Oreanda Hotel

Oreanda Hotel is a 4-star, historic hotel in Yalta, Crimea (Ukraine). The Oreanda Hotel is a member of Premier Hotels chain. The Oreanda Hotel dates back to 1907 and is considered a city landmark. The hotel is built in art deco style and overlooks the coastline and neighboring mountains.

Rooms and Suites

The Oreanda offers 114 rooms, the majority with sea and mountain views decorated in traditional style. There are 21 junior suites, 14 suites and 5 apartments. Two themed apartments bare the names of "Massandra" and "Livadia" – famous Crimean palaces which once belonged to the Russian Emperor Family - and another apartment is named "Imperial".

History

The Hotel was built in 1907 by Alexander Vitmer – a retired general with Danish origins who was a prosperous businessman, writer and painter. The hotel was considered the best in the Yalta district and the whole of Crimea.^{[citation needed]} Pre-revolutionary guide-books state that the hotel had “perfect provision, excellent furniture, mirror glasses, fresh air and a well kept garden around”. In the lobby an incomparable smell of cigars mixed with a delicate aroma of ground coffee and expensive perfumes, its art saloon exhibited the masterpieces of Aivazovskiy, Shishkin, Makovskiy, Vereschagin and other maitres who started cultural traditions of Oreanda.

In 1918, during the revolutionary period in Yalta, the hotel served as a fort post and defensive fortification for the Crimean opponents of Bolsheviks.

At the beginning of the World War II, a military hospital was placed here. After the war, the hotel was converted into a recreation centre where the wounded soldiers and officers were treated. By the end of the 1950s with capital repairs, the Oreanda regained the status of a hotel.

At the beginning of the 1970s the hotel was reconstructed to preserve a historical image. A look of the architecture masterpiece of the early 20th century was restored after a complete modernization in 2001. The last renovation took place in 2007.

Logo

The logo of the hotel is a seashell. The design of the Oreanda building resembles a spiral when viewed from above. When the Oreanda logo was approved, construction workers were disassembling one of the banquette room walls and found an ancient tapestry showing a seashell in its center.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Official website
• Premier Hotels website
• Great Hotels of the World