Dalen Hotel - (built
1894)
 Spectacular
Dalen! An enchanting fairytale hotel from 1894 that has been meticulously restored to its
natural beauty. An ochre and brown building, with dragon heads, turrets and cornices. A
palace with dragon style shapes. The Hotel Dalen lies in the heart of the county of
Telemark, at the head of the long and narrow Bandak lake. A splendid garden fronts the
hotel to the east, towards the lake. The passenger ships "Victoria" and "Henrik Ibsen"
ply the Telemark Canal from Skien to Dalen from May to September. The interior lives up
to the richness promised by the exterior. A feeling of grandness, of pomp and
ceremony is
still present today. You meet the great two-story central hall with its large glass
painting in the ceiling, and with doors to the three lounges facing the garden.
The
interior with carvings, ornaments, sculptures and sloping panels reminds us of those grand
times our grandfathers and great-grandmothers experienced. When the hotel was restored in
1994, all 38 guest rooms were provided with private baths. But the hotel still gives you
the experience of a grand hotel as it was during the «Belle Époque» of the tourist
hotels, before World War I, here at Dalen Hotel.
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