Hotel Sacher Wien: Vienna’s grandest hotel is fit for royalty

Dragging our wheelie cases through the frosty streets of Vienna, we are just another pair of anonymous tourists in a busy European capital. But then a man in a top hat opens a heavy glass door – and we tumble through the back of the wardrobe.

Now, all is hushed and warm, and there is marble beneath our feet. Another smartly dressed man appears, smiling, and guides us into a discreet anteroom. We feel like VIPs, and indeed we easily could be at this hotel – so we are being afforded privacy in which to check in.