Hotel Lone

Class: First

Style: Minimalist

Rooms: 253

The ancient woodlands and wave-lapped coves of Croatia’s Adriatic coast have long been attracting sun-hungry tourists, leaving business travelers with no choice but to seek refuge elsewhere. Now though, after years of meticulous planning, there’s a proper design-focused place for them to stay in.

Wrapped by the lofty emerald trees of the Zlatni Rt forest, and marked out by seductive minimalist curves, Hotel Lone is a conference hotel with a difference. Owned by Croatian hotel company Maistra Inc. and just a 10-minute walk from one of the most picturesque towns on the Mediterranean, Rovinj, it bends away from the coastline in a distinctive Y-shape, which means all 253 rooms and suites have views of the island-speckled coastline. Some of the hotel’s ten huge meeting rooms benefit from this unusual profile, too, with high ceilings and wide spaces giving guests the freedom to think and ruminate.

Delicate wafts of locally grown rosemary, lavender and olive oil tempt guests into the Mediterranean-inspired wellness spa, while the open-plan lobby – bedecked in mirrors and cool white stones – allows the outstanding natural beauty of the surrounding area to flood inside.

Nestled in an age-old forest near one of the Adriatic coast’s most picturesque beach resorts, Hotel Lone is Croatia’s first design- and lifestyle-oriented conference hotel – a perfect symbiosis of work-life balance.