Kupari, Croatia that has been neglected for some twenty years now. There are seven hotels in the complex (Grand, Goričina I, Goričina II, Kupari, Pelegrin, Mladost and Galeb) and all of them are in disrepair.
The first hotel – Grand – was built here already in 1920, by the entrepreneurs from Czechoslovakia who has the tiling factory nearby. They’ve realized how big touristic potential this area has and therefore decided to build the hotel here.
Next hotels in the luxury complex appeared in the Kupari Bay in the 1960s, dedicated to the officers of the Yugoslav People’s Army and their families as well as the national officials of Yugoslavia. Even the country’s leader, Josip Broz Tito, had his private villa here.
During the Balkan War in the 1990s, the complex of Kupari hotels was badly destroyed – first, it was attacked from the sea and afterward taken over by the Serbian Army. Even if the hotels were already in the poor state after the war, the Croatian army still used it.
Eventually, at the beginning of the 2000s, the complex was abandoned for good, plundered and numerous items such as furniture were stolen.
This was surprsingly nice. The size of these places are quite difficult to capture in photos, they were huge croncrete monoliths.
The first hotel – Grand – was built here already in 1920, by the entrepreneurs from Czechoslovakia who has the tiling factory nearby. They’ve realized how big touristic potential this area has and therefore decided to build the hotel here.
Next hotels in the luxury complex appeared in the Kupari Bay in the 1960s, dedicated to the officers of the Yugoslav People’s Army and their families as well as the national officials of Yugoslavia. Even the country’s leader, Josip Broz Tito, had his private villa here.
During the Balkan War in the 1990s, the complex of Kupari hotels was badly destroyed – first, it was attacked from the sea and afterward taken over by the Serbian Army. Even if the hotels were already in the poor state after the war, the Croatian army still used it.
Eventually, at the beginning of the 2000s, the complex was abandoned for good, plundered and numerous items such as furniture were stolen.
This was surprsingly nice. The size of these places are quite difficult to capture in photos, they were huge croncrete monoliths.
