Corinthia Hotel Budapest bears an uncanny resemblance to the fictional hotel at the centerpiece of Wes Anderson’s film “The Grand Budapest Hotel”. Utilizing that advantage and relying on the fact that its majestic, Neoclassical facade is loosely reminiscent of the fictional hotel, Corinthia Hotel Budapest offers guests a “Behind the Scenes” package that explores the property’s own cinematic history. The Behind the Scenes package includes a guided tour of the hotel’s grand ballroom, a movie screening at the Arena Plaza cinema, walking tour of the city’s most famous movie set locations, and a cruise on the Danube.
The three-night “Behind the Scenes” experience starts at EUR 842 ($1,150) for two, including buffet breakfast, valid from April 4 to December 25, 2014.
Corinthia Hotel Budapest, originally opened in 1896 as the Grand Hotel Royal was Europe’s first grand hotel and royal spa. The earliest filmmakers, the Lumière brothers, held their first cinematographic screening outside of Paris in Continental Europe, at the hotel in May 1896. In 1915, the Hotel’s Royal Ballroom was transformed into the Royal Apollo Cinema seating over 1,000 viewers. In 2002, the luxury Corinthia Hotel Group, painstakingly and elegantly, restored the original Grand Hotel Royal to its former glory.
