Croatia 2012 Motel Plitvice.

KingRat · Jun 28, 2012

On our way back to the airport at Zadar we came across an abandoned Motel. Situated on a highway there wasn't a soul to be seen. We parked and walked onto the grounds. From out of nowhere a guy appeared, head to foot in army greens (he must have been hiding in the undergrowth!). We tried talking to him but he spoke no English and only a few words of German. We were on private property, that much I understood. I pointed at my camera, then at the building, he pointed at his watch and gave us 15 minutes!!

nelly · Jun 28, 2012

I had to put on two pairs of Ray-Bans before I could even look at it

krela · Jun 28, 2012

KingRat said:
I'm exploring my creativity

O'rly? I'm not so sure...

UEP-Wales · Jun 28, 2012

krela said:
O'rly? I'm not so sure...

I'm with Nelly, although I can't afford Ray-Bans :lol:

Do you still not know who that bloke was?

nelly · Jun 28, 2012

Urbex-SW said:
I'm with Nelly, although I can't afford Ray-Bans

Do you still not know who that bloke was?

Mine are Ray-Ban copies, £2.99 from the market :mrgreen:

Edit: What bloke?

TeeJF · Jun 28, 2012

Very nice. I tell you what, I bet it was a nice place when it was up and running too!

As to exploring your creativity I can cope with that, just don't start explroing your s*xuality or Mizz C will have sometyhing to say!

gushysfella · Jun 28, 2012

Loving the colours, is that using HDR? Still trying to get to grips with the photo editing lingo!! GF :mrgreen:

UEP-Wales · Jun 28, 2012

nelly said:
Mine are Ray-Ban copies, £2.99 from the market

Edit: What bloke?

Now that I think I can manage!

Urm, the bloke in camo in the O.P ;-) Sorry should have said that was aimed for KingRat!

flyboys90 · Jun 28, 2012

What a waste of a nice looking place! great pics though thanks for sharing.

lilli · Jun 28, 2012

Have found out a bit of history on this place ... Its a bit grim!

Motel Plitvice was built in the mid-eighties on route to the National Park Plitvice Lakes. At the beginning of the Yugoslav war it was occupied by Serbian rebels, then the UNPROFOR (United Nations Protection Force), after Operation Maslenica in 1993 it was used by the Croatian army until the end of the war.

After the war a masonry contractor, bought the motel and surrounding land for 200,000 DEM from the Croatian Privatisation Fund. The rebuilding of the hotel did not happen as the main route to the hotel from Zadar was a bridge that wasblown up during the war and was not replaced until 2004.

The hotel still remains vacant and is currently up for sale for 2,600,000 Euros.