Zoya’s apartment is the perfect place to stay if you’re looking for the basics (which we were). Perfectly safe and very clean (I’ve stayed in 5 star hotels less clean) the pictures on this site are extremely accurate.
Originally we were looking for something with twin beds, however the bed is very large and my friend and I were able to share whilst still feeling like we had plenty of space (probably could’ve fit a 3rd person in to be honest).
We walked to Cafe Central every morning (about a 27 min walk, which was quite pleasant) and from there would either walk or taxi to our next locations. It was extremely easy to navigate the city and with Zoya’s apartment being a maximum of a 15min car journey away, we were able to return and freshen up before dinner every night.
The only downside we experienced with Zoya’s apartment was that we struggled to get a taxi near the apartment, as the streets were so quiet and we hardly ever saw any cars (a definite plus overnight though - super quiet!). However we managed to make friends with a taxi driver who we called whenever we needed a taxi from the apartment, so this wasn’t a problem for long. I’d recommend having a number on hand for taxi’s if you do need one from the apartment (there is a main road about a block up from the apartment but it’s a three lane road so they rarely stop).
Zoya was extremely helpful and the lock-box meant we were able to check in late and leave early with no problems (and also meant we didn’t have to carry our keys around if we didn’t want to).
Highly recommend Zoya’s apartment and would certainly come again!
(Also, some tourist locations we went to that I’d recommend!:
- Hofburg palace
- Schönbrunn palace (this is also where Palmenhaus is. We also went to a restaurant called Palmenhaus but it wasn’t actually the one we were looking for)
- St. Stephens Cathedral (go up to the bell tower for some beautiful views of the city)
- Schmetterlinghaus
- Motto restaurant AND Motto am Fluss (both excellent. We booked Motto restaurant by mistake instead of Motto am Fluss and it ended up being our best night there. We then went to Motto am Fluss the following night and it was still lovely but a completely different experience)
- you can skip the Museum der Illusionen. We had more fun in the queue than we did actually inside.
Hope this helps! :)