Little did I realise in May 2004 that my eight day stay in Lake Bohinj's Hotel Bellevue was in effect the nascent stages of its own ersatz funeral wake, that would only conclude over a decade later. I had previously vacationed in the Bohinj region three out of the previous five years, all within the…
Bohinj: what now for the former Hotel Kompas?
Bohinj's eponymous Ribcev Laz-based hotel is the latest to reach a state of crisis following the demise of the neighbouring Bellevue, a former favourite of Agatha Christie, and time-lapsed dereliction of the Ukanc-based Zlatorog, whose heyday saw it welcome national leaders and global heads of state. How the ongoing bankruptcy process will affect the Hotel…
Bohinj: finally some hope for Hotel Zlatorog?
*Please view March 2019 update: Bohinj: Slovenian Cryptocurrency millionaire invests in ailing hotel stock Being responsible for the majority of Bohinj's preeminent tourism accommodation places a large responsibility on the owner to sympathetically maintain properties whose position within the Triglav National Park(TNP) imposes exacting aesthetics demands and the need for sustainable renewal and reinvention. It is…
Bohinj: Triglav National Park opens information centre resource
The opening of a Triglav National Park(TNP) information centre in Stara Fuzina has been heralded as a crucial step forward in relations between the troubled park authority and the very area which it is tasked to oversee. It is ironic in the extreme that whilst the modern, eco-friendly edifice is a welcome edition for locals…
Bohinj: Municipality and Zmago Pacnik meet to discuss critical state of Zlatorog and Bellevue
Bohinj's most wanted man this week finally fronted up to the area's municipal council to explain his plans, if any, to bring the portfolio of holiday accommodation under his ownership back into serviceable use and arrest the shameful decay that has sadly seen, in particular, hotels Zlatorog and Bellevue degenerate to a point where demolition…
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