Just six miles from the Old Town of Dubrovnik lies the Kupari Tourist Complex. In its 1960s heyday, it was a luxury holiday destination on the Adriatic Sea coast, capable of accommodating 1,600 holidaymakers. Today, it is home to several large hotels and now stands completely abandoned after suffering severe damage during the Croatian Civil War.
It is now only frequented by thrillseekers wanting to wander the halls vandalised with graffiti and looted of anything of value. It is riddled with broken glass and even human faeces - so it is not the ideal holiday destination. Despite this, locals and visitors still use the beautiful beaches nearby, including travel blogger sophiebeau.
com . Today, the resort presents a post-apocalyptic scene, like something out of The Last of Us , and has also been used as a film set for Game of Thrones, Star Wars, and Robin Hood. The bombed-out holiday resort lies as an example of leftovers of the Croatian War of Independence after it was looted, shelled, and burned by Yugoslav forces when they retreated ahead of the advancing Croatian army in the 1990s.
It has not hosted a single guest for over 30 years. The 15-hectare site was built in communist Yugoslavia when state-owned companies and the government built holiday resorts along the coast for their workers. It began as a small pre-war hotel and was then nationalised.
The armed forces decided to continue expanding to provide a holiday playground for the military. The crowning jewel was the Hotel P.
