1850 – 1854
A hotel was built on the shores of Lake Bled where thermal springs had been discovered and where a bath had been built subsequently. The hotel was bought by Jože Luckmann, who named the hotel Luisenbad after his wife Luisa.

1875
The hotel flourished under the ownership of count Camillo Eichelburg. It was renovated and extended, giving it three floors, 40 rooms and a arge glazed veranda.

1889
The Luisenbad Hotel was sold to the renowned chef Gustav Valtriny. His wife Fanny was an expert in hotel management.

1891
Valtriny built the Schweizerhaus in the immediate vicinity of the hotel, which is known today as the Trst Hotel. There was a shop on the lower floor, catering for all the need of tourists at that time.

1894
A brochure of the Luisenbad Hotel from 1894 reveals that the hotel featured thermal baths, as well as a post and telegraph office, an oriental coffee house with billiards, a casino, and boat hire on the lake.

The hotel was a popular meeting point for the elite, and was visited by the King of Serbia and his entourage.

1919
The hotel passed into Slovenian ownership after the end of WW I. The new owner, Jula Vovk Molnar renamed it the Toplice Hotel, meaning thermal spring, due to the site being a source of thermal water. She also enlarged and modernised the hotel.

1921
King Alexander selected Bled to be his summer residence and most political and diplomatic activity moved here from Belgrade. When in Bled, the diplomats stayed at the Toplice Hotel.

1930 – 1931
The hotel was again enlarged and modernised in this period under the leadership of Austrian architect Franz Baumgartner. Upon completion in June 1931, the hotel comprised 123 rooms and had 212 beds. The hotel was constructed to the most modern standards of the time and was the most luxurious in the country. Jula Molnar renamed it the Grand Hotel Toplice. The most prominent feature of the hotel was its elegant lobby with large picture windows affording a magnificent view of the lake, island and castle.

1931 – 1938
The reopening of the hotel attracted the elite of the day in even greater numbers. The hotel was the scene of a variety of important conferences, and was used three times by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia. In addition to politicians and diplomats, the hotel was also popular among artists and celebrities.

1932
Jula Molnar invited the Czechoslovak national ice-hockey team to Bled and organised an international hockey game between Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia on the frozen lake in front of the Grand Hotel Toplice. The world champion Czechoslovaks won 24 – 0.

1938 – 1940
The Grand Hotel Toplice was the summer residence of the president of the Yugoslav government, and the government gathered here in 1940 to sign an important agreement.

1941 – 1946
The hotel was used as a headquarters by the Germans during the occupation. Immediately after liberation in May 1945, injured partisan soldiers convalesced here. The hotel reopened to paying customers on May 1 1946.

from 1948
Construction of the Vila Bled was completed to serve as the summer residence of the Yugoslav president Tito. Once again, the foreign ministry and its entourage of diplomats moved to Bled from Belgrade each summer and the dignitaries customarily stayed at the Grand Hotel Toplice. The hotel became used to being the setting of important events and meetings

from 1955
President Tito decided to spend his summers on the islands of Brioni instead of in Bled, and thus the various diplomats and journalists followed him.

1965
The Festival Hall in Bled was the scene of a world congress of writers, organised by the Slovenian Writers’ Association. Among the numerous literary figures who stayed at the Grand Hotel Toplice were Arthur Miller (former husband of Marilyn Monroe), and two other winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Ignazio Silone and Pablo Neruda.