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(Photo: Archive Hotel Esplanade)
ZAGREB, 22 April 2021 – One of the oldest and luxurious hotels in Croatia celebrates turns 96 today.
The majestic Esplanade Zagreb Hotel celebrates its 96th birthday on Thursday. Esplanade Zagreb Hotel was built to provide accommodation for passengers of the famous Orient Express.
The opening ceremony of the hotel took place back on April 22, 1925 and was attended by the then Mayor Heinzel and almost 200 guests.
Even then, the hotel was luxurious, sophisticated, and equipped with the latest advances in modern technology. Guests had at their disposal two hundred rooms with running hot and cold water, a hundred bathrooms, a telephone in each room, numerous apartments and lounges, restaurants with excellent cuisine and a luxurious ballroom decorated with Ionic pillars and sculptures.