The Carol Parc Hotel in

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, is a five star hotel near historical

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, and

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. The hotel is located in the heart of Bucharest, on Aleea Suter Str. near the historical

. It is located on one of the city's highest geographic locations, Filaret Hill (named after a late 18th-century

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of the region). The cul-de-sac is named after Suter, a

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who helped in the planning of the park and parts of the neighborhood, including the symmetrically built Suter street. ''Aleea'' is

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for "alley."

Press coverage and awards

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'' included the hotel in its "Best of Romania" article, later following up with an exclusive in which the "extravagant services" are detailed.

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, a Romanian restaurant critic, compared the hotel and its POEM Restaurant to the luxurious venues of the Interbellum Era, saying that "Sitting here, you expect King Carol and Queen Elisabeta to enter at any time.". The building also received an award for "Best Renovation/Restoration Project in 2007" from the Romanian Architects Association.Anuala de Arhitectura Bucuresti: http://www.anuala.ro/proiecte/2007/amenajari/i20/

History

The hotel comprises two buildings of which the more than one-hundred-year-old main building is built in " Brâncovenesc style". Initially built in 1906 for a prominent architect, socialite and friend of

King Carol I Carol I or Charles I of Romania (20 April 1839 – ), born Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, was the monarch of Romania from 1866 to his death in 1914, ruling as Prince (''Domnitor'') from 1866 to 1881, and as King from 1881 to 1914. He w ...

, the property was later sold to a Greek banker who owned the property until it was nationalized. During the Communist period the building was nationalized and served as the headquarters for a number of communist party institutions, including ICRAL, the former housing authority (''ICRAL'' in

stands for "întreprindere de Constructii, Reparatii si Administrare Locativa"). The renovation and conversion cost close to 6 million Euros according to Romanian newspapers. This investment represents nearly twice the per room amount invested by other five star hotels in Bucharest.

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Palatul Suter

Carol Parc Hotel
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