The view from above

Enjoy a meal or a cocktail with a view over Vienna: many places offer great views of the city, by day or by night. Often, they are found in buildings that are among Vienna’s architectural highlights.

There can hardly be a sight more spectacular than from the tallest building in Austria: the Altia by Urrechu Restaurant & Skybar in the DC Tower offers 360-degree panoramic views over Vienna. It occupies the top two floors of the 250-meter skyscraper designed by Parisian star architect Dominique Perrault, with its instantly recognizable zigzag façade. Close by, in the middle of the green Danube Park, stands the Danube Tower, opened in 1964. In addition to a viewing platform, a restaurant and a café revolve slowly around the tower.

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Roof terrace of Hotel Melia — Altia by Urrechu Restaurant & Skybar – © Martin Morgenweck/MHI

Restaurant with set tables and a view of Vienna — Altia by Urrechu Restaurant & Skybar – © Martin Morgenweck/MHI

Rooftop bar with views of Vienna — Lamée Rooftop – © Bernhard Buzin

Atmosphere Rooftop Bar Ritz-Carlton — Ritz-Carlton’s Atmosphere Rooftop Bar – © Atmosphere Rooftop Bar - The Ritz-Carlton, Vienna

Sky Bar Steffel, with a view of St. Stephen's Cathedral — Sky Café Restaurant Bar – © Skybox Gastronomiebetriebs GmbH

From the Do & Co restaurant in the Haas House (designed by Hans Hollein) the colorful tiles on the roof of St. Stephen’s Cathedral seem almost close enough to touch. There is also a beautiful view of St. Stephen’s Cathedral from the rooftop terrace bar at the Hotel Lamée, which is open all year round – as well as from the Atmosphere Rooftop Bar at the Ritz-Carlton on Vienna’s Ringstrasse, although this is only open in summer. All of the city’s major sights, from the Giant Ferris Wheel to the Karlskirche (Church of St. Charles), can be seen from Sky & Roofgarden.

Das Loft at the hotel SO/ Vienna, designed by Jean Nouvel and situated on the Danube canal, also offers a fantastic panoramic vista. Diners and guests enjoying a relaxing drink at the bar can take in the 18th-floor views beneath the colorful ceiling artwork created by Pipilotti Rist. The Italian star architect Renzo Piano designed the Hotel Hyatt Regency Vienna. Sixty meters up on the 16th floor is the Aurora Rooftop Bar with extraordinary cocktail creations and an equally extraordinary view of the city.

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Limon Terrace Rooftop Bar Grand Ferdinand by night — Rooftop Restaurant Limón in the Hotel Grand Ferdinand – © Florian Weitzer Hotels & Restaurants

Restaurant Limon Grand Ferdinand inside — Rooftop Restaurant Limón in the Hotel Grand Ferdinand – © Florian Weitzer Hotels & Restaurants

The Loft, restaurant with a view of Vienna by night — The Loft in the hotel SO/ Vienna – © WienTourismus/Christian Stemper

Woman in the café at the Palace of Justice, Vienna — Café on the roof of the Palace of Justice with a view of the ring road – © WienTourismus / Peter Rigaud

Rooftop bar Aurora, Andaz Vienna Am Belvedere, terrace, evening atmosphere — Aurora Rooftop Bar at Hotel Andaz Vienna Am Belvedere – © Andaz Vienna Am Belvedere

Rooftop bar Aurora, Andaz Vienna Am Belvedere, terrace, summery atmosphere — Aurora Rooftop Bar at Hotel Andaz Vienna Am Belvedere – © Andaz Vienna Am Belvedere

25hours Hotel Dachboden Bar, View over terrace — Roof terrace bar at the 25hours Hotel – © 25hours Hotel

House of the Sea Rooftop Bar 360° OCEAN SKY — 360° Ocean Sky – © Haus des Meeres/Derenko

The rooftop restaurant Limón at the Hotel Grand Ferdinand, situated on the ring road, offers an impressive view of the Altstadt and the Ring Road: with a Mediterranean ambience and serving the finest Italian, French and Spanish cuisine, the Limón exudes southern flair. Similarly spectacular is the view from the Justizcafé situated on the roof of the Vienna Palace of Justice (an insider tip even among the locals) and from the dachboden Bar of the 25hours Hotel in the MuseumsQuartier. A former anti-aircraft tower is now home to the House of the Sea, the 360° Ocean Sky on the top floor offers drinks with a fantastic panoramic view.

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Altia by Urrechu Restaurant & Skybar

at Meliá Vienna

Donau-City-Straße 7, 1220 Wien
www.melia.com
+43 1 901 042 080

Opening times

Tu - Sa, 17:00 - 23:00

Danube Tower Vienna

Turm Restaurant & Turm Café

Opening times

Turmrestaurant We - Su, 11:30 - 16:00
Turmrestaurant We - Su, 18:00 - 22:15
Turmcafé daily, 10:30 - 22:30

Observation terrace & lift: 10 a.m.-10.30 p.m.

Accessibility

Main entrance

Double swinging doors

Ramp 100 cm long, 118 cm wide, 10 cm high

Side entrance

1 Steps (Double swinging doors 180 cm wide)

Ramp 510 cm long, 120 cm wide, 17 cm high

Car parks Main entrance

Parking spaces for people with disabilities

Elevator available

Door 85 cm wide

Further information

Assistance dogs allowed

Comments

Access to the viewing terrace (150 m): no steps, via elevator, (limit of three wheelchairs permitted on the terrace at one time), there are special ramps (width: 99 cm, height: 25 cm) to enable wheelchair users to enjoy the view over Vienna. Due to company operation restrictions (evacuation routes), wheelchairs are only allowed up to the viewing terrace level (150 m).

Central floor (165 m): 25 steps up to restaurant (170 m), 25 steps down to the café (160 m). Not wheelchair-accessible. Wheelchair users only with companion (1 companion per wheelchair user free of charge). No wheelchair-accessible restroom.

Seeing-eye dogs (with muzzle and leash) permitted. Strollers must not be transported in the elevators (can be left at the elevator/shop counter).