A marvelous day at the Corinthia Hotel Budapest/Grand Hotel Royal
hey...
I know I was supposed to write about it right away, but...OK I have no actual reasons to cover up my lazy ass for not writing this earlier, but if I want to be honest, it is part of the truth that I did spend an awful lot of time with editing the pictures.
And when I say edit, I mean clicking on the auto-adjust button multiplied by the number of photos I took. So yeah , does not really explain why it took so long.
Also have to tell you that most of my photos came out SHIT so I am also going to cheat and use other sources as well.(Or will I?)
Te builidng itself is quite old. The original opening of the hotel dates back to the Millenium (1896) still under the name Grand Hotel Royal. It closed finally in 1991 (my birth year how sad) and waited to be bought by Corinthia in 1999.
Luckily the renovation didn't take too long and in 2002 the hotel opened up again to the public under the new name, now belonging to the company Corinthia.
Currently there are 440 rooms opposed to the old number of 350, but this number already includes the apartements as well.(these are additions to the original number of rooms and introduced to the general public in year 2003)
Upon arrival we received a package with a booklet about the history of Corinthia, and then another one detailing the long history of the previous Grand Hotel Royal. After we got our little group ready to leave the main lobby with a short history lesson, our first stop was the Royal Spa.
The whole spa department was spacious and exactly what you would expect from a place like this. A big swimming pool and two jacuzzis and on the atrium level some massage and treatment rooms.I couldn't stop staring. Fortunately I also got some great ideas for upcoming birthdays, and stuff for family and friends. After that we headed towards the Ambassador Suite that is named after our dear composer Ferenc Liszt. It was huge. 240 squaremeter HUGE, i mean. As we were trying to find our way in the labyrinth of the corridors we got the chance to see a regular room as well. I wouldn't say it was any less attractive than the presidential suite, I mean in a lot of hotels there is a huge difference the luxury of a suite and a regular room, so I was pleasantly surprised that a regular room was just as enjoyable in terms of atmosphere as a big ass suite. Another aspect is that I don't have 5000 euros to spend a night in the ambassador suite.
I am kind of tired so let's just do this short photocaptioning 'cause we all know we love to caption our photos OH YES I DO.
I know I was supposed to write about it right away, but...OK I have no actual reasons to cover up my lazy ass for not writing this earlier, but if I want to be honest, it is part of the truth that I did spend an awful lot of time with editing the pictures.
And when I say edit, I mean clicking on the auto-adjust button multiplied by the number of photos I took. So yeah , does not really explain why it took so long.
Also have to tell you that most of my photos came out SHIT so I am also going to cheat and use other sources as well.(Or will I?)
Te builidng itself is quite old. The original opening of the hotel dates back to the Millenium (1896) still under the name Grand Hotel Royal. It closed finally in 1991 (my birth year how sad) and waited to be bought by Corinthia in 1999.
Luckily the renovation didn't take too long and in 2002 the hotel opened up again to the public under the new name, now belonging to the company Corinthia.
Currently there are 440 rooms opposed to the old number of 350, but this number already includes the apartements as well.(these are additions to the original number of rooms and introduced to the general public in year 2003)
Upon arrival we received a package with a booklet about the history of Corinthia, and then another one detailing the long history of the previous Grand Hotel Royal. After we got our little group ready to leave the main lobby with a short history lesson, our first stop was the Royal Spa.
The whole spa department was spacious and exactly what you would expect from a place like this. A big swimming pool and two jacuzzis and on the atrium level some massage and treatment rooms.I couldn't stop staring. Fortunately I also got some great ideas for upcoming birthdays, and stuff for family and friends. After that we headed towards the Ambassador Suite that is named after our dear composer Ferenc Liszt. It was huge. 240 squaremeter HUGE, i mean. As we were trying to find our way in the labyrinth of the corridors we got the chance to see a regular room as well. I wouldn't say it was any less attractive than the presidential suite, I mean in a lot of hotels there is a huge difference the luxury of a suite and a regular room, so I was pleasantly surprised that a regular room was just as enjoyable in terms of atmosphere as a big ass suite. Another aspect is that I don't have 5000 euros to spend a night in the ambassador suite.
I am kind of tired so let's just do this short photocaptioning 'cause we all know we love to caption our photos OH YES I DO.
Lobby
The Ladies and I are waiting for the lift.
From the highest point,still trembling from the memory, we crossed a glass bridge to get from builing A to B
HIGH places...
Entering the Liszt Ferenc Suite
THE Couch
yes, I messed it up the picture was blurry and I only saw it on my pc so I decided to go fully crazy with editing this one.You can clearly see the blur, yet I firmly believe with visual image you get something more(delusional I am)
Study
Dining room I suppose
Bathrooms and me and my camera... nothing nonblurry ever came out of this combination before.
Thanks God this bridge is not glass-floored
The smoking area, HUGE isn't it? :D
Gardennnnnnsssss YEESSS
Future me in the hottest skirt suit I have ever seen.
I don't know why bathrooms got this blurry all the freaking time
small bedroom, only photographed it for the bed
Event level
And now a series of shitty photos by ME of the amazing ballroom.
Although I took a lot of photos this is sadly the only one I am sort of 'in the photo'
We also got cakes and soft drinks(and yet none of them can be seen on the picture)
BUT look at the gift bag,yeah right that's is the gift bag we received upon arrival.
Sunday brunch has just started.
Yes BBS this is an example of what we would like to have on the school corridors. Comfy big couches.Thank You
The unforgettable flowers of the main lobby
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