Kabul Serena Hotel

Kabul Serena Hotel
The inside garden area
General information
Location	Kabul, Afghanistan
Coordinates	34°31′12″N 69°10′40″E / 34.52000°N 69.17778°E / 34.52000; 69.17778
Opening	1945
Owner	Government of Afghanistan
Management	Serena Hotels
Design and construction
Developer	Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN)
Other information
Number of rooms	177

Kabul Serena Hotel is a luxury hotel in central Kabul, Afghanistan. It is set in landscaped gardens, overlooking the city's famous Zarnegar Park. Originally built in 1945, the hotel has been completely refurbished and extended in recent years, reopening in 2005.^[1] The Hotel houses the Australian embassy in Afghanistan. It has also twice been the subject of terrorist attacks, once in January 2008 and once more in March of 2014.^[2]

Today the hotel has 177 rooms and suites. It has several restaurants include the Café Zarnegar serving Afghan cuisine, the Wild Rice fine-dining restaurant serving South-East Asian cuisine, the Serena Pastry Shop, serving home-made breads, cakes and patisseries and the Char Chata Lounge.

See also

• 2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack
• 2014 Kabul Serena Hotel attack

Gallery

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  Entrance

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  Inside

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  Gardens

References

External links

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• Official site