InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest is a hotel in Bucharest, Romania.[1] It opened in 1912. It is operated by IHG Hotels & Resorts. It carries the InterContinental brand. The building has 6 floors. It stands about 3.1 km from the centre of Bucharest.[3]
Overview
The InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest is a historic luxury hotel in Bucharest, Romania, originally opened in 1914. It was arguably Europe's most notorious den of spies in the years leading up to World War II, and only slightly less so during the Cold War.
From “InterContinental Athenee Palace Bucharest” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
The hotel opened in 1912. It was designed by Henri von Susskind and Duiliu Marcu, in the Art Deco style. The building has 6 floors. It is listed as a Historic Monument. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 3.1 km from the centre of Bucharest. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU), about 10 km from the centre of Bucharest.[4]
It is one of 27 hotels in and around Bucharest recorded in Wikidata, 19 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Innpedia also lists 2 chain-operated properties there. Of the 11 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is Manuc's Inn, opened in 1808. Wikidata names IHG Hotels & Resorts as the operator of 1 other hotel there: Grand Hotel Bucharest. See Hotels in Bucharest.
Other hotels within 1.5 km:
- Calea Victoriei Studio — 0.0 km
- Radisson Blu Bucharest — 0.1 km
- Luxurious Bucharest Apartment with sheer elegance — 0.1 km
- Grand Hotel Continental — 0.2 km
- Hotel Lido — 0.3 km, opened 1930
- Ambasador Hotel — 0.3 km
- Studio Magheru — 0.3 km
- RomPromo Plus Accommodation — 0.4 km
- Luxury Apartment in a Privat Villa — 0.6 km
- Boutique Apartment — 0.6 km
- Leonardo Hotel Bucharest City Center — 0.6 km
- Calea Victoriei — 0.6 km
See also
- Hotels in Bucharest
- Hotels in Romania
- IHG Hotels & Resorts
- InterContinental
- Hotels in the Art Deco style
- List of heritage-listed hotels in Romania
- List of hotels opened in the 1910s
References
- ^ InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest (Q979477). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-07-17.
- ^ Bucharest (Q19660). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in Bucharest. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.
External links
- InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest on Wikipedia
- InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest on Wikidata
- InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest on Wikimedia Commons — photographs