It was built in 1885. under the name "Kronprinzessin Stephanie, who along with her husband Rudolf attended the opening ceremony. It was the second hotel in Opatija, built a year after the nearby Adriatic ". The architect Wilhelm and here he offered his guests all the contemporary luxury of central heating to the pool and, later, cinema hall, which has been associated with a part of the hotel. "Imperial" was reliant on the north side of the building erected in China, and south on the beach "Archduke Ludwig Victor," or an aquarium with a winter garden.

Two hotels have always been the center of social life in Opatija.
Hotel stays are for your chosen Franz Joseph I, James Joyce, and Josip Broz Tito, who was here first appeared 1946th The hotel is also interesting for the fact that it changes its name from the entire political history of this region. Italians changed the name to Regina Elena, who was the wife of Victor Emmanuel III.; Since 1945. to 1948., then the Yugoslav-Soviet era of love, the hotel is called Moscow, after the break with it changed its name to Central. With the fall of Rankovic and centralism 1966th hotel named Imperial.