Grand Hotel Toplice

Grand Hotel Toplice
Grand Hotel Toplice
General information
Location	Bled, Slovenia
Opening	1850, 1931
Design and construction
Architect	Franz Baumgartner
Other information
Number of rooms	54
Number of suites	33
Website
	www.hotel-toplice.com

Grand Hotel Toplice is a five-star deluxe hotel in Bled, Slovenia.

History

In 1850, Hotel Luisenbad was built on the site of today's Toplice by Josef Luckmann. Hotel shortly became a meeting point for Austrian elite as well as a vacation destination for wealthy foreigners. In 1894, it featured thermal baths, a casino and an oriental coffee house.

After the dissolution of Austria-Hungary in 1918, the hotel was renamed to Grand Hotel Toplice by the new owner. In 1931, the hotel opened again after it was renovated by Austrian architect Franz Baumgartner. Since then, prominent visitors often resided here as Bled became a diplomatic haven after King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and later Josip Broz Tito chose this alpine resort as their summer residence.

Today, Grand Hotel Toplice still has its charm and is frequented by guests from all over the world.

The hotel is incorporated into Small Luxury Hotels of The World and Sava Hotels & Resorts consortium.

Famous guests

Famous residents:

Aleksander I Obrenović, King of Serbia
Arthur Miller, American writer
Ignazio Silone, Italian author
Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet
Agatha Christie, British Author
Chris Barnard, South African cardiac surgeon
Franz Josef Strauss, Bavarian minister-president
Hussein I, King of Jordan
Willy Brandt, West German Chancellor
Baron Carrington British Foreign Secretary
Madeleine Albright US Secretary of State
Andrew Everist Australian

External links

Official website

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