Grand Hotel Sofia is a five-star hotel in the center of Sofia

Sofia

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

, located on Gen. Joseph C. Street in Sredets district

Sredets, Sofia

Sredets is a district located in the very centre of the capital Sofia. it has 41,000 inhabitants. The district has an area of around 300 hectares or 3 km²....

. It is located near the Bulgarian National Theatre and the City Art Gallery, in walking distance from Bulgaria Concert Hall, the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral may refer to various Eastern Orthodox cathedrals, all named after Russian saint Alexander Nevsky:* Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Baku in Azerbaijan * Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Belgrade in Serbia...

 and the Vasil Levski National Stadium

Vasil Levski National Stadium

Vasil Levski National Stadium , named after Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski, is one of Bulgaria's largest sports venues and the country's second largest stadium...

. The hotel has a notable collection of over 400 original oil paintings.

Set in a modern marble-glass building, the hotel has 109 rooms, 13 luxurious apartments, a gym with sauna, solarium, jacuzzi and massage, and a restaurant.Between 2005 and 2007, the hotel hosted the annual chess tournament, the M-Tel Masters

M-tel Masters

M-Tel Masters is an annual super-GM chess tournament held since 2005 in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, sponsored and organized by the leading Bulgarian mobile network operator, M-Tel. According to the regulations, each of the six participants plays two games against every other, thus making it a...

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