Esplanade Zagreb Hotel
Grand Orient Express-era hotel beside the railway station, with a domed ballroom and storied guests.
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This guide to the Esplanade Zagreb Hotel, beside the city's main railway station, starts with an odd sum from its opening night in nineteen twenty-five and the Orient Express passengers it was built for. It follows the performers who came through its doors, from the crowds waiting for Josephine Baker to a wartime evening when the Italian tenor Beniamino Gigli sang in the Emerald Ballroom. Best heard standing across from the front entrance.
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