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Hotel | The dazzling Vienna Imperial Hotel for 150 years (Part 3)

| The dazzling Vienna Imperial Hotel for 150 years (Part 3). Hotel | The dazzling Vienna Imperial Hotel for 150 years (Part 3) Almost everyone who comes to Vienna will not miss the Vienna Ring Road. On this 5.3-kilometer-long avenue, there is a group of buildings from the historicist period from the 1860s to the 1890s. To this day, these buildings still exude extraordinary brilliance - from the Vienna State Opera to the Art Museum, they are must-visit spots in Vienna. Also standing on the Ring Road is the Vienna Imperial Hotel, which is not only a magnificent building, but also a legend that has been renewed over time. The glorious history of the Imperial Hotel began on April 28, 1873, a few days before the opening of the Vienna World Expo. On May 1, 150 years ago, the Vienna World Expo opened. This was the driving force for Vienna to develop into a true global city, and the beginning of urban tourism also originated from this. Today's Vienna still benefits from the achievements of that time. In order to develop modern urban tourism and ensure that there are enough beds to accommodate the influx of tourists, Vienna needs to build a large number of new hotels, and existing buildings are also being reused. The palace of Duke Philip von Fürstenberg in 1865 was converted into a luxury hotel in 1873 - today's Imperial Hotel. In fact, the Imperial Hotel is one of the earliest palace hotels. To this day, the hotel still retains the atmosphere and quality characteristics of the initial construction. The Imperial Hotel is spacious, elegant, and exquisite, and quickly won a global reputation for its comfortable and luxurious accommodation experience. For those who want to relive the glory of the Expo era, this is an ideal place. Let's quickly browse the guest list of 1873, which easily explains everything: King Christian IX of Denmark, Queen Olga of Greece, "Iron Chancellor" Otto von Bismarck, French general and politician Patrice de MacMahon and Emperor Don Pedro of Brazil have also stayed here. In short, the Imperial Hotel is the diplomatic "nerve center" of the World Expo. If you flip through the chronicles of the Imperial Hotel, you will also find various music anecdotes here. The King of Thailand, Bhumibol, played the saxophone here; the tenor Pavarotti rehearsed several songs on the grand piano in the Imperial Bar before performing at the National Opera House, exciting the hotel guests at the time. The 18th Earl of Derby, Edward Stanley, once stayed at the Imperial Hotel, his room was in between the rooms of two violinists, David Oistrakh and Igor Oistrakh. When his neighbors apologized for the ongoing rehearsal, the Earl joked, "I feel like a music sandwich."