Hotel Imperial

Today’s Royal Suites were once the private apartments of the palace’s owner, Phillip of Wurttemberg. Exquisite crystal chandeliers glitter from seven-metre high stucco-decorated ceilings casting the rooms in sparkling aristocratic flair. Crowned heads and state guests, artists and megastars of three centuries have ascended the famed princely staircase to enter entranced a world of polished elegance.

Precious appointments, marble bathrooms and walls upholstered in silk: the Royal Suites present themselves in the manner of Schönbrunn palace on over 160 square metres. With three bedrooms each, the impressive suites occupy the entire front of the Imperial’s belle étage, or first floor.

The masterfully crafted star-patterned parquet floors seem to creak with respect. Like the original antique porcelain ovens, the floors have been preserved and carefully restored. Padded double folding doors open onto the spacious bedroom and salon flooded with light.