January 27, 2021 – They promised its arrival this spring and, true to their word, these first-look photos show the construction of the beautiful new Rijeka Hilton Costabella Beach Resort & Spa is complete

With an investment of €80 million and the keen co-operation of the city authorities, the arrival date of the new Rijeka Hilton Costabella Beach Resort & Spa was never in doubt. They said it would be ready for spring and due to open its doors in April. As these first look pictures show, they've been true to their word. Construction of the new Rijeka Hilton Costabella Beach Resort & Spa is complete.

Its been at times difficult to fully visualise the completed project from the glossy, computer-generated builders' images of how they predict the finished product will look. Rijeka residents too have had their worries – would the new promenade in front of the complex (paid for with city money) place a section of their beloved coastline off-limits to those not staying at the Rijeka Hilton Costabella Beach Resort & Spa?

They needn't have worried. As these new images show, the major construction work at the Rijeka Hilton Costabella Beach Resort & Spa is complete. It looks as though they could throw open the doors tomorrow. The worried-over promenade snakes between the main complex and the hotel residents' beach area. It allows pedestrians full access to the seafront – they can pass along the entire front facade of the Rijeka Hilton Costabella Beach Resort & Spa and enjoy the view from the shore just as much as hotel residents. When the Rijeka Hilton finally opens its doors, they'll also be able to take advantage of all of its spa facilities too, which will be opened up to local residents via a membership scheme.

The Rijeka Hilton Costabella Beach Resort & Spa complex has been built across a considerable 18,000 square metres. The main building complex has 10 floors which hold 132 rooms. The site also has 66 villas separate to the main building, six restaurant/bar/food outlets, a private beach, and one of the largest wellness facilities in the region - the two-floored spa area covers more than 3,000 square metres.

The new photos of the complete Rijeka Hilton Costabella Beach Resort & Spa, which are signed as Mr. Fly, were posted publicly to the Facebook group Riječka enciklopedija - Fluminensia by renowned Rijeka photographer Dario Matijević, whose breathtaking images of the nature, landscapes and cityscapes of the Kvarner region are often signed as Baredice Photo and can be enjoyed here. They were subsequently used by RiPortal in their coverage of this story.

As Novac writes on the 26th of September, 2019, the Croatian capital of Zagreb has now received its third Hilton hotel which is worth a massive twenty million euros, according to Zagreb City Hotels, the company that manages Hilton hotels in Croatia's capital city.

Zagreb's brand new Hilton Garden Inn opened its shiny doors for the prestigious Hilton's 100th anniversary, and the four-star hotel is located on Radnička cesta (road), just a twenty-minute drive from Zagreb's Franjo Tuđman Airport.

The hotel boasts 153 rooms, a fitness centre The Shop, which is a small shop, and a self-service laundry room. In addition, on the eighth floor of the Hilton Garden Inn, there is a convention centre spanning 1,000 square metres, and within the complex lie five spacious multifunctional halls that can accommodate up to 1,000 people at any one time.

In addition, the hotel also has a restaurant on the ground floor, which, as they emphasised from Hilton using different terminology, can be adapted to different settings. It serves breakfast, a daily lunch and a la carte meals, yet this large space can also easily be transformed into an event space, house car promotions and other events which command a large space.

With the opening of this brand new Hilton hotel, according to the company, the increasingly popular City of Zagreb ''got a quality new offer for its tourist offer, a new, modernly equipped congress hall with a striking design overlooking the city and a modern restaurant on the ground floor of the hotel which will become new, very attractive places for organising weddings and other exclusive events.''

Hilton is the world's leading hotel company and commands respect from travellers the world over. It currently operates in 113 countries across the globe, with more than 5,600 hotels currently under its belt.

For images of the new hotel's interior, click here.

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