Gran Hotel Bali is a 4-star

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 hotel

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 located in Benidorm

Benidorm

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, province of Alicante

Alicante (province)

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, Spain

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. It is, with 186 metres height (210 metres taking into account the mast), the tallest hotel in Europe

Europe

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 and one of the tallest skyscraper

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s in Europe. It was the tallest building in Spain surpassing Torre Picasso

Torre Picasso

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 in 2001, until November 2006 when it was overtaken by Torre Espacio

Torre Espacio

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 (and then successively by the other three towers under construction at the Cuatro Torres Business Area).The hotel was opened on May 17, 2002.

The hotel, which is actually a set of four buildings, was designed by the architect

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 Antonio Escario and has 776 rooms (with capacity for up to 2,000 guests), 18 lifts, gardens and swimming pools. It is located in La Cala de Benidorm

Benidorm

Benidorm is a coastal town and municipality located in the comarca of Marina Baixa, in the province of Alicante, Valencian community, Spain, by the Western Mediterranean....

, very close to the Mediterranean seaside (300 metres), and, when the day is clear, the island of Tabarca

Tabarca

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can be seen from its highest balconies.

External links

• Gran Hotel Bali, official webpage in English, Spanish, German, Russian, and Icelandic.