The Top 28 Hotels Near Špacapanova Hiša
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The region is nicknamed Slovenia's Tuscany, which sells it a little short: Brda has the Alps behind it and the Adriatic shimmering in the distance from the vineyard terraces. This adults-only estate hotel has a handful of art-filled rooms, a pool, cherry orchards to wander, and a fire pit sized for a glass of the house Rebula at dusk. Breakfast runs until noon, which implies the right pace. It holds a Michelin Key.
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The original wrought-iron banisters are still there, climbing a staircase that predates everyone checking in. This boutique hotel in Izola's old town has ten rooms, and four of them come with private spa lofts, sauna and soaking tub included, which is a quietly extravagant thing to find a short walk from the marina. The rooms run contemporary but don't try to forget the building's age, which is exactly the right call.
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A 14th-century country manor surrounded by apple orchards in a Slovenian village you won't stumble onto by accident. Kendov Dvorec is a small luxury hotel where every room is furnished with antiques assembled one piece at a time, no two quite alike. The restaurant leans into local Idrija traditions, and the grounds are the kind you actually use, not just admire from a window.
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The restored ballroom still has its original gilded ceiling, which tells you a lot about what kind of hotel this is. Hotel Palace Portorož is a grand seaside resort on the Slovenian Adriatic, with the full complement of formal rooms, three restaurants, two bars, a café, and a 1,500 square meter spa running saltwater pools, saunas, and treatments built around local olive oil, rose, and salt.
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Four chalets for two, perched close to a thousand meters above the Soča Valley, where clouds sometimes sit below your window and the Julian Alps fill the rest of it. This solar-powered retreat holds a Michelin Key and makes no apologies for what it lacks: no restaurant, no crowd, just wine, a sauna, and a silence that arrives faster than expected. The kind of place the phone signal quietly gives up on first.
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Stone buildings on a medieval hillside in the Istrian interior, close enough to the Adriatic to feel it without being on the water: San Canzian is a small hotel and residences that holds a Michelin Key. The 24 rooms lean contemporary inside walls that are anything but. There's an outdoor pool, an indoor spa, and a restaurant whose menu tilts Italian, which makes sense given you're an hour from Trieste.
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Lake Bohinj sits just outside the door of this mountain hotel in the Julian Alps, and the larchwood-paneled rooms come with the surrounding peaks sketched onto the wall, in case you forget. The wellness center has a barefoot sensory path through straw, stones, and sand, plus a sauna and outdoor pool. Breakfast leans on local producers, the restaurant runs regional dishes all day, and hiking trails start before you've finished your coffee.
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A winery that got ambitious and built a hotel on an Istrian hillside, with a Finnish sauna, a Turkish bath, and a pool overlooking the hills. The architecture swings hard into bold modernism, and the interiors are colorful in a way that suggests the owner has opinions. Inland Croatia rarely draws the crowds that the coast does, which means Motovun stays genuinely quiet, and you can taste through the estate's own bottles without leaving the property.
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Hand-exposed murals and timber ceilings run through all 15 rooms of this boutique hotel, housed in one of the few freestanding buildings in Ljubljana's old town. The "Golden Boat" sits on the Ljubljanica River, and its restoration keeps the stonework and layered history of a very old building intact without making you feel like you're sleeping in a museum. The Michelin Guide awarded it one Key.
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A timber-slat façade cuts an odd, striking figure in Ljubljana's old center, and the inside follows through with striped chaises, vintage pieces, and a sharp edit of Slovenian contemporary art. The boutique hotel holds just 28 rooms, and the rooftop Jacuzzi looks straight at the castle. Downstairs, Jaz by Ana Roš adds real culinary weight. The Michelin Guide awarded it a Key.
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Each of the 34 rooms at this boutique hotel on the edge of Ljubljana was designed by a different local architect, so no two feel alike: one might go sleek and monochrome, the next warm wood and saturated color. The public spaces hold it all together with natural materials and considered lighting. It sits just outside the center, which means you'll need a short ride in, but the rooms give you something to come back to.
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A converted industrial building just north of Ljubljana's center, with exposed brick, local art on rotation, and a ground-floor hub called The Loft that rolls bar, restaurant, and lounge into one open space. Rooms and serviced apartments run clean and unfussy, handling a weekend or a two-week work trip with equal ease. Community events and changing exhibitions give it a slightly lived-in feel that most hotels spend a lot of money pretending to have.
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Original frescoes and vaulted stone ceilings frame an eight-room boutique hotel tucked into a quiet street in central Ljubljana. Each room is different, furnished in wood, linen, and wool, with bespoke pieces made by local artisans alongside restored mid-century finds. There's a garden for wine and a shelf of books if you need an excuse to stay in. History lives in the walls here, not behind glass somewhere.
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Four old townhouses behind traditional Slovenian façades hide a boutique hotel full of glass, chrome, and concrete inside. The rooftop is the main event: an infinity plunge pool and a glass-walled yoga studio sit alongside castle views and the terracotta sprawl below. The Michelin Guide has selected it among its recommended hotels. Street level has a French chef cooking through a Slovenian lens, though most guests seem to be up on the roof.
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The rooftop pool looks straight up at Ljubljana Castle, which sets the tone for staying here. This grand city-center hotel wears its Vienna Secession facade like a good suit, with high ceilings and Art Nouveau detail carrying through to the interiors. The guest list over the years has included Queen Elizabeth II and the Dalai Lama, which is an unusual range of taste to satisfy. The Grand Union Café downstairs is a Ljubljana institution in its own right.
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Five suites, each named after one of the owners' grandchildren, sit inside a modernist chalet on the hillside above a Julian Alps village. The family behind a well-regarded Ljubljana restaurant runs this place, so the open-kitchen dining room pulls as much weight as the mountain views. A spa and year-round trails round things out. The Michelin Guide awarded it two Keys.
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A rust-orange facade on the Porec waterfront, with 105 rooms done up in creams and Adriatic blues, parquet floors, and balconies facing either the sea or the old town rooftops. This hotel is an adults-only (16 and up) property steps from the beaches and a private-boat ride from St. Nikola's island. The terrace doubles as a jazz venue when the local scene comes alive, which happens more often than you'd expect for a town this size.
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Sixteen rooms and suites on the Opatija Riviera, in a resort town most of Croatia's foreign visitors somehow skip. The hotel leans Art Deco throughout, with Hermès products in the bathrooms and espresso machines in the rooms, and several suites have terraces over the Adriatic. The spa, a fine-dining restaurant, and a poolside lounge mean you never have to leave, though Opatija proper is only minutes down the coast when you do.
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A boutique hotel at the foot of the Martuljek peaks in the Upper Sava Valley, where every room comes with a balcony and a wall of mountains to stare at. The spa's panoramic terrace raises the stakes further, with Finnish and infrared saunas inside for when the view gets too bracing. Hiking trails start more or less at the door, and the on-site restaurant works through local Slovenian produce with a Bib Gourmand to its name.
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Heated shoe dryers in every apartment tell you exactly who this place is built for. Vila Pavlina is a small aparthotel in Kranjska Gora, running twelve fully equipped apartments with kitchens, private balconies or terraces, and direct slope access from the ski room. Stone, wood, and an eclectic scatter of art, including a few museum pieces, give the interiors a lived-in warmth. Two saunas, a hot tub, and a salt room handle the après-ski, and the town's restaurants are right outside.