Avalon Hotel
| Avalon Hotel | |
|---|---|
Avalon Hotel in the background of Kungsportsplatsen | |
Interactive map of the Avalon Hotel area | |
| General information | |
| Location | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Coordinates | 57°42′15″N 11°58′7″E / 57.70417°N 11.96861°E |
| Opening | July 2007 |
| Owner | Svenska Stadshotell AB |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 6 |
| Floor area | 5,960 square metres (64,200 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Semrén & Månsson Arkitektkontor AB |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 101 |
| Number of restaurants | 1 |
| Website | |
| Avalonhotel.se | |
| [1] | |
The Avalon Hotel is a hotel in central Gothenburg, Sweden. It is one of the most iconic hotels in Gothenburg and one of Sweden's best hotels, according to several rankings.[2][3][4][5][6] It is managed by the Norwegian hotel company Strawberry.[7]
History
The site of the hotel at the east end of the Idogheten neighbourhood was built with a four-story stone building in 1879. It features small business locals at ground level and apartments in the above floors. The building was damaged by fire in 1966. Afterward, the building was demolished and replaced by a simple one-story barrack with a shoe shop and a saluhall. The property was acquired by Bygg Göta Göteborg AB in 1978, followed by ongoing discussions regarding constructing a new building since the mid-1980s.
Work with a detailed plan started in the autumn of 2001 and was finished when the plan was accepted in 2005. The plan specified the form of the new building and that it should, in a harmonic way, fit in the environment, but at the same time be representative for its time. The construction permit for the building was approved on 10 January 2006.
Structure and facilities
The hotel has 101 rooms divided in six different categories; Penthouse suite (1), Suite (2), Deluxe (14+8), Superior (30), Business (40), and Moderate (6). Twenty-four of the rooms have miniature spas and three of the rooms have a miniature gym.
Rooftop
Avalon Hotel is known for its rooftop terrace with a bar and restaurant as well as open air pool on the 7th floor.[8] The pool offers views of central Gothenburg.[9][10]
References
- ^ "About Hotel Avalon". Avalon. 2024-02-06. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
Our hotel, with its 101 rooms and 202 beds
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Jonsson, Camilla (2022-12-07). "Stureplansgruppen tar över ikoniskt hotell i Göteborg". Realtid.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2025-05-06. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
Stureplansgruppen startar det nya året med en etablering och ett första hotell i Göteborg, det ikoniska Avalon Hotel. Från årsskiftet tar Stureplansgruppen över Avalon Hotel i centrala Göteborg.
- ^ Johnsson, Per (2015-12-04). "Bäst: Göteborg överlägset på ny hotellista". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-05-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Gästerna säger sitt: Här är Sveriges 10 bästa hotell". Expressen (in Swedish). 2015-12-04. Archived from the original on 2025-05-06. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ^ "Göteborgs bästa hotell". White Guide (in Swedish). 2018-12-03. Archived from the original on 2025-05-06. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ^ "Bo på Sveriges tre bästa hotell – i Göteborg!". Svensk Byggtidning (in Swedish). 2019-02-07. Archived from the original on 2025-05-06. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ^ "Hotell i Göteborg". Strawberry (hotel company) (in Swedish). 2025-05-06. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Martinsson, Anders (2015-08-21). "Swimmingpool byggs mellan två hustorn" [Swimming pool is being built between two buildings]. Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-06-25.
I Göteborg finns det också pooler på höga höjder. Avalon Hotel har en pool på sjunde våningen.
[Gothenburg also has swimming pools at high altitudes. Avalon Hotel has a pool on the seventh floor.]{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Bäst i test i väst". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 2014-08-04. Archived from the original on 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2025-06-25.
Den berömda takpoolen som skjuter ut över väggen och där man alltså kan simma med en Göteborgsgata under magen.
[The famous rooftop pool that juts out over the wall and where you can swim with a Gothenburg street under your belly.] - ^ "20 best European city hotels with rooftop pools". The i Paper. 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2025-06-25.
Guests booking into upscale Avalon get a room for the night and access to a "floating" pool. You'll need a head for heights to swim to its glass-bottomed edge, which cantilevers over Kungsportsplatsen, six storeys below.
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External links
- Avalonhotel.se — Official website