The Grand Hotel Europe (Russian: Гранд Отель Европа) is a historic five-star luxury hotel on Nevsky Prospect in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
[citation needed] In the 1910s, the hotel was remodeled in the Art Nouveau style to designs by Fyodor Lidval and Leon Benois.
It was completely restored between 1989 and 1991[1] and reopened in December 1991, managed by the Swedish Reso Hotels chain as the Reso Grand Hotel Europe.
[2] Its marble-and-gilt interiors, sweeping staircases and elegant furniture have attracted crowds of well-to-do visitors, including Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Elton John, Bill Clinton,[3] The hotel was renamed the Belmond Grand Hotel Europe in 2014 when its parent company, Orient-Express Hotels, was renamed Belmond Ltd.[citation needed] Belmond ceased operating the hotel in 2023.
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