Elizabeth Taylor hung out in its bar, world leaders were its guests, wars intruded. The Hotel Esplanade Zagreb has seen a lot ...

East met West and often went for cocktails afterwards in Zagreb's Esplanade hotel. The most glamorous ... the luxury train that ran between Paris and Istanbul. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II ...

Show more Show less Italian actor Sophia Loren (in turban) was one of a galaxy of stars who stayed in the hotel From Maria Callas to Cristiano Ronaldo, Zagreb's Esplanade hotel has hosted them all ...

While Istanbul lost out on the number one position to Warsaw in Poland and Zagreb in Croatia ... wonderful little family-owned hotels, exceptionally kind and honest people, fun-filled nightclubs ...

A world with these countries, that have pulled themselves back from the brink to become mainstream tourism destinations, is most certainly a better place.

East met West and often went for cocktails afterwards in the iconic Esplanade hotel of Zagreb, Croatia. The most glamorous and ... the luxury train that ran between Paris and Istanbul. Britain’s Queen ...

Clare Hollingworth, one of the first and finest female foreign correspondents, was only 27 and a week into her first job when ...