The Dolder Grand (formerly known as Grand Hotel Dolder) is a 5 star superior hotel in the Swiss city of Zürich. It is located on Adlisberg hill, some 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from, and 200 metres (660 ft) above, the city centre. Built in 1899, the hotel spreads out over 40,000 square metres (430,000 sq ft) and offers 173 rooms and suites, two restaurants, a bar, 13 conference rooms and a 4,000-square-metre (43,000 sq ft) spa.[1][2][3]
The hotel is connected to central Zurich by road, and by the Dolderbahnrack railway, which has its upper terminus next to the hotel complex.[1][3][4]
The Dolder Grand Hotel & Curhaus was built between 1897 and 1899, to a design by the architect Jacques Gros from Basel for the restaurateur Heinrich Hürlimann. Hürlimann had previously developed the nearby Dolder Waldhaus hotel, also designed by Gros, and the Dolderbahn to serve it.[5] The Dolder Grand opened on 10 May 1899, and was extended in 1924 and 1964.[6][7]
In 2001, Urs Schwarzenbach became the majority shareholder, and in 2004 the hotel closed for an extensive renovation, reopening on 3 April 2008. The renovation and enlargement were led by Norman Foster and cost SFr 440 million. The restoration maintained the original appearance from 1899, and all the extensions added after that date were demolished. Two new wings were added, adjacent to the old building, whilst two additional floors were added below the existing building.[2][6][8]
Before the hotel opened for guests, it had free open days when the public could visit the hotel on predefined paths. The people were waiting up to an hour to enter the new rooms.[9]
On 29 March 2019, Dolder Hotel AG announced that Dolder Grand guests could pay their bills with Bitcoin as of 1 May 2019[update], making it the first Swiss luxury hotel to accept the cryptocurrency as payment.[10]
^"Luxus im Luftkurort Zürich" [Luxury in the air cure Zürich]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 16 March 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
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