Boutique Hotel Venturo

Boutique Hotel Venturo is located in Bačvice, just a few steps from the city’s only sandy beach and a few minutes’ walk from Diocletian’s Palace, the Riva waterfront and the ferry and railway terminals. As the only Croatian hotel in the global Design Hotels collection, which operates within Marriott International, Venturo is an intimate city hotel with 22 rooms and 2 suites that combines contemporary aesthetics with Dalmatian identity. The hotel follows an adults-only concept (18+) and is pet-friendly.

The hotel’s story begins on its façade of Brač stone – the same stone built into some of the world’s most famous buildings, including the White House in Washington. Inside, the stone continues in a dialogue with wood and metal, surrounded by sandy neutral tones and the warm, golden light of Bačvice. The interior colours were not taken from a catalogue but from the landscape outside the door: stone, sand and the shallow, crystal-clear sea. In the corridors and rooms, subtle decorative patterns are contemporary interpretations of Drniš embroidery, a traditional craft protected as part of Croatia’s intangible cultural heritage.

Every room features a unique painting by Omiš-born academic painter Vera Mekinić, whose light, airy compositions in Mediterranean tones tell a quiet story of Dalmatia. Guests at Venturo therefore do not simply stay in a designed room, but in a small museum of local art, where every space has its own character.

The Venturo Spa & Beauty Center, with a Finnish sauna, jacuzzi and relaxation room, offers personalised massages, signature rituals and facial treatments with Natura Bissé products, while guests can also enjoy a modern fitness room and a rooftop pool with panoramic city views. V Restaurant & Bar and V Garden & Terrace, surrounded by Mediterranean greenery, serve seasonal Mediterranean cuisine, selected wines and signature cocktails, and are also open to the local community – Venturo does not want to be a closed hotel, but the living room of Split.

The hotel was built as a nearly zero-energy building (nZEB), in line with the DNSH (Do No Significant Harm) principle of the EU Taxonomy, and accessibility is part of the standard: access for persons with disabilities, a garage with a car lift and no external barriers, and a kitchen that adapts to special dietary requirements. Tempo venturo – the time to come.