Murany

Bad Gastein was the imperial spa, where emperors, maharajas, princes of the arts and captains of industry sojourned in splendour and luxury. It was there, at the splendid Grand Hotel de l'Europe, where Ferdinand I, Tsar of Bulgaria, hosted intimate supper parties. He traveled incognito with a discreet nom de voyage: “Count Murany”.

After WW2, the world of yesterday was slowly displaced by a new one where function replaced ornament. Bad Gastein became an aging diva: magnificent, yet detached from the modern world. The Grand Hotel de l'Europe fell into bankruptcy. Yet, in 1984, the casino moved into the former hotel. The “Monte Carlo of the Alps” briefly arose once more, but soon sank into a fairy-tale slumber.

After years of abandonment, the spaces were reborn in 2024–26 as The House of Murany, guided by the belief that tradition does not mean the worship of dying ashes, but the rekindling of their fire. The aperitif was born not from a recipe but from a place.