The Continental Hotel is a

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. The hotel is located on the corner of Nyár and Dohány streets, near the old Jewish quarter and the Klauzál Square market.

History

The history of Continental Hotel dates to the early 20th century, when the first baths were built on site in 1827, then washed away in the Great Flood of 1838, but the building which still remains standing dates back to 1910. The current premises of the hotel used to be home of the former Hungaria Bath, one of the most important spas of

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, and to the contemporary Continental Hotel which was opened in the Nyár utca wing. In 1970, Continental Hotel closed its doors and during the 1980s the building which served as a hotel and spa for many years in the past, became in a perilous state. Then after many years of negotiations and controversies of demolishing the building, in the summer of 2004, the National Office of Cultural Heritage ordered the interim protection of buildings at risk in the area of the former Pest Jewish ghetto, including the Hungária Bath. On February 7, 2005 the remaining section of the spa was declared a listed building. Finally, on April 7, 2009, after years of neglect, ZeinaHotel Ltd promoted a 50 million Euro construction project to revive the accommodation. Work on new 4-star hotel moves ahead
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Location

Continental Hotel is located in the heart of

, near the junction of

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(Grand Boulevard) and

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References

New hotel for Budapest
{Dead link, date=July 2019 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes ''TagungsWirtshaft Online'' November 3, 2009.
Work on new 4-star hotel moves ahead
'Budapest Times'' October 26, 2009 - November 1, 2009.

'I&Mi'' October 2009.

External links

Continental Hotel Budapest Website
Hotels in Budapest