Grand Park Hotel Rovinj

Grand Park Hotel Rovinj is a viewpoint for the most beautiful stage on the Adriatic. No matter where he is in the hotel, the guest gets the impression he is staying in a park overlooking Rovinj, St. Euphemia, the island of St. Catherine and the most beautiful sea sunset. Located directly on the coast, near the marina and the promenade, it connects the inner city area with the tourist attractions of the Monte Mulini zone.
In order to blend into the existing forest, the floors offset to follow the slope of the site and form large terraces, Mediterranean gardens, pools and sundecks. A bar with a terrace and an a la carte restaurant are located in the lobby and the reception area, which is connected to the main restaurant with a central staircase. Great significance in the hotels’ view was given to five pine trees that have been growing on the site for over half a century. The congress hall overlooks the Rovinj peninsula through the largest glass window in Europe. Wellness zone includes a spa, a sunbathing area and three swimming pools, extending on two floors overlooking the surrounding woods and the town. The main pool is partially placed in a glass pavilion which opens in the summer, intertwining the interior with the park and the sea.
Italian architect and designer Piero Lissoni was in charge for interior design. Public spaces are characterized by a multitude of details, a large number of types and specific pieces of furniture that, despite mutual diversity, make a unique story together. Special attention was dedicated to styling. Earthy tones and colors prevail in the rooms – a counterpoint to the blue sky and sea that surround the hotel.
The areas alongside the promenade are functionally and formally different from other spaces. They are intended to be a new space for social gatherings, a square with diverse amenities. A relaxing atmosphere is created by water surfaces, carefully selected paving and greenery, which frame particular content zones and makes the whole area both attractive and accessible.

Landscape project summary

The bold and innovative architectural design of the hotel, terraced to follow the natural flow of the terrain, was followed by the equally creative landscape design which resulted in the creation of a’’5th façade’’ in the form of many roof gardens.
The hotel’s landscape is designed through several distinctive zones and with respect to the preexisting landscape - the most vivid example of which are the efforts put during the building process into preserving five Pinus pinea trees at the front of the hotel, aging more than five decades. The entrance square is accented by a group of Magnolia grandiflora trees and rich underplanting. The pool roof terrace is the home to plants specifically chosen for their wind tolerance. Intensive and semi-intensive roof gardens, spanning over four levels, allow the hotel to blend in with the surrounding landscape through a carefully selected combination of aromatic and flowering groundcovers and perennials, with shrubs and multi-stemmed trees scattered between them. The private character of the wellness garden is achieved through lush planting of Fatsia, Viburnum, Rodgersia, Pieris, Nandina, Lagerstroemia, Albizia and various ferns, including the tall feathery Dicksonia antarctica. The contact zones on the north and south sides of the hotel correspond with the surrounding forest through large lawn areas and native Pinus, Celtis and Cupressus trees.
An elaborate landscape design which pays attention to every detail and the hotel mimicking the sloping terrain, with its many terraces planted with a selection of native trees, shrubs, perennials and groundcovers, successfully incorporate the hotel into the natural landscape and create a harmonic pairing of the old and the new.