Hotel Bristol Warsaw
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Hotel Bristol (Hotel Le Royal Meridien Bristol) in Warsaw is today managed by the french hotel group Le Meridien. It is listed as a national monument in Poland - and once it was one of Europe's grandest hotels.
Beautifully renovated, with its old world, Secession charm intact, it is the place to stay in Warsaw. The friendly and luxurious atmosphere starts right at the front entrance, where the liveried doormen welcomes you.
It is located on the Royal Route, right next to Palac Namiestnikowski (the presidential palace). Stare Miasto (the old town; Unesco's world heritage) is only 2-3 minutes walk up the street. Likewise the shopping area on Novy Swiat (Warsaw's "New World") is 2-3 minutes walk in the opposite direction.
The restaurants of the hotel; Marconi and Malinova are both excellent. And so is the internationally known Viennese-style Cafè Bristol - with its Chocoholics Feast every saturday and sunday at 14-2100 o'clock.
During World War II the hotel was not bombed. It is said that Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin both wanted to save this old, grande hotel.
The guest list is impressive; from the Shah of Persia, Charles de Gaulles, Marlene Dietrich, Josef Stalin, Douglas Fairbanks, Enrico Caruso to Bill Clinton, Margareth Thatcher (who reopened the hotel in 1992 after the major rehabilitation), Richard Strauss, Tina Turner, Jose Carreras, Marie Sklodowska-Curie, ...
The norwegian composer Edward Grieg loved Warsaw and he kept his own room at the Bristol. And Warsaw was particularly fond of Grieg. Once they made a parade for him. Children with flowers were lined up outside the hotel. Grieg wanted to show his gratefulness. So he grabbed a kid, lifted and kissed it. The problem was, the "kid" was a grown up dwarf who had got lost in the crowd ...
