Hotel Đuro Salaj is a former workers’ resort on the Makarska Riviera. In particular, miners from the mines in Đurđevik, Banovići, Kreka, Breza and Miljevina could spend their holidays here.
Croatia Urbex
Croatia is a heaven for urbex photographers, with its war-ravaged buildings, dilapidated coastal resorts, and deserted military installations. Each site has a unique story that speaks of the country’s turbulent past. With its contrasting beauty of lush landscapes and aged structures, Croatia offers a unique urbex experience.
Top 5 Croatia Urbex Locations:
- Lozovac Aluminium Factory (HR)
- Hotel Grand (HR)
- Children’s Maritime Military Health Resort (HR)
- Hotel Marina Lučica (HR)
- Hotel Kupari (HR)
Lozovac Aluminium Factory – Part 5 – the oldest aluminium factory of the Balkans, abandoned since 2000
One of the greatest urbex locations I’ve been and for me one of the hottest explorations ever: the temperature was 38 degrees and I was melting like aluminium!
Hotel Goričina (HR) – a haunting relic of the past
The abandoned Hotel Goričina II in Kupari stands as a haunting relic of the past, frozen in time amidst the picturesque landscape. This once-luxurious resort, located on the Adriatic coast, was a jewel of Yugoslavian tourism before falling victim to the ravages of war.
Lozovac Aluminium Factory – Part 4 – the oldest aluminium factory of the Balkans, abandoned since 2000
Lozovac Aluminium Plant was once a thriving industrial hub located near the Krka waterfalls. The factory was established in the early 1930s and operated for over six decades, providing employment opportunities for hundreds of men in the region. However, due to economic challenges and changes in the global aluminum market, the factory was eventually shut down in the late 1990s, leaving behind an abandoned industrial complex that has been slowly decaying over the years. One of the greatest urbex locations I’ve been.
Hotel Grand 🇭🇷 – a ghostly reminder of how wars never leave beautiful memories
One of the massive hotels at the bay of Kupari, the Grand Hotel, was built in 1920. It housed 139 beds and featured an indoor swimming pool and luxurious rooms with stunning ocean views. Today, the tourist complex lay in ruins, scarred from attacks during the Croatian War of Independence in the early 1990s.
Lozovac Aluminium Factory – Part 3 – the oldest aluminium factory of the Balkans, abandoned since 2000
Lozovac Aluminium Plant was once a thriving industrial hub located near the Krka waterfalls. The factory was established in the early 1930s and operated for over six decades, providing employment opportunities for hundreds of men in the region. However, due to economic challenges and changes in the global aluminum market, the factory was eventually shut down in the late 1990s, leaving behind an abandoned industrial complex that has been slowly decaying over the years.
Hotel Kupari – From resort to ruin; bombed, burned and abandoned
Five hotels, built in the 60’s and once a holiday home for Yugoslavia’s military elite, sit crumbling into the crystal clear waters of the Adriatic Sea. They’ve now been abandoned for decades.
We visited this place in the summer of 2022, when temperature rised to 38 degrees, so that’s why my wife stayed at the beach and I explored the hotels alone.
Hotel Kupari was worth visiting for its blackened walls and ceilings, but especially for it’s large swimming pool.
Hotel Pelegrin 🇭🇷 – the bay of Kupari, Croatia’s hotel graveyard
The bay of Kupari is the complex of former hotels in Kupari, Croatia, that has been neglected for some twenty years now. There are seven hotels in the complex – Hotel Grand, Goričina I, Goričina II, Kupari, Pelegrin, Mladost and Galeb – and all of them are empty shells, decaying with the passing of time.
Lozovac Aluminium Factory – Part 2 – the oldest aluminium factory of the Balkans, abandoned since 2000
During the summer holidays of 2016 we were on our way to the Krka waterfalls in Croatia when we saw large buildings looming in the distance. My curiosity was aroused and after visiting the falls we immediately drove back to the place we had seen. Because it was already evening and we still had to drive a long way back to our holiday accommodation, the explore took no longer than half an hour, but I was determined to return again!
Hotel Kupari 🇭🇷 – Part 1 – The Swimming Pool
Swimming pool in Hotel Kupari near Kupari, a tourist complex destroyed during Croatian War of Independence (1991-1995).