Grand Hotel, Sopot

Grand Hotel in Sopot is a historic five-star hotel located in Sopot, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. It currently operates under the name Sofitel Grand Sopot.

Grand Hotel Sopot
Grand Hotel Sopot (2010)
Hotel chainSofitel
General information
LocationSopot, Poland
Addressul. Powstańców Warszawy 12-14
Opening1927
OwnerOrbis SA
Design and construction
Architect(s)Otto Kloeppel, Richard Kohnke, Erich Laue
Other information
Number of rooms126[1]
Website
www.sofitelgrandsopot.com/pl

History

The hotel was originally built in 1924–1927 at a cost of 20 million Danzig gulden as the most refined hotel in Sopot - the Kasino Hotel.[2][3]

Between 19–26 September 1939, the hotel served as Adolf Hitler's headquarters from which he went twice to the outskirts of Warsaw to oversee the invasion of the city.

Between 11–16 September 1966, the hotel hosted the 16th Pugwash Conference entitled Disarmament and World Security, Especially in Europe.[4]

On 13 December 1981, the hotel was the site of Operation "Mewa" (Seagull) carried out by the communist secret Security Service (SB) in which a group of Solidarity movement political dissidents was arrested including Lech Dymarski, Jacek Kuroń, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Karol Modzelewski and Jan Rulewski.[5]

In 1990, the hotel launched a casino, the third in Poland after Warsaw and Krakow. The Sofitel Grand Hotel is located at the seaside of the Gdańsk Bay, in the heart of the town and next to the beach. In 2006, the Sofitel Grand Hotel was totally refurbished and modernized while preserving the classical atmosphere from the earlier period.[6] In 2007, to maintain the history of Sopot as a Spa resort, the Grand Spa by Algotherm opened.

Famous guests
Grand Hotel Sopot at night
Front view

Some of the hotel's prominent guests include:[7][8][9]

See also
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References
  1. "Sofitel Grand Sopot". Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. "Sofitel Grand Sopot - Hotel z historią". Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  3. "Historia Sopotu". Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. "Proceedings of the Sixteenth Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs; Disarmament and World Security, Especially in Europe, Sopot, Poland, September 11-16, 1966". Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  5. "Polowanie na Solidarność". Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  6. "Sofitel Grand Hotel Sopot History | Hotels In Sopot Poland". Historic Hotels Worldwide. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  7. "Sopocki Grand miał szczęście. Uratowała go podobno butelka wódki". Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  8. "Sopot - Grand Hotel". Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  9. Alex Webber. "From Hollywood A-listers to pop star hipsters, TFN goes on the trail of where the rich and famous stay when in Poland". thefirstnews.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
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