If you are visiting Poland, there are some great famous hotels to stay in. Poland is the ninth largest country in Europe and has an interesting, rich and complex history. Warsaw was completely destroyed during World War II and is known as "the phoenix city"; the polish people stoically rebuilt it from the ashes. Auschwitz is also in Poland, this is a place that was filled with horror during World War II; it is now a memorial and museum.
This hotel is currently being reviewed by the jury of "The Most Famous Hotels in the World." This hotel has 126 rooms and is five-star hotel. It has been recently renovated, redesigned and modernized; keeping intact its historic elegance (it was built in 1927). A new restaurant and spa has been added to really make this hotel a high-class destination. The spa includes a sauna, an indoor swimming pool, thermal baths, a solarium and treatment rooms. The restaurant named "Art Deco" serves both Polish and international cuisine. The guest rooms have feather bedding, flat-screen TVs and high-speed Internet access. The hotel also has a private beach and casino.
Grand Hotel Sopot
Powstancow Warszawy St 12/14
Pomorskie 81-718 Sopot Poland
011-48-58-520-6000
sofitel.com
This Parisian-style hotel is located in central Warsaw. It has a grand cream facade with projecting windows, balustrades and elegant brackets. Inside it has a glass-ceiling atrium and polished marble floors. The guest rooms include air conditioning (which you can control), Internet access and sound proof windows. The hotel also has a Technogym and a sauna. The restaurant situated in the Ludwikowska room offers old Polish cuisine. At the reception you can speak English, German, French and Polish with no problems.
Polonia Palace Hotel
Aleje Jerozolimskie 45
00-692 Warszawa, Polska
011-48-22-318-28-00
poloniapalace.com
This hotel opened in 1887 and was the first hotel in Poland to have electric lights and running water. The writer Joseph Conrad has been a guest of this hotel. The hotel consists of 62 rooms, including nine suites. The rooms are air conditioned, contain a safe in the room, TV and minibar. The rooms are luxuriously furnished; all with en suite facilities. The restaurant serves old Polish cuisine and is called the "Mirror Room" as it is home to many large Belgian mirrors hanging on its walls. The other amenities include a fitness center and sauna.
Grand Hotel Krakow
5/7 Slawkowska St.
31-014 Krakow, Poland
011-48-12-424-08-00
grand.pl
This hotel is near the site of the horrors of Auschwitz. The people here actually call the town "Oswiecim," as it was the Germans who renamed it Auschwitz. The Hotel Galicja offers tours with English-speaking guides to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. The hotel itself has had famous guests such as former French President Jacques Chirac and the Dutch Royal family. The hotel offers a "homely" atmosphere and has two restaurants and a cellar bar. The guest rooms are all en suite and are simply furnished. Internet access, satellite TV, a hair dryer and a work desk are provided.
Hotel Galicja, Auschwitz
Dabrowskiego 119
32-600 Oswiecim (Auschwitz)
011-48-33-843-61-15
hotelgalicja.com
