two Distinct Personalities
Vienna's Key hotels marry the two sides of the capital. A handful of elegant, luxurious places are steeped in history — among them the Hotel Sacher, Hotel Sans Souci, Hotel Imperial and the Rosewood Vienna.
Alongside these historic gems are a confident slew of newer additions to the landscape. Head to places like Hotel Josefine, the Buxbaum Boutique Hotel, and the Hotel MOTTO for a more modern vibe.
Head here for our comprehensive, two-day itinerary in Vienna.
Keys and Stars: Tyrol's Towering Mountains
There are many reasons to visit Tyrol, western Austria's famous mountain region, and the hotels, with a distinct culinary expertise, are by no means an afterthought.
Seven Key hotels in Tyrol boast at least one on-site MICHELIN restaurant. Among the standouts is Hotel Alpenresort Schwarz, home to Two-Star restaurant 141 by Joachim Jaud — a chic, modern spot for seasonal cuisine and a fine selection of organic and rare wines.
Beyond the Mountains
Austria gets plenty of international recognition for its winter attractions, but regions like Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria and Styria make for excellent year-round destinations. In this patchwork of hilly landscapes and forests, Inspectors unearthed exclusive gems like the storybook Rosewood Schloss Fuschl, which, after two years of renovation, earned Three MICHELIN Keys.
Other notable finds include Scheiblhofer THE RESORT in Andau (Burgenland), Impulshotel FREIGOLD in Freistadt (Upper Austria), Montestyria in Styria, and Two-Key hotels Schloss Seefels and Falkensteiner Schlosshotel Velden in Carinthia on Wörthersee.
Hof bei Salzburg: Rosewood Schloss Fuschl
Vienna: Hotel Sacher Wien
Grossarl: DAS EDELWEISS - Salzburg Mountain Resort
Grossarl: Family Nature Resort Moar Gut
Hochgurgl: TOP Hotel Hochgurgl
Kitzbühel: Grand Tirolia Kitzbühel
Längenfeld: Naturhotel Waldklause
Lech am Arlberg: Hotel Almhof Schneider
Lech am Arlberg: Severins – The Alpine Retreat
Obergurgl: Alpen-Wellness Resort Hochfirst
Salzburg: Schloss Mönchstein
St. Anton am Arlberg: Hotel Tannenhof
Techelsberg: Hotel Schloss Seefels
Tux: Aktiv & Wellnesshotel Bergfried
Velden am Wörthersee: Falkensteiner Schlosshotel Velden
Vienna: Hotel Imperial
Vienna: Hotel Sans Souci Wien
Vienna: Park Hyatt Vienna
Vienna: Rosewood Vienna
Vienna: The Amauris Vienna
Achenkirch: Das Kronthaler
Andau: Scheiblhofer THE RESORT
Bad Gastein: The Comodo Bad Gastein
Ehrwald: Eriro
Fiss: Schlosshotel Fiss
Freistadt: Impulshotel FREIGOLD
Grän-Haldensee: Bergblick
Hittisau: Genießer - & Romantikhotel DAS SCHIFF
Innsbruck: Boutique Hotel Weisses Rössl
Ischgl: Elizabeth Arthotel
Ischgl: Hotel Trofana Royal Resort
Ischgl: Schlosshotel Ischgl
Kitzbühel: Hotel Kitzhof Mountain Design Resort
Kitzbühel: Hotel Weisses Roessl
Kitzbühel: Schwarzer Adler - Adults Only
Lech am Arlberg: Post Lech Arlberg
Lech am Arlberg: Burg Vital Resort
Lech am Arlberg: Walch's Rote Wand Gourmet Hotel
Leogang: Hotel Krallerhof
Leogang: mama thresl
Leogang: Naturhotel Forsthofgut
Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer: die HOCHKÖNIGIN Mountain Resort
Mariazell: Hideaway Hotel Montestyria Chalets & Suiten
Mayrhofen: ZillergrundRock Luxury Mountain Resort
Neustift im Stubaital: Spa Hotel Jagdhof
Obermieming: Alpenresort Schwarz
Obsteig: Holzleiten Bio Wellness Hotel
Palt: MALAT Weingut und Hotel
Salzburg: Hotel Goldener Hirsch
Salzburg: Hotel Goldgasse
Salzburg: Hotel Sacher Salzburg
Seefeld in Tirol: Alpine Resort Sacher Seefeld
Seefeld in Tirol: Hotel Klosterbräu
Sölden: Das Central
Sölden: The Secret Sölden
Tux: Hotel Alpin Spa Tuxerhof
Uderns: Sportresidenz Zillertal
Vienna: Altstadt Vienna
Vienna: Andaz Vienna Am Belvedere
Vienna: Buxbaum Boutique Hotel
Vienna: Hotel Josefine
Vienna: Hotel MOTTO, Vienna
Vienna: The Guesthouse Vienna
Vienna: The Ritz-Carlton, Vienna
Zell am Ziller: Das Posthotel
Hero Image: One of Vienna's top five-star palace hotels once belonged to a prince. © Hotel Imperial, Vienna