We liked everything.

Beautiful hotel with friendly staff. Delicious food at the restaurant. Clean, air conditioned room overlooking the Danube.

Stayed in July 2025

AC did not work well overnight.

Breakfast was great as well as restaurant for dinner. Great view and good food.

Stayed in August 2025

This is an outstanding hotel. I enjoyed every moment of staying here and would recommend the hotel to anyone staying in Salzburg. The building is incredible and the staff even better. Thank you and we look forward to returning.

Stayed in July 2025

Wonderful luxurious historic hotel greatly located

Stayed in June 2025

Hôtel restaurant is okay, service was pleasant, but food was not if the same calibre as one might expect of a hotel at this level.

Beautiful location. Very grand, located on the Danube river with wonderful views.

Stayed in July 2025

Everything is great

Stylish and classy, full of charm and history. Excellent service, facilities, view.

Stayed in July 2025

Room was clean and a decent size but I think the bathroom could do with a refit. Totally clean but a nice wet room would have suited the size of the room rather than a bath.

Stand out hotel in lovely town of Dürnstein. There are many positives about the hotel. Staff are lovely and very helpful . They took our bags from our car to the room. Lovely public rooms and swimming pool was a bonus in the hot weather . We had dinner on the terrace overlooking the Danube which was standout if searingly hot but the hotel can’t help that. Parking outside in courtyard. Liked the complimentary non alcoholic drinks and snacks.

Stayed in June 2025

It is rather expencive, no coffee in the room, and restaurant staff friendly but unexperienced and confused.

Beautiful building in amazing location

Stayed in June 2025

Location, View, Team, Food, Room, Everything really we celebrated our wedding in a small group and have been cared fore excellently

Stayed in June 2025

Beautiful property along the river. Excellent location and friendly and helpful staff.

Stayed in May 2025

Facilities (indoor and outdoor pool, sauna), nice terrace. Good breakfast.

Stayed in May 2025

No criticisms

One of the best hotels we've ever stayed at, and in one of the most beautiful places. Wonderful staff, generous gifts each day in our refrigerator (drinks, snacks); an incredible location above a bend of the Danube River in a picturesque perfect village.

Stayed in May 2025

The bed was very uncomfortable. And the shower needs an upgrade

The spa and ambiance was amazing

Stayed in April 2025

restaurant was expensive and not so good

excellent. if the location was with the view of the river would have been even better

Stayed in April 2025

Added parfume in room was nice but not necessary because odour is perceived differently by each person. My stay at Hotel Schloss Dürnstein was a pleasant experience, and I truly appreciated the hospitality there. However, I am very disappointed with Booking.com’s policy, which—based on my experience—appears to filter or block feedback depending on hotel requests. Specifically, I stayed at Ringhotel Seehof Berlin during the ITB fair and encountered serious issues regarding comfort, hygiene, and safety. Despite reaching out through the customer portal to request the opportunity to submit an honest review, my request was deliberately ignored. I sincerely hope that moderators will take this feedback seriously and ensure more transparency and fairness in the review system.

Fabulous location

Stayed in April 2025

The location was superb! I enjoyed the breakfast and the dinner in the evening!

Stayed in September 2024

I felt this lovely hotel needs much better upkeep. The beds were hard and uncomfortable for 2 people with the twin beds pushed together but separate. They also need to fix the electrical circuits in the room which were coming out of the sockets. There were some bugs in our room that were in the curtains and upstairs in the restaurant. The curtains looked like they weren’t cleaned for a long time. It’s a lovely space and we recognize it’s a historical building but it definitely needs better upkeep. The restaurant service was terrible. There were not enough staff for a small group of people. The food at dinner was awful and the breakfast service to the room was overpriced.

The property is lovely and close to the walk up to the castle. We loved our welcome drink at a nearby pub which also sold delicious homemade apricot jam. Our room was spacious with a lovely view of the river. It was the end of the season so unfortunately the downstairs bar was closed which looked lovely and the outside pool was also lovely. I did get the opportunity to use the spa (which I had to myself) and really enjoyed the steam room, spa and indoor pool. Very relaxing. We went to see the fall foliage and castle it was a beautiful time of year to walk the town. I thought the hotel was closing November 1st but it was closing mid October the weekend we were leaving. So we missed utilizing all the hotel accommodations. The old elevator is charming although can be confusing since it opens on both sides to different rooms.

Stayed in October 2024

Pillow too soft

Castle hotel, very interesting, leaving me with a very memorable holiday.

Stayed in October 2024

Nothing.

The hotel is located in a brilliant spot in Dürnstein, right in the Danube. Parking is easy. Staff are excellent and provided a wonderful service. The room was great - large and clean. Lots of storage space and a free mini-bar which was much appreciated. We really enjoyed our stay and hope to return one day.

Stayed in September 2024

Fantastic fairytale destination! When you need to feel yourself royal

Stayed in August 2024

No shaving point in the bathroom and no plug near any mirror so drying my hair was a bit of a faff. They charge 4.50 euros for a carafe of tap water in the restaurant which we thought was a bit naughty

Lovely old property with lots of charm and lovely staff

Stayed in August 2024

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the breakfast was excellent and the view over Danube truly breathtaking

Stayed in July 2024

Shower in bath not easy for older people

Great base for touring the Wachau region Was able to exchange $US - none of banks in Krems would!

Stayed in July 2024

I think (?) employees of the hotel live in the back of the parking lot (or some activities are going on there). There were some strange people around and it does not look so nice also with smoking areas near the parking .... is not really feeling like you are in an expensive five-star place. The service quality is rather unsmooth, some staff is extremely good and polite others are not and for instance non-guest trying to have a coffee or just dinner were not really treated politely... Even if this does not relate to us, is never pleasant to see other people not being well taken care of in a courteous and polite way. Some topics for improvement but nothing that would keep us from going again...

This is a very nice and charming hotel (a castle) with superb views to the Wachau valley and certainly located in the best spot to explore the area. The breakfast was superb and the dinner very good. Staff was generally attentive.

Stayed in July 2024