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reference to nature, a leaf-motif, has also been used on the floor-to-ceiling windows and glass doors to prevent people from walking into them.


The lobby opens onto an ample terrace, with a new wooden deck, and three seating areas for eating, drinking and sunbathing. Parasols, wooden sun-beds with white canvas cushions, and olive trees in elegant white Ming Family pots designed by Rodolfo Dordoni for Serralunga provide understated refinement. The sea breeze carries wafts of lavender and rosemary – below the terrace, pebble borders laid out with geometric precision define flower beds planted with fragrant herbs, the work of Zagreb-based Dionaea landscape architects. Below the gardens, nature becomes less tamed, with footpaths winding through clusters of indigenous holm oaks, down to an indented rocky coast interspersed with concrete and stone bathing platforms affording easy access into the sea. Here, built right up to the


water’s edge, a small pavilion houses the Yacht Restaurant and Lounge Bar. Many guests’ favourite dining venue, it’s all about sea and sky, with outdoor seating as well as more sun-beds and parasols on a wooden deck, and thick white ropes instead of railings giving the impression of being on a ship. The 242 spacious, light and airy whitewashed guestrooms are all 26m2


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with floor-to-ceiling windows opening onto balconies. Beds have tall olive green headboards, with further splashes of colour, either emerald or mauve, added by a fold-up sofa bed (ideal for children) and scatter cushions. Built-in wardrobes, with a floor-to-ceiling sliding door doubling as a full-length mirror, provide ample storage space. A reference to the city of Pula comes in the form of a black-and-white framed print depicting a well-known monument or landmark – perhaps the Roman Arena (amphitheatre) or the Temple of Augustus. The architects purchased the rights to


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