About us

About us

About us

Hotel VP1 is a hotel with industrial charm located in Dolní Vítkovice area between the Dolní oblast Vítkovice (DOV) and industrial zone owned by CYLINDERS HOLDING and VITKOVICE. DOV runs the industrial architectural pearls such as congress hall GONG with the gallery, science centre and former blast furnaces rebuilt into so called Bolt Tower with café. Transport accessibility of the hotel is excellent. The perfect tram connection, large free parking lot and location on the Amber Trail is a great bonus for hotel guests.

In the hotel and its surroundings there are enamel works created during the 12 years of the unique SmaltArt art symposium.

VP1 is an affordable accommodation in Ostrava, in the centre of culture, sports and internationally recognized festivals in the heart of Dolní Vítkovice. The hotel premises includes a parking lot with a huge capacity and there are CNG and Hydrogen filling stations just around the corner.

Hotel VP1 is a great retreat for visitors to Dolní Vítkovice and is also a great solution for all business visitors of more than 30 companies located in the industrial part of Dolní Vítkovice.

HISTORY OF THE VP1 HOTEL

Hotel VP1 is built on the historic territory of Vítkovice Ironworks, in Dolní Vítkovice. Coal, coke and pig iron were mined in this area. That is why the hotel's name refers to blast furnace number 1, the oldest in Ostrava. Today, it boasts the designation of a national cultural monument and an extension by the important architect Josef Pleskot, called the Bolt Tower. The building of the Hotel VP1 is located just a few meters from the Bolt Tower and also from the first general directorate of Vítkovice, a company founded in 1828.

Today's hotel building used to be an engineering and foundry, which produced until the 1930s. The engineering plant building, known as Operation 520, was built in 1964. Today's hotel building served as its administrative part and was directly connected to the factory buildings. In 1996, the management of Vítkovice canceled the operation of 520 and the entire engineering plant, including the administrative building, was vacated.

In 2008, the General Director of Vítkovice as, Jan Světlík, decided to prepare a plan for a new use of the administrative building for accommodation. In 2009, the building was cleared and demolished in order to process documentation for the conversion of administrative premises into a hotel.

Commissioning of the hotel took place on 30 June 2012. 74 double rooms with a total capacity of 148 beds were created. The hotel started operating in July 2012 with a rating of 2 * in its category.

In the first period, ie until 2016, the hotel functioned mainly as accommodation capacity for employees of the Vítkovice Machinery Group.

In 2017, a major decision was made on the hotel's focus on tourism. The management of the hotel has changed, the hotel has appeared on Booking and other booking portals. The period began when the hotel was taken care of by the production company VP 1. It still manages it to this day. The director of the hotel became Bc. Kateřina Hladká.

In 2019, the owner of the hotel, Cylinders Holding, decided to expand the hotel with a so-called health center, where a new accommodation capacity and especially a top restaurant will be created, which will dramatically expand the hotel's top services as part of the attractive locality of Dolní Vítkovice with national cultural monuments, educational, cultural and community centers. Hotel V1 is also the background for the industrial zone, which is dominated by the innovative multinational group Cylinders Holding. The parking zone at the hotel includes two fast charging stations for electric cars.

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