Hotel Marinela Sofia

Hotel Marinela Sofia
General information
Type Hotel
Location Sofia, Bulgaria
Coordinates 42°40′20″N 23°19′7″E / 42.67222°N 23.31861°E / 42.67222; 23.31861Coordinates: 42°40′20″N 23°19′7″E / 42.67222°N 23.31861°E / 42.67222; 23.31861
Completed 1979
Height
Antenna spire 98 m (322 ft)
Roof 90 m (300 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 22
Design and construction
Architect Kisho Kurokawa

Hotel Marinela Sofia is a 5-star hotel located in Lozenets, near downtown Sofia, Bulgaria. It is one of the most luxurious hotels in the capital of Bulgaria. It has 442 guest rooms, 10 conference rooms, 4 restaurants, 2 bars and the only Japanese garden in the Balkans.[1]

The hotel was built as the Vitosha New Otani by the Japanese New Otani Hotels chain[2] between 1974 and 1979 to the design of leading Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa (1934–2007) in the upper-class neighbourhood Lozenets. In his design, Kurokawa implemented architectural details inspired by the Bulgarian National Revival style of Koprivshtitsa and Plovdiv. The 21-storey hotel was built by Bulgarian company Tehnoeksportstroy and the Japanese Mitsubishi.[2] Its Japanese garden is a large-scale copy of the one at the original Hotel New Otani Tokyo and features a Japanese-style house and lake. In 2015 the new owners removed the Japanese cherries from the garden and replaced with palm trees... [2]


See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Hotel". Kempinski Hotel Zografski Sofia. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
  2. 1 2 3 Илиева, Росица (2007-11-14). "Пет от най-емблематичните сгради на българската соц архитектура" (in Bulgarian). Капитал. Retrieved 2009-11-06.

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