"It sounds hopelessly old-fashioned, the idea of a 17th-century castle turned luxury hotel, alongside a placid lake in southern Austria. Indeed Velden am Wörthersee has centuries of resort-town history behind it, and the distinctive goldenrod-hued castle, Schloss Velden, has stood here on the shores of the “Austrian Riviera” since 1603. But the old castle has been kept up to date, and then some: it’s added to its holdings, and discreetly evolved into as modern a resort hotel as you’re likely to find anywhere: Falkensteiner Schlosshotel Velden." - Tablet Hotels