Esplanade Zagreb Hotel

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Esplanade Zagreb Hotel
Hotel Esplanade, Zagreb, Croacia, 2014-04-20, DD 03.JPG
Esplanade Zagreb Hotel
General information
Type Luxury hotel
ClassificationStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg Superior [1]
Address1 Mihanovićeva Street
Town or city Zagreb
Country Croatia
Opening22 April 1925 [2]
Other information
Number of rooms208 [2]
Number of restaurants2 (Restaurant Zinfandel’s & Le Bistro)
Website
www.esplanade.hr

The Esplanade Zagreb Hotel is a historic luxury hotel in Zagreb, Croatia. It was built in 1925 to provide accommodation for passengers of the famous Orient Express train, which traveled between Paris and Istanbul. [3] [4] [5]

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History

View of the Hotel between 1931 and 1942 BASA-142K-1-488-1-Zagreb.jpeg
View of the Hotel between 1931 and 1942
Facade Hotel Esplanade, Zagreb, Croacia, 2014-04-13, DD 01.JPG
Facade
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Hotel Esplanade, Zagreb at night

In 1917, an international tender was announced in which a number of prominent architects participated, including the famous Austrian architect Adolf Loos, who however was not awarded the contract. The winner was Germany's Otto Rehnig, whose original plans were modified by the Zagreb architect Dionis Sunko. Today, most people consider Sunko to have been the architect of this building from the Belle Epoque period. The hotel was given the name "Esplanade," which in its original form has the meaning "field", probably because it was built on a vast plain to the west of the station. The hotel was the center of Zagreb social life, especially in the 1920s, when it attracted amorous couples. According to legend, the first Croatian striptease party was held there at a farewell celebration for an Italian count. Famous singers, including Ivo Robić, played in Hotel Esplanade. [6]

During World War II, Esplanade was used by the Gestapo and the Wehrmacht. [7]

On November 6, 1964, [8] the hotel joined Pan Am's Inter-Continental Hotels chain, following a $1 million renovation, and was renamed Hotel Esplanade Intercontinental. In 1966, the name was adjusted slightly, to Hotel Esplanade Inter-Continental, when the chain was renamed. In 1967, a casino was opened. [2] The brand-new Inter-Continental Zagreb (today The Westin Zagreb), opened in 1975 and the Esplanade left the chain at the same time. The hotel also received a medal from President Josip Broz Tito in 1975, with a golden wreath. Throughout the 20th century, the hotel was the site of key social events of the Croatian capital.

Many world famous personalities have stayed there, including Charles Lindbergh, Josephine Baker, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Woody Allen, Queen Elizabeth II, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Nixon, Emir of Qatar, Prince Albert of Monaco, Hillary Clinton, Nikita Khrushchev, Alfred Hitchcock, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Catherine Deneuve, Orson Welles, Richard Burton, Yves Montand, Cliff Richard, Iron Maiden, Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones, Ike and Tina Turner, David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo, Guns n Roses, Depeche Mode, Sting, Orlando Bloom, Shakira, and many others. [9]

The hotel was the filming site for the 1983 miniseries The Winds of War and the 1988 television film The Great Escape II: The Untold Story .

In the 1990s, the hotel was privatized, and in 2002 it was acquired by the Austrian WSF-Gruppe. [2] The hotel closed in 2002 for a major renovation, and reopened on 18 May 2004 as The Regent Esplanade Zagreb. The hotel left the Regent chain in 2012 and operates independently since that year.

Esplanade Zagreb Hotel has a long list of awards and acknowledges for impeccable service, exceptional cuisine and sophisticated interior design based on reviews of experts and guests that it had the pleasure to accommodate.

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