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These Austrian hoteliers have imported their own vision of comfort and added touches of Croatian colour to create a modern and funky hotel within the brandnew Branimir Centre complex—and it’s proving highly popular with the young professional set. Rooms have a pop art theme, two mood lighting settings, multifunction tables and CD/DVD players in case the bars, cinemas and other diversions in the Branimir Centre just can’t tempt you. The hotel’s own bar serves sushi, has live jazz at weekends, and the Radicchio restaurant is superb. Naturally meeting rooms are state-of-the-art, the largest room seating 90 delegates.
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Reopening the Astoria in Spring 2005, the new owners have done a great job with what was a rather dilapidated affair. Fittings are of the highest quality and the new Astoria oozes comfort and refinement. All rooms have internet connections and minibars, and HBO pay-TV channels are free. The location is excellent for the central business district as well as sightseeing, and the hotel’s conference rooms have full audio-visual backup and can accommodate 100. The Astoria’s restaurant serves excellent Mediterranean cuisine. Parking is in the car park next door and costs 110 Kn per day.
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Situated just west of the city centre, the proximity of Dom Sportova, which hosts some of Zagreb’s large sporting events and concerts, made this shiny blue glass tower block a favourite with visiting athletes. Nowadays, the up-and-coming nature of the neighbourhood has given the hotel a new clientele of younger professionals. The building’s Soviet era vintage is almost inescapable, but the interiors are as well executed as you would expect from the Sheraton stable. Of the eight meeting rooms, the largest can seat up to 400, and a total of 2,000 conference guests can be catered for. Restaurant estine is known for excellent cuisine—Croatian, international and healthy food—and its summer terrace.
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This stunning new building sits in the new Buzin business district, where the mammoth US embassy and some of the larger corporate HQs have recently relocated. The hotel is also doing a booming trade with pilots and cabin crew, seeing as it’s only a few minutes’ drive from Zagreb Pleso airport. Aristos is the last word in flamboyant, glassy understatement, arranged with green plants, neutral tones and plenty of natural light. It has massage and solarium facilities and a stylish restaurant with good food. Excellent if you have an early morning flight, but the city centre is a 20- minute drive away. High-tech equipment is available for meetings for up to 80.
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A smallish, privately owned hotel in a leafy district not far from the centre, with the presidential palace and many of the city’s embassies and diplomatic residences nearby. The hotel’s good reputation is perhaps due in part to this exclusive location and its renowned—and expensive—fish restaurant. However, the evidence is that the communal areas are in some need of maintenance, and as the owner wasn’t keen to grant us access to the rooms, we can’t comment on the standards in that part of the hotel. A salon seating 40 can be used for meetings.
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