This is the latest, 2007 edition of our book about Viennas famous palace turned into a hotel. That was in 1873. The decade preceding this change saw Vienna under construction. Franz Joseph, a young and dynamic emperor, had the Ringstrasse built.
One ­architectural jewel after another emerged around this necklace of stone: the City Hall, the Burgtheater, the Parliament, the Vienna State Opera. Here, too, stood the luxuriously appointed private palace of the Prince of Württemberg. But the prince sold his palace, and in 1873 it was converted…

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This book is in German (we are planning an English edition for 2007/8)

1849 entsteigen der Postkutsche in Pontresina zwei Männer: Vater und Sohn, Andreas und Lorenz Gredig. Sie sind auf dem Weg ins Veltlin, der italienischen Weinbauregion jenseits des Berninapasses. Während ihrer Rast in Pontresina fällt ihr Augenmerk auf ein verlassenes Gasthaus. Es heisst Rössli. Die Gredigs kaufen es.
1851 wird aus dem Rössli der Gasthof Krone-Post. Händler auf der Durchreise steigen hier ab. Jetzt kommen die ersten sogenannten Fremden in die Region. Sie tragen…

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A fine leather bound edition of this book is available, too (please see below)


Updated, with sparkling new photographs and an even richer collection of historical material
Along Nevsky Prospekt and Mikhailovskaya Street stretches one of the finest hotels of the continent: the Grand Hotel Europe.
Ever since it opened its doors in 1875, it has stood as testimony to the excellence of Russian hospitality.

The tsarists regarded it as their playground, the Communists turned it into the 'House of the…

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"Anyone who comes to Hong Kong should stay at the Peninsula at least once!" said James Clavell, when author Andreras Augustin called him at his home in Switzerland.
He shared this point of view with many celebrities:
"Know what I do first thing after arriving in Hong Kong? I take a front room at The Peninsula, open the curtains and watch the ships in the harbour passing by."
Noël Coward
This was the second book in the FAMOUS HOTELS series - we still have a…

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