Croatia is ready for the season with seven new hotel complexes opening along the coast
In the course of the next few weeks, seven new hotels and hotel complexes will open along the Adriatic coast, starting from Rabac in Istria, all the way south to Korčula island. All of them boast a four-star rating and are entirely adapted to the needs of every possible kind of visitors and guests, reports Jutarnji.
The Croatian tourism industry is thus getting new accommodation facilities with a total worth of over 1 billion kuna, making the latest additions a much needed opportunity to improve the tourist offer that was chronically lacking in hotel capacities. We couldn’t wish for a better start of the season – here’s a list of new beauties opening in time for summer:
Valamar Girandella Resort
Location: Rabac
Category: 4 star
Number of rooms: 399
Investment value: 347 million HRK
Opening: June 8th
Investor: Valamar Riviera
Along with the Family Life Bellevue resort, Valamar's investments represent the largest tourist investment in 2017. The Girandella Resort consists of three pavilions of which one is for adults only, one is intended for a family vacation, and the third is a hotel with pool facilities. The resort will also have three themed restaurants, as well as a beach club, steak house, promenades and bicycle trails.
Valamar Family life Bellevue Resort
Location: Rabac
Category: 4 star
Number of rooms: 372
Investment value: 215 million HRK
Opening: June 8th
Investor: Valamar Riviera
The Bellevue resort includes renovated former Bellevue and Albona hotels where Valamar invested in pools, beaches and other entertaining facilities. The resort will be managed by the largest tour operator TUI who plans to bring 80.000 guests to Rabac and realise more than 400.000 overnight stays. Most of the guests, as planned, should come from the UK and the Scandinavian area.
Port 9 resort
Location: Korčula
Category: 4 star
Number of rooms: 170
Investment value: 75 million HRK
Opening: June 9th
Investor: HTP Korčula
Thanks to this latest investment by HTP Korčula, the resort's category was raised to four stars. The new resort now counts four pavilions located in the Zaljev školjki (Shellfish Gulf). The resort will have water attractions for the youngest guests, and a modern infinity pool for adults. Guests will also be able to enjoy fruit, vegetables and spices from the adjoining garden.
Hotel Plaža Duće
Location: Omiš
Category: 4 star
Number of rooms: 103
Investment value: 103 million HRK
Opening: mid-June
Investor: Andro Internacional d.o.o. (Andro Tomasović)
These new private accommodation facilities were partially funded by the European Regional Development Fund, with the aim of increasing competitiveness and accommodation capacities in the city. According to investor Andro Tomasović, the hotel will have indoor and outdoor pools, a spa center with jacuzzi and three types of sauna, a terrace and a sunbathing area spread over 800 square meters, a children's playground and two restaurants. Investors hope to extend the season for nine months and increase company's revenue by 125 percent.
Hotel Remisens Giorgio
Place: Ičići, Opatija
Category: 4 star
Number of rooms: 180
Investment value: 75 million HRK
Opening: June 15th
Investor: Liburnia Riviera
The latest investment of Liburnia Riviera is a brand new hotel located above the promenade of Lungomare near Opatija. The accommodation facilities include special rooms suitable for families with children. The property has its own private beach, an outdoor pool complex and restaurants offering Mediterranean cuisine. The family rooms are equipped with tubs for children, feeding chairs, bottle heaters, and baby monitors.
Hotel Olympia
Location: Vodice
Category: 4 star
Number of rooms: 151
Investment value: 175 million HRK
Opening: the second half of June
Investor: Olympia Vodice d.d (Josip Stojanović Jolly)
The tourist complex from this season operates with a new pavilion C whose design evokes an appearance of a ship, already attracting the attention of tourists. The building covers more than 13.800 square meters, and investors promise that the hotel's facilities, in spite of the four-star category, actually rank one star higher. The ten-floor edifice has cascading levels, with apartments to be opened on the edges. On the ninth floor there is a 35-meter swimming pool, and there will be an open-sky restaurant on the top floor.
Hotel Park Punat Falkensteiner
Location: Punat, island of Krk
Category: 4 star
Number of rooms: 194
Investment value: 114 million HRK
Opening: June 10th
Investor: Falkensteiner
The hotel is presented as a family paradise surrounded by evergreen parks with modernly decorated rooms. The Punat Park will have an all-inclusive child-friendly service, an outdoor swimming pool with two slides, a children's playroom, a mini-golf course and a cinema.
