Dalat Palace

Da Lat, Vietnam. Located in a parc with a view over the lake Xuan Hurong. Dalat city is a romantic place with lush gardens, beautiful waterfalls and a lot of colonials villas. The Palace is splendorous creation of the French colonial indo chicness of the golden twenties, complimented with Edwardian and art deco design elements.

Dalat PalaceDa Lat, Vietnam

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Rooms: 39rooms and suites
City: Da LatVietnam
Setting: Mountains & natureAsia

Practical information

Address: Dalat Palace
12 Tran Phu Street
Lam Dong
Dalat
Vietnam
Telephone: Vietnam 063 825444
International +84 63 825444
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At a glance

There are 39 rooms, 5 suites. Facilities:
Gastronomic restaurant, a brewery, a piano bar, the Larry’s Bar.
7 meeting rooms for up to 300 people, an outdoor tennis court, a golf parc a badmington court and a nightclub. Location:
Located in a parc with a view over the lake Xuan Hurong. Dalat city is a romantic place with lush gardens, beautiful waterfalls and a lot of colonials villas. The Palace is splendorous creation of the French colonial indo chicness of the golden twenties, complimented with Edwardian and art deco design elements.

History

13 dates from the archives of Grand Hotels of the World.

1893
Professor Alexandre Yersin, a French bacterologist and one of the first scientist in the Institut Pasteur, discovers the Lang Bian plateau, soon the decision was taken to create a Climate Resort.
1905
he town of Dalat starts being constructed, to attract the hi-society of Saigon a Grand Hotel is necessary.
1916
The construction of the Hotel begins.
1922
Opening of the « Lang-Bian Palace Hotel » or « Hotel Du Lang Bian » as a French colonial style with the support of the French Governor, General Long. The architecture is inspired by French resort places like Cabourg or Vichy, includng many Rococco style elements.
1939 – 1945
Dalat is the captial of French Indochina.
1943
Renovation of the Hotel under Admiral Decoux, Vichy gouverneur general of Indochina and architect Paule Vesseyre. The ornate facade dissapeared.
1945
The Hotel name changes to Dalat Palace.
1975
End of the Vietnam war, the times of the Palace are very slow.
1993
The American buisnessman Larry Hillblom, co founder of DHL (the H represents Hillblom) buys the Hotel. Hillblom was a fan of grand colonial style buildings and invested 40 million dollars to restaure the place to old grandeur.
1995
The Palace reopens under management of Sofitel (Accor Hotels and Resorts).
1995
Death of the mecene of the Palace, Larry Hillblom in a plane crash.
2009
The Dalat Palace Golf cours named Vietnam’s best golf location.
2010
Dalat Palace ends the Sofitel agreement and becomes a private Palace Hotel managed by Dalat Resorts Incorporation. Management