Hotel Kukuriku
About this hotel
Kastav's walled old town, not the Opatija coast, is the setting for Hotel Kukuriku, a considerably longer drive from the coast at roughly an hour and forty minutes to the regional airport by taxi, reflecting how far inland and uphill the property genuinely sits. Understated rooms with modern furnishings avoid the belle-époque grandeur of the coastal hotels on this list, and the polished restaurant with its seasonal terrace draws diners from beyond the hotel itself. The minute's walk to Caffe bar Loža puts the hotel inside the working life of Kastav's old town rather than a resort perimeter built for tourists passing through, based on what is confirmed in the listing itself, for guests who value that kind of detail, compared with similar properties nearby.