Grand Hotel Lviv (Lemberg)
Grand Hotel Lviv in 1894
The spirit is remarkable in this eastern Ukrainian city. Formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian, empire, Lemberg (today Lviv) not only welcomes refugees from all over the country, but also travellers from abroad.
Red carpets, deep velvet, brass handles - the Grand Hotel breathes the air of a bygone era, preserving the hotel’s traditional atmosphere. It's history started in the year 1894, when it opened as the Grand Hotel to the public.
The Grand Hotel has welcomed more than one hundred thousand guests from different countries. Famous diplomats and politicians, public figures and artists, legendary travelers. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically also for Ukraine’s neighbour, Poland.
The city has many industries and institutions of higher education such as the Lviv University and the Lviv Polytechnic. It has a philharmonic orchestra and The Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet. The historic city centre is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Lviv celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2006 (Lviv was founded in 1256).
In April 1894, the hotel was opened as GRAND HOTEL and in a short time it got the reputation of the best and the most comfortable in the city. At that time all social life of the city was happening around this hotel, the main shops and restaurants were situated next to it, important meetings took place, distinguished guests stayed here.
THE FIRST-CLASS GRAND HOTEL
next to the building of the Galician savings bank, in the very centre of the city, in the most beautiful location, opposite the Holy Spirit Square and with a picture gallery in the house, which is the pride of Lviv.
Equipment of the whole hotel, magnificent, according to the latest foreign inventions. Electric light in the whole building and in every room, water supply, free of charge, electric motor lift, accommodation from one room to the most beautiful and most sophisticated family suites, hotel waiting room & sumptuously furnished reading room.
In winter time the whole building is heated in rooms and suites alike. For its above-mentioned advantages, as well as for its excellent service and reasonable prices, it deserves to be called the only first-class hotel in Lviv.
We hope that the hotel will be honoured by the graciousness and vigils of honourable citizens.
With high regard
Walenty Schilling / Franciszek Heksel
The twentieth century brought a lot of changes related to the external architectural structure and the interior of the hotel, but it did not change the spirit of the refined romanticism.
13, Svobody Ave
Lviv
Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
79000