Abandoned Places in Dalmatia, Croatia

20 abandoned places in Dalmatia, Croatia, with map links and honest tips. Browse the best abandoned place spots across the region.

Dalmatia has its share of ruins and forgotten buildings, from crumbling manor houses to abandoned factories and disused military sites. These 20 abandoned places draw urban explorers and photographers. They are fragile and sometimes carry difficult history, so go carefully and with respect.

The 20 best abandoned places in Dalmatia

• Bunker iz II.WW. map
• Gospodarska zgrada kompleksa Bunić. map
• Grablje Hvar, village. map
• Hotel Belvedere Dubrovnik, a clifftop hotel above dubrovnik’s old town, opened in 1985 and abandoned after war damage in 1991. map
• Hotel Grand Kupari, the oldest of the kupari resort hotels, built in 1920 with 139 beds and an indoor pool. map
• Hotel Pelegrin, one of the kupari bay hotels, opened in the 1960s as a showcase of yugoslav resort architecture and frequented by military elite. map
• Hotel Tucepi, crumbling resort hotel on the makarska riviera. map
• Hotel Đuro Salaj, a workers’ resort on the makarska riviera built for miners from the bosnian coal mines of đurđevik, banovići and kreka. map
• Humac Hvar, seasonal village. map
• Krvavica Childrens Resort, a striking 1963 modernist children’s health resort designed by architect rikard marasović on the coast near makarska. map
• Kupari, a beach resort built from the 1960s for yugoslav military officers and their families, with five hotels lining a sheltered bay near dubrovnik. map
• Lozovac Aluminium Factory, founded in the early 1930s near the krka waterfalls, this was the oldest aluminium plant in the balkans. map
• Malo Grablje, a stone village tucked in the hills of hvar, founded in the 16th century. map
• Monastery. map
• Napoleon Road. map
• Pomorski Svjetionik rt Donja. map
• Pustinja Dračeva Luka. map
• San Magradi. map
• Svetac Island. map
• Velington. map

Practical tips

Ruins are unstable. Do not climb on structures, watch for loose masonry and never go in alone. Sturdy boots, a torch and a charged phone are the minimum, and treat these places as memorials, not playgrounds. Take nothing.

When to go

For abandoned places in Dalmatia, aim for May to October, with June and September the quietest warm months. Bring water and shade, facilities are thin at the more remote spots.

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