Grand Hotel Adriatic

Grand Hotel Adriatic stands in Opatija on the Kvarner coast, and by size it is the town's principal hotel. Rooms look out over the sea and come with air conditioning, minibar, safe, cable television, direct telephone, hairdryer, and free Wi-Fi.

The hotel runs two pools: one indoors, filled with seawater and kept warm, and one outdoors with fresh water. The indoor option makes the hotel genuinely useful in the shoulder months, when the air off the Adriatic drops but guests still want to swim. A spa and a fully equipped gym sit alongside the pools.

Food and drink spread across several venues. The outdoor pool restaurant is the main place to eat in warmer weather. Inside, the Nymph Lobby Bar — recently renovated — handles drinks year-round. The hotel terrace carries both an outdoor cocktail bar and the Cocktail and Kvarner bar, so there is no distance between a swim and a drink on a warm afternoon.

Opatija is a compact town with a seafront promenade running close to the hotel, which makes it a workable base for the wider Kvarner coastline.