| Hotel Marinela Sofia | |
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| Former names | Hotel Kempinski |
| General information | |
| Type | Hotel |
| Location | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Coordinates | 42°40′20″N23°19′7″E / 42.67222°N 23.31861°E |
| Completed | 1979 |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 98 m (322 ft) |
| Roof | 90 m (300 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 22 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Kisho Kurokawa |
Hotel Marinela Sofia is a 5-star hotel located in Lozenets, near downtown Sofia, Bulgaria. It is considered one of the most luxurious hotels in the capital of Bulgaria, featuring 442 guest rooms, 10 conference rooms, 4 restaurants, 2 bars and a nightclub. It also hosts the only Japanese garden in the Balkans. [1]
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The hotel was built as the Vitosha New Otani by the Japanese New Otani Hotels chain [2] between 1974 and 1979, to the design of leading Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa (1934–2007) in the upper-class neighbourhood Lozenets. In his design, Kurokawa implemented architectural details inspired by the Bulgarian National Revival style of Koprivshtitsa and Plovdiv. The 21-storey hotel was built by Bulgarian company Tehnoeksportstroy and the Japanese Mitsubishi. [2] Its Japanese garden was a large-scale copy of the one at the original Hotel New Otani Tokyo and one of its main features is a Japanese-style garden with a typical Japanese house and lake.