Draft:Palace Hotel Zagreb

Palace Hotel Zagreb is a historic hotel located in the very center of the city in a palace built right next to the old city park. It started operating in 1907 as the first professionally organized hotel in Zagreb. The hotel today combines the comfort of a modern way of living with a warm retro chic atmosphere created by its stylish furniture and Art Nouveau interior. Due to the 2020 Zagreb earthquake the hotel got damaged, so it went to complete renovation and reconstruction and it is believed to be open by beginning of 2025.

History
The palace, built in 1891 for Carl Schlesinger, began operating in 1907 as the first organized hotel in Zagreb. With its appearance and construction style, it represents one of the rare examples of the Neo-Rococo style. Since then, the hotel has been upgraded and adapted several times, and technically perfected, so that now the rooms are a combination of modern technology and the old secession style of the 19th century in which the hotel was built.

In 1920 an Yugoslav-Hungarian Boundary Commission (Which was the main body in charge of defining the new frontier between Hungary and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes after the First World War, following the Paris Peace Conference and the dissolution of Austria-Hungary) held their commission meeting in the Hotel Palace. Commissioners who held their meeting at the hotel were: Lt. Col. Cree from United Kingdom, Col. Luigi Valvassori from Kingdom of Italy, Lt Col. Marminia from France, Lt. Col. Yanagawa Heisuke from Japan, Col. Vojin Čolak-Antić from Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Col. Károly Vassel from Kingdom of Hungary.



About the Hotel
Palace Hotel Zagreb is located in the very center of the city. The hotel is located in an Art Nouveau building and is surrounded by the Zrinjevac Park and many cultural institutions. The Palace Hotel has a total of 170 beds distributed in 118 luxurious rooms, three suites and two semi-suites with a warm secession "retro-chic" interior. The hotel offers a spa, gym center, Zrinski Art Gallery and a Restaurant "Kavana", which is completely build on Secession style. The Hotel is known for it's traditional Zagreb cuisine and it's most famous dish - Štrukli. They are made of puffed dough and filled with cow's cheese in fine sweet cream. The specialty of this autochthonous Croatian continental dish at the Palace Hotel lies in the art of preparation and manual stretching of the homemade dough.



Hotel Now
The Hotel was awarded for "Hotel Baština" (Hotel Inheritance) in 2012 because of its historical and cultural importance for Hospitality Industry and it's importance for Zagreb. Throughout its century-long business, the hotel hosted clients of various profiles and nations, among whom there were Croatian dignitaries such as conductor Berislav Klobučar, and world stars such as actress Sophia Loren or chess player Robert Fischer. Due to 2020 Zagreb earthquake the hotel went on complete reconstruction, and as of 2024 is still under construction, and it's expected to open it's doors at beginning of 2025.