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  "textContent": "Sprawled over 80,000 square metres, the colossal structure will be the biggest hotel in the country (Picture: Gołębiewski Pobierowo)\n\nThirteen floors, 1,240 rooms, 80,000 square metres: a colossal mega-hotel on the Baltic Sea is about to open.\n\nOn Wednesday, June 17, the five-star Gołębiewski Pobierowo will open its doors to guests.\n\nWhile it won’t be the largest in Europe – narrowly beaten by the Royal National Hotel in London (1,630 rooms) and the Rin Grand Hotel in Bucharest (1,459 rooms) – it comes a respectable third place.\n\nRooms at the hotel, in the Polish resort of Pobierowo, can already be booked, starting at £300 (€350) per night. Suites go up to £775 (€900).\n\nMarketing chief Marta Maslowska says more than 2,000 bookings were made in the first 24 hours alone.\n\nThere is, however, a catch. Of the 1,240 rooms, only 500 have been completed, according to German outlet BILD.\n\nBut for guests who do stay, there’s a lot to look forward to.\n\nThe outdoor pool is 104 metres long and 60 metres wide (Picture: Gołębiewski Pobierowo)\n\nAs well as a vast outdoor pool, 104 metres long and 60 metres wide (more than double the size of the Olympic standard), there is a water park with whirlpools, water slides, a sauna, and a salt grotto.\n\n##  WIN! 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Entrant must enter by visiting metro.co.uk/singapore-airlines. One prize of two Singapore Airlines Business Class return tickets is available. One entry per person. Full T &Cs apply._\n\nIn addition to the wellness area, local media reports that the hotel is planning to have a cinema and a supermarket, and activities for travellers who can’t sit still: climbing walls, a bowling alley and volleyball courts.\n\nThere will also be a pianist serenading guests in the lobby, and a disco and entertainment area for children.\n\nOn the hotel’s website is the promise of four-themed restaurants, though it’s not clear what the themes will be.\n\nIt’s all set on the banks of Plaża w Pobierowie, a two-and-a-half mile long beach with soft white sand and the dazzling waters of the Baltic Sea.\n\nThe hotel towers over the forested landscape (Picture: Gołębiewski Pobierowo)\n\nA short drive down the pretty coastal roads there are charming seaside villages such as Trzęsacz, famous for its 15th-century church and an interactive museum, which brings visitors on a journey to the past.\n\nA half-hour walk is the town of Pobierowo. In the summer, it has an outdoor inflatable park and treetop climbing experience, and it’s a popular destination for active breaks.\n\nThe hotel, which will be the largest in Poland, is the brainchild of the late entrepreneur Tadeusz Golebiewski.\n\nHe started out as a waffle baker, then in 1972 founded the biscuit manufacturer Tago and later built up a hotel empire.\n\nAn Instagram account for the hotel, curated in Polish, already has more than 9,000 followers.\n\n> https://www.instagram.com/p/DTxzxC3DczA/\n\nPobierowo is about an hour from Solidarity Szczecin-Goleniów Airport, which is served by Ryanair from Liverpool and London Stansted.\n\nWith flight times of under two hours from London, this Polish seaside gem could become popular with Brits looking for a short seaside break.\n\nIn recent years, Poland’s Baltic region has seen an uptick in visitors, as tourists increasingly shun the sweltering heat of southern Europe in favour of milder climates.\n\nFor the past two summers, visitors have packed Gdańsk’s historic old town, lounged on Sopot’s long beaches, and wandered the cliffs near Gdynia.\n\n‘Poland’s coast increasingly attracts tourists from further abroad,’ said Katarzyna Smierzchalska, marketing manager at Hotel Nadmorski in Gdynia.\n\nShe noted that international guests are looking for relief from intense heat elsewhere.\n\nFurther east along the Baltic Coast, resorts in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuaniaare also seeing a rise in visitors.\n\nLithuania’s Baltic Coast is increasingly popular with travellers (Picture: Visit Neringa)\n\nLithuania’s tourism board reported that the capital Vilnius clocked a record 10 million international arrivals in 2025.\n\nCoastal regions such as Palanga are also increasingly popular with holidaymakers who want a beach break without the Mediterranean heat, and crowds.\n\nOur writer Lucy Daltroff recently travelled there and said she has never been rewarded with ‘such inviting beaches, beautiful nature and consistently good food’.\n\nRyanair flies direct to Palanga from London Stansted from around £88 return.\n\nYou can read Lucy’s full report on what to do, and where to stay, here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Europe’s newest mega-hotel with a pool double the Olympic standard opens this week"
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