Travel Agent - September 15, 2008 - (Page 23)

Sacher Wien is celebrated for its attentive service. Head Concierge Wolfgang Buchmann (portier.wien@sacher.com, 011-43-1-51-456-780) has a knack for securing tickets to sold-out shows and reservations at Vienna’s best restaurants. Limo transfers, sightseeing trips and children’s activities are easily arranged. I Advisor Insight A TRAVEL AGENT FOR 12 YEARS, Nathalie Nagy is a certified Austrian and Czech expert, specializing in customized luxury arrangements for visitors to Central Europe. Nagy has been with Protravel International (www.protravelinc. com) for 10 years, and in 2003, created her own company called Mosaic Group Travel (www.mosaicgrouptravel.com) with business partner, Yana Flaksman, who lives in Budapest. Mosaic is a tour operator and Nagy works with the agent community to put together clients’ dream trips. Recognized as a top A-List agent on Central Europe by Travel + Leisure, Nagy speaks Hungarian, German and English. For Vienna, Nagy has endless recommendations. Her top hotel picks are as follows: Hotel Sacher for the deluxe category, Palais Coburg (www.coburg.at) as a “favorite secret gem of a hotel,” The Ring (www.theringhotel.com) for the “new hotels” category, and Do & Co (www.doco.com) as a favorite boutique hotel. “The Hotel Sacher has a very personal touch as it is family run,” she says. “The deluxe rooms and suites on the top two floors—just added last year—are my favorites. The all-suite Palais Coburg is a member of Relais & Châteaux and has a central location, one of the finest wine collections in Europe and beautiful, individually decorated suites. The Ring is under the same management as the Grand Hotel Wien, and the Do & Co is a contemporary design hotel with city-view rooms that overlook St. Stephen’s Cathedral. Plus, it has one of the best restaurants in the city and a trendy bar.” Nagy adds, “Clients should not miss a day trip to the Wachau Valley, where they can stroll through the small town of Durnstein, visit the castle ruins of Aggstein, the Abbey at Melk, the unique LOISIUM wine complex and one of my favorite wineries and taverns, the Nikolaihof. I also recommend a private seminar for apple-strudel making at the Imperial Kitchen of the Schonbrunn Palace, and an exclusive evening tour of the Belvedere Museum to view the extensive Klimt collection with a private curator while sipping on champagne and noshing on canapes.” Nagy knows the Vienna restaurant scene well. “My favorite restaurants are Steirereck, one of the city’s best; Österreicher im MAK, situated in the MAK Museum; Plachutta, known for power lunches and traditional tafelspitz (boiled beef) dishes; and Heuriger Wieninger, one of my personal favorite heurigen (wine tavern) in the Vienna Stammersdorf area with a wonderful buffet and excellent wines produced locally.” September 15, 2008 TravelAgent | 23 http://www.protravelinc.com http://www.protravelinc.com http://www.mosaicgrouptravel.com http://www.coburg.at http://www.theringhotel.com http://www.doco.com http://www.petrabax.com http://www.petrabax.com

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