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Clean lines, high quality materials
and a sophisticated lighting
concept give the exterior of the
Adriana its identity. The concept
is extended to the rooms. An
interior of international standard
is created with glass-walled
bathrooms, fine wooden floors
and cabinets, design classics and
earth tones.
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Directly adjacent to the little harbour promenade, the Adriana
rounds off the Baroque features of a hotel in contemporary style.
The integrated spa concept SENSORI SPA lures guests with
thoughtfully combined materials and styles – not to mention the
huge choice of treatments for all the senses.
unusual but very effective mixture of wood, sandstone,
slate, mosaic and glass. An independent lighting system
animates the overall concept and contributes to a new
identity for the ensemble – for example the blue-lit Skybar
on the fifth floor – widely visible at night, which in
its brilliance is surpassed only by a castle bathed in golden
light, that is set on a hill on the other side of the harbour.
The crowning glory is the panoramic view across the bay,
the harbour, the town, the inland hills and the sea …
The capital of the island of the same name snuggles around
the little harbour and can only be described as picturesque.
The Adriana, my home for the next three nights, to
whose official opening I have been invited, is only one of
a total of 11 hotels of the ORCO Group on Hvar, gathered
under the »Suncani Hvar« brand. Involvement with
the island began only a few years ago in the shape of a
private-public-partnership, which has meanwhile freed all
notable business from the agony of State ownership and
prepared for today’s tourist industry carefully and sustainably.
This is the case for the Riva Yacht Harbour Hotel
mentioned above, the Amfora Beach Resort and The Palace
directly on the market place – all top class hotels with
extraordinary character.
Service at the Adriana is extremely good and the manner
informal. Given that I am one of the first guests and
the personnel is still young and surely somewhat excited,
this was really impressive. I have seldom been asked in a
more natural and sincere way about how I slept than at
the breakfast table on the terrace. It is precisely here, on
Hvar’s already impressively beautiful harbour promenade,
that the Adriana represents an additional dimension of
materials and styles, that integrate seamlessly into the existing
ensemble. State of the art architecture and interiors
and the world class offering of the Sensori Spa concept
are the icing on the cake and the atmospheric edge of this
pearl of the Adriatic.
The outstanding location on the harbour allows me to
reach the historic town centre with its wonderful Sicilian
piazza in only a few minutes. Behind the romantic façades
of the adjacent houses, there is a network of narrow alleys
and stairways. In the maze of little streets, lanes and alleys,
there are magical surprises on every corner: old houses,
seas of flowers, dozing gardens … up and down stairs, in
the glittering midday sun, a vision of times past opens
up to me as if awakening from an enchanted sleep. With
no motor traffic and accessible by bicycle or with strange
electric cars without a driver’s cockpit, Hvar is a very quiet
little place. Its pace slows me down and restores me.
In the harbour itself, one can rent small boats to visit the
surrounding islands by oneself, but guided tours or simple
crossings can also be booked. Destinations include lonely
beaches for friends of naturism, romantic bays for those in
love, diving paradises and little yacht harbours with mini
hotels and very good, rustic fish restaurants. I would how-