Hotel Grande Bretagne
Athens, Greece
Spetses, Greece. 55 rooms mixing antique and modern furniture: 38 in the historic wing and 17 in an annex facing a Mediterranean garden.
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The hotel opens, developed by benefactor Sotirios Anargyros, the driving force behind much of the island’s development.
Modelled on the Carlton in Cannes and the Negresco in Nice, the neoclassical hotel pioneers spa treatments in Greece, using four small pools of warm sulphurous water.
Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe and Robert F. Kennedy are among the guests.
After a five-year renovation the hotel reopens, enlarged with a 17-room annex, a lap pool and a spa.
The hotel sponsors the Spetses Classic Yacht Race organised by the Yacht Club of Greece, and has received Condé Nast Traveller awards.
Sources: Wikipedia (EN), “Poseidonion Grand Hotel” (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Official website. Text rewritten and translated by Grand Hotels of the World.
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