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Hotel Bristol – Wien, Österreich (Deutsch) Classic Edition

Hotel Bristol – Wien, Österreich (Deutsch)

Die Geschichte des 1892 eröffneten Wiener Hotels Bristol ist voller interessanter und liebevoller Details. In episodenhaften Erz&a...

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Hotel Bristol – Vienna, Austria (English) Classic Edition

Hotel Bristol – Vienna, Austria (English)

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George Gershwin was working here on “An American in Paris”, the Maharaja of Patiala borrowed the Bristol’s chef for h...

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Premier Palace Hotel – Kiev, Ukraine (English) Classic Edition

Premier Palace Hotel – Kiev, Ukraine (English)

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In 1912 Kiev, students of architecture flocked to the new corner building at Pushkinska Street and Bibikov (today Shevchenko) Boulevard...

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Goldener Hirsch – Salzburg, Austria (English) Classic Edition

Goldener Hirsch – Salzburg, Austria (English)

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Since 600 years the Goldener Hirsch is a landmark of Salzburg, of Austria! This book tells the story of this hotel and the history of ...

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Imperial – Wien, Österreich (Deutsch) Classic Edition

Imperial – Wien, Österreich (Deutsch)

Wien um 1860. Eine Stadt im Aufbruch. Franz Joseph, ein junger, dynamischer Kaiser, lässt die Ringstraße bauen. Das Stein ge...

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Imperial – Vienna, Austria (English) Classic Edition

Imperial – Vienna, Austria (English)

Vienna around 1860. A city under construction. Franz Joseph, a young and dynamic emperor, has the Ringstrasse built. One ­architect...

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Grand Hotel Kronenhof – Pontresina Schweiz (Deutsch) Classic Edition

Grand Hotel Kronenhof – Pontresina Schweiz (Deutsch)

1849 entsteigen der Postkutsche in Pontresina zwei Männer: Vater und Sohn, Andreas und Lorenz Gredig. Sie sind auf dem Weg ins Vel...

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Grand Hotel Europe – St. Petersburg, Russia (English) Classic Edition

Grand Hotel Europe – St. Petersburg, Russia (English)

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A fine leather bound edition of this book is available. Updated, with sparkling new photographs and an even richer collection of histor...

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Hotel Kämp – Helsinki, Finland (Finish) Classic Edition

Hotel Kämp – Helsinki, Finland (Finish)

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Tervetuloa Helsinkiin, Itämeren tyttären syliin. Tervetuloa Hotel Kämpiin nauttimaan Suomen ylellisen vieraanvaraisuuden...

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Publisher's recommendations


Dear wonderful Readers; 

Do you reserve time to read and to prepare your next journeys? This year look out for our new book GRAND HOTEL LVIV (Ukraine) — a bold statement of civil resistance in a war-torn country. 
THE GALLE FACE TREASURY takes you to the exotic island of Sri Lanka. It's one of my heartfelt memories of a wonderful hotel, its owning family and staff. But also it's fantastic history — being the mousetrap for every traveller of note who travelled from West to the South Eastern regions of Asia.

I recommend the new edition of HOTEL METROPOLE HANOI.

The first copies of THE HALF MOON TREASURY are being released – exclusively to our readers (and before its official launching date). 

We have released a reprint of our successful book THE WESTIN EXCLESIOR ROME, the most famous hotel on Via Veneto. 

Upon request, we dispatch all our books personally autographed (as you know).

Have a save journey!

Andreas Augustin

aa at famoushotels dot org

"The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life."

George Bernard Shaw

1856, Dublin, Republic of Ireland – 1950, Ayot St Lawrence, UK

Irish playwright, critic and polemicist

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