Haludovo Palace Hotel is clearly not of our time, but it’s hard to tell exactly when it is from. The design and modular shapes feel futuristic, but the state of decay places it firmly in the past. In reality, the hotel complex was built on the island of Krk in 1971, in a style typical of Communist-era architecture (the asymmetrical concrete, the brutally modern facades) and spent a few golden decades hosting actors and world leaders visiting former Yugoslavia. When war hit in the 1990s, tourism dwindled, and the hotel hosted its last guests in 2001 before closing its doors for good. The casinos, saunas, and tennis courts have fallen into disrepair, but visitors can still appreciate the hotel’s skeletal buildings—and let’s face it, any day spent on a Croatian island is a good one.
