We are accustomed to go to the museum. But the hotel may be a kind of museum that keeps the memory of the events of past years. Especially if it is located in an old mansion with a centuries-old history. Some Ukrainian hotels opened their doors a hundred years ago, others only recently settled in historic buildings. These walls retained the memory of outstanding minds, famous artists and writers. They conceal horrible secrets and drama. The hotel, where Hetman renounced mace: Premier Palace Hotel, Kiev “Premier Palace” from other Kiev hotels is distinguished by its vivid history – it is in these walls that the fate of Ukraine has come true. Luxury hotel for over a hundred years. He received his first visitors in 1912. The hotel was brilliant: guests were offered all the benefits of civilization – electricity, water, telephone. A banquet hall could host a thousand visitors! A couple of years after the opening of Premier Palace was waiting for the most significant event in his life. It was here that Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky signed a document of renunciation of power. Thus ended the next attempt to create a Ukrainian state. In memory of the historical events at the hotel set up a themed suite called “Hetman”. And how many celebrities with a worldwide name stopped at the five-star “Premier Palace” during the years of Ukraine’s independence: Steven Spielberg, Ornella Muti, Sophia Loren, Condoleezza Rice – this list reaches several hundred noisy names. Secrets of the 18th Century: Leopolis, Lviv Did you know that opening the doors of Lviv Hotel Leopolis in front of you, opens the veil that hides the secrets of the 18th century? The hotel complex includes a monument of architecture, the first mention of which dates back to 1767 year! The first owner of this house was a gold and silver mastermind. And in pre-war time there was an antique store and a bookstore, where you printed and sold great postcards with charming views of the city. For centuries, the stone structure has undergone many alterations, but nevertheless, preserved its medieval structure and elements of the Renaissance. This is a sophisticated boutique hotel featuring 72 elegant rooms. Night with Balzac, Kazanova and Gagarin: hotel “Georges”, Lviv Georges is a legend hotel. The most aristocratic hotel in Lviv still retains the breath of a beautiful epoch, it remembers the rivers of champagne, which were poured on dinner parties. Aristocratic elegance is the main highlight of the hotel, which appeared in 1890. Then he called “De La Rus”. In the theater hall, equipped in the garden, various carnivals and performances, works of art were shown. But the hotel glittered after the reconstruction. Famous Viennese architects worked over its appearance, thanks to which opera theaters were reincarnated in Vienna, Odessa, Turin. The three-star hotel changed the name and began to bear the name of its founder, Georges Hoffman. By that time it was a hotel of a superclass that corresponds to the current fivestar. Just imagine: already a hundred years ago in Georges there were roundthe-clock cold and hot water, central heating, electro-lifts. Parterre houses occupied elegant stores for the nobles, hairdressing and perfumery salons, haberdashery. In the shining halls of the restaurant with chic balls and socalled evenings passed. Among the hotel guests were Honore de Balzac, Etel Voinich, Johannes Brahms, Giacomo Casanova, Richard Strauss, Franz Liszt, Yuri Gagarin. This is one of the most interesting hotels in Lviv. The hotel now offers refined rooms, a restaurant, and a panoramic terrace. By the way, there are themed suites. One of them is made in a retro style and devoted to Honore de Balzac – it was in him that the writer stopped when he was traveling to his beloved.