Today Graz celebrates its reputation as a city of design, thanks to a clutch of modern architectural adventures and a large student population, and it's a fun place to spend a few days without the tourist traffic of Innsbruck or Salzburg.
Graz, which is known as a city of students, with its six universities enrolling more than 44,000 students. It also has one of the best preserved old towns in central Europe, which reflects the culture of the Balkan States and Italy.
The city is filled with numerous museums, ranging from art to armory. Living up to its reputation as a City of Culinary Delights, Graz offers a wide variety of international cuisines. Cooks may want to bring home a bottle of pumpkin seed oil, a local product, after touring a summer farmer's market.
Hotel Mercure Graz City
The exclusive 4-star Mercure Graz City Hotel is located in the center of Graz-the City of Design-near the old town, the farmers' market, the Schlossberg and the Graz conference center. It offers a fitness center with sauna and infrared cabin free of charge, business corner with Internet access, free Wi-Fi, and a public indoor car park (for a small fee). The Graz City Hotel is perfect for city or business trips and is the ideal location for a meeting.
List of rooms:
Standard Room with one double bed or twin beds
The comfortable and modern hotel rooms are equipped with a high-quality queen-size bed or twin beds as well as individually controlled air conditioning, satellite TV, free WIFI, minibar, free tea and coffee making facilities, bathroom with tub.
Privilege Room
Comfortable and modern privilege rooms offer high-quality queen size beds, free Wi-Fi, safe, coffee/tea-making facilities, one complementary bottle of mineral water and luxurious bathroom incl. bathrobe and slippers, hairdryer and make-up mirror.
Junior Suite
The elegant Junior Suites offer the ultimate in comfort for up to 4 people. Separate sleeping and living areas, tea/coffee-making facilities, Nespresso machine, minibar, A/C, free WIFI, satellite TV and bathroom with shower
List of actions implemented by the hotel:
- Eco-friendly cleaning products for cleaning rooms
- Reuse of towels suggested to guestsFaucets fitted with water flow regulators
- Water efficient laundry to reduce water consumption for every wash
- Recycling of batteries with sorting carried outat the hotel
- Recycling of paper and cardboard with sorting cRecycling of glass with sorting carried out at the hotel
- Energy-saving light bulbs in the reception areas
- Energy-saving light bulbs in the rooms
- Central switch in rooms for greater comfort and energy savings
- Recovery of ambient warmth to optimize heat consumption
- Eco-designed materials in the rooms
- Certified sustainable paper for hotel printing purposes
- Commitment to protecting children through training on sex tourism
- Training for personnel on responsible actions toward the environment
- Sustainable trade products offered in the hotel