GPS: 47° 22' 1.3'' N 8° 32' 21.8'' E. In 1844, Johannes Baur, who came from the Vorarlberg area in Austria, opened his second hotel in Zurich. For the correct representation and functionality of our website you need JavaScript. [10], "Das Herz der CS hängt an ihrem Luxushotel", "Veränderungen annehmen und am Puls der Zeit bleiben", "Savoy Hotel Baur en Ville feiert 180-jährigen Geburtstag", "Stadt Zürich : Bauten aus dem Mittelalter bis zum 19.
The Baur au Lac, still more of a large villa, served at first as an elegant residence for guests travelling incognito. [8], The chronicle of 1845 contains the names of various notable people of the time who stayed at the Hotel Baur en Ville, such as Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck and Anselm von Rothschild, Felix Mendelssohn and Franz Liszt. Receive regular updates of our news and events. Business meetings, glamorous parties or romantic wedding celebrations – the Baur au Lac will spoil you and your guests in the midst of a thoroughly staged atmosphere. Comprising a bar lounge, restaurant floor and traditional smoking room, Baur's stands as a beacon of modern hospitality in the historic city. foremost the wife of Alfred Escher, the railway king. Receive regular updates of our news and events. 8001 Zürich
But also in the years before this, the Baur au Lac had undergone much construction work. After constant enlargements, it had reached its present size by 1898. We are pleased to assist you. During the 1907 conversion, the hotel was extended by two storeys, preserving the architectural style of the original building. Phone: +41 44 220 50 20
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Initially little more than an outsize villa and offshoot of the Baur en Ville, the Baur au Lac nevertheless underwent a series of extensions which gradually, by 1898, swelled to the full physical stature of the edifice today.
First place in the sports car category went to one Dr. Karrer, piloting a Bugatti, while Hermann Kracht – also in a Bugatti – was first across the line in the racing car category. For many generations, the Baur au Lac has been regarded as the leading address Switzerland’s biggest city for the world’s most discerning clientele. We offer seven different, stylish locations for this purpose. 13th Floor
The contract for the construction was awarded to Karl Steiner AG,[6] which removed the façade step by step, erected a new building and then rebuilt the historic façade. Talstrasse 1
[13] Today the hotel has 104 rooms and suites and 170 employees.[14]. And in 1892 here in the Baur au Lac, Baroness Bertha von Suttner convinced the Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel of the necessity for an international peace prize. Phone: +41 44 220 50 20, E-Mail: info@bauraulac.ch Room Rates: €€€ 4.6. But when one goes inside and walks through the luxurious salons and bedrooms, all of one's expectations
Inside, the hotel is therefore built in the style of the 1970s, while from the outside it still shows the historic facade.
It is a place that, above all, is staffed by people with a genuine passion for the hotel, and for their work. In 1899, the architects Alfred Chiodera and Theophil Tschudy approved a reconstruction and extension project in the French Renaissance style, but it was not carried out. In 1844 – with, Louis Philippe still on the French throne and the leisurely Biedermeier era drawing to a close – Johannes Baur complemented the urban hotel he already ran by opening an establishment commanding a view of the lake and the mountains, a noble hostelry for aristocratic and other eminent guests who traveled incognito. | Buy it at Amazon | Buy it at Alibris |, © Historic Hotels of The World - Then&Now. up a few years earlier at the Paradeplatz, he built and the second, the Baur au Lac right beside the lake with an open view of the mountains using part of the old
The exterior of the hotel promises a great deal.
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