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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)

Croatia Urbex

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Pepper

onJanuary 24, 2024

Hotel Đuro Salaj (HR) – destroyed minersresort at the Makarska Riviera

Hotel Đuro Salaj is a former workers’ resort on the Makarska Riviera. In particular, miners from the mines in Đurđevik, Banovići, Kreka,…

Croatia Urbex

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Pepper

onJanuary 22, 2024

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…

Croatia Urbex

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Pepper

onJanuary 19, 2024

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…

Croatia Urbex

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Pepper

onSeptember 1, 2023

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…

Croatia Urbex

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Pepper

onJuly 15, 2023

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…

Croatia Urbex

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Pepper

onMarch 25, 2023

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…

Croatia Urbex

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Pepper

onMarch 5, 2023

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…

Croatia Urbex

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Pepper

onFebruary 6, 2023

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…

Croatia Urbex

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Pepper

onJanuary 27, 2023

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.…

Croatia Urbex

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Pepper

onJanuary 14, 2023

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).

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Abbey of San Galgano (IT) – Monastery ruins in the middle of the Tuscan countryside.

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Alter Friedhof Bach 🇩🇪 – Numerous members of the Bach family are buried in this old abandoned cemetery

onOctober 15, 2022

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