Raffles Europejski Warsaw

Warsaw, Poland. Located on the Royal Route near the Old Town, overlooking Piłsudski Square.

Raffles Europejski WarsawWarsaw, Poland

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Address: Raffles Europejski Warsaw
Krakowskie Przedmieście 13
00-071 Warsaw
Poland
Telephone: +48 22 255 95 00
Official website: www.raffles.com
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106 rooms and suites.
Europejski Grill with terrace, the Long Bar, the Humidor cigar lounge and the historic Lourse patisserie.
Raffles Spa and an art gallery.
Located on the Royal Route near the Old Town, overlooking Piłsudski Square.

11 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

1 January 1857
The hotel, designed by Enrico Marconi, opens as one of the most modern and luxurious in Europe and the Russian Empire.
1915
Architect Antoni Jawornicki begins upgrades, moving the main entrance and adding two ballrooms in the courtyard.
1921
The owning Przeździecki and Czetwertyński families form the joint-stock company Hotel Europejski SA.
1944 – 1945
Renamed Europäisches Hotel and reserved for Wehrmacht officers during the occupation, it is severely damaged by retreating German troops after the Warsaw Uprising.
1948
The state seizes the property under the Bierut Decrees; Bohdan Pniewski rebuilds it in 1949–1951 as a military academy.
2 July 1962
After conversion back by Pniewski and Bohdan Kijowicz, it reopens as the Orbis Hotel Europejski with 260 rooms and 13 suites.
1965
The Golden Gate Quartet gives its only Polish concert here; later guests include Robert Kennedy, Marlene Dietrich, Indira Gandhi and the Rolling Stones.
1993
Heirs of the original owners sue to recover the hotel, a case lasting twelve years.
30 June 2005
Orbis closes the hotel, which is handed back to the heirs on 1 September.
July 2013
Full reconstruction begins.
1 June 2018
Reopens as Raffles Europejski Warsaw with 106 rooms, a spa and the Lourse patisserie, alongside shops and offices.