true classic for over three hundred years it's been the go to spot for my mum visiting celebrities leo tolstoy manhunts ghost and to only name a few a lot of history under one roof but just like the city itself the elephant moves with the times. after undergoing major renovations hotel elephant looks modern and elegant once again. do you. even if you do neither the standard rooms nor the suites look their age though this hotel boasts three centuries of history. the first documented reference to the hotel dates from six hundred ninety six the duke of the time allowed christiane brown owner of the shots of their guest house to open another in. why it was named the elephant has never been fully explained. yet with this with these roots without me figure that an even more powerful animal was to join the black bear an exotic one letter always to mind distant lands water. and just as back then and if it could be seen at fair and they were given as gifts by king. in a fountain he said i think all of that may have played a role. but that's how i was and on a good spirit. later the elephant was expande