TOURISM: CROATIA
Grand Park Hotel Rovinj
T
he Grand Park Hotel Rovinj – which
swimming pools are on the sixth floor, and many
replaces the old Hotel Park in Rovinj
of the buildings are camouflaged with greenery.
– represents the single biggest tourist
The hotel will feature 193 rooms and 16 suites,
investment by Maistra so far, and one of
several of which will have a private sauna and
the largest investments in tourism since
plunge pool, a sunbathing area and a garage. The
Croatian independence. Croatian investment
hotel also features several bars and restaurants,
firm the Adris Group is the project’s investor,
a two-level 3,800sq m spa (the largest of its
and is also investing heavily to update Maistra’s
kind in Istria), and an indoor pool and three
remaining hotel stock to four and five star.
outdoor pools on the top floor of the building.
Maistra has enlisted the help of Croatian
“When designing the hotel, our goal
architecture and urban planning studio 3LHD
was to have all the facilities focused on the
and Italian designer Pierro Lissoni to create the
spectacular views of the sea, of Rovinj’s old
five star hotel, which is due to open next spring.
town and of the green island of Katarina,”
The hotel will feature three
Facing the marina, the six level hotel has been
says 3LHD partner Silvije Novak.
outdoor pools. It has been
built into the natural slope, and offers views of the
designed to maximise views
“At the same time, to secure a suitable
sea and of old town. The ‘cascading’ design of
view of the hotel from Rovinj, we needed
the hotel means that the entrance, lobby and the
to incorporate the hotel’s volume in the
The hotel will face the marina. Many of its buildings will be Pierro Lissoni is responsible for the interiors
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