Address:
Sodra Blasieholmshamnen 8

Stockholm
SE-10327

Hotel Location: center

The Grand Hotel is a 19th Century landmark and an anomaly in an egalitarian country: As Sweden's only five-star deluxe hotel, it plays host to visiting royalty, heads of state, Nobel laureates, show-business celebrities, and well-heeled tourists from abroad.

The Grand was opened in 1874 by a French restaurateur, Régis Cadier, who selected a prime building site overlooking the harbor, the old town of Gamla Stan, and the Royal Palace. Although the hotel has been renovated many times, it retains many original features such as a marble staircase with cast-iron banisters and the Versailles-inspired Spegelsalen ballroom.

The hotel has 304 guest rooms, including 21 suites. Each room has a unique decor, with classic motifs on the first foor floors and more modern styling with hardwood accents on the upper stories.

The Grand Hotel has two restaurants: an ornately decorated French dining room named Franka Matsalen, and the Grand Veranda, which offers Swedish cuisine and foreign dishes. The Cadier Bar has live piano music in the evenings.