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Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel (French: [otɛl də kʁijɔ̃]) is a historic luxury hotel in Paris which opened in 1909 in a building dating to 1758. Located at the foot of the Champs-Élysées , the Crillon, along with the Hôtel de la Marine , is one of two identical stone palaces on the Place de la Concorde .
The Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, A Four Seasons Hotel is a famous five star luxury resort hotel, in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat on the French Riviera. The hotel obtained the "Palace de France" distinction, granted by the government for its excellence in service in 2011.
The hotel opened in 1929 and combines Moroccan architecture with the Art Deco style. [8] In a 1935 letter to his wife, Winston Churchill wrote about the hotel; "This is a wonderful place, and the hotel is one of the best I have ever used". [13] One of the bars at the hotel is now named after Churchill. [14]
In the 1910s, the hotel was remodeled in the Art Nouveau style to designs by Fyodor Lidval and Leon Benois. During the Soviet period, the hotel was known as the Hotel Evropeiskaya. It was completely restored between 1989 and 1991 [1] and reopened in December 1991, managed by the Swedish Reso Hotels chain as the Reso Grand Hotel Europe. [2]
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The hotel opened its doors on 14 June 1874 at the same time as the Grand Hotel in Oslo; all the Scandinavian capitals have a major hotel called 'Grand Hotel'. The Grand Hôtel is located next to the Nationalmuseum and opposite the Royal Palace and Gamla stan (the old town). [1] Grand Hôtel Stockholm has 300 rooms and 31 suites, 24 banquet and ...
Frommer's Switzerland describes the Bellevue Palace as "the grand old dame of Bern" and "the most lavish and opulent choice in town", opining that "dining on the renowned Bellevue Terrace is one of the reasons to come to Bern." [7] The hotel is a member of the Leading Hotels of the World association.
It is located in the old town of Capri, opposite to the Hotel Residenza Capri and the Villa Sanfelice, to the south of the Piazza Umberto I. [2] It was founded as a sanatorium in 1845 by the British doctor George Sidney Clark, who turned it into the Grand Hotel Quisisana in 1861. [ 3 ] "