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Almayer Art & Heritage Hotel, a beautiful family owned boutique hotel in the heart of Zadar that has been created for curious travellers and the most sophisticated connoisseurs looking for something more personal than the luxury hotel. Nestled in the heart of the historic centre of Zadar, Almayer Art & Heritage Hotel is a small family owned 4-star boutique hotel which features nine exclusive rooms, an attractive secret garden with a unique and leafy glass house and the hotel bistro Corte Vino & More. Surrounded by the green oasis of the nearby park and protected cultural monuments, it is in close proximity to all the city’s sights, the ancient forum, the sea and Zadar’s waterfront, as well as the famous architectural installations of the Sea Organ and Greetings to the Sun.
Named after the Inn of the same name in Alessandro Baricco’s novel “Ocean Sea”, this romantic jewel, built in 1863, after a comprehensive renovation and adaptation in 2017 is transformed into a sensitively reimagined, distinctive, four-star hotel and a new focal point of the city. Specially designed by the owners to emanate the atmosphere of the home, before the classic hotel, it becomes a place for true connoisseurs and modern epicureans.
While the comprehensive exterior renovation of the complex has been done meticulously to preserve the original details and spirit of the old building, so far the interior of the hotel is visually rich, truly eclectic and filled with the cosmopolitan spirit of the Mediterranean. The new interior designed by Boris Ružić BRDesign Studio is visually lavish, eclectic, modern, classic and elegant, with an abundance of texture, shades and colours. Guided by the aesthetic manifesto of the connection of heritage, design and art, the emphasis was not only on the interior design, but on the creation of the experience of place that makes a strong emotional impact, as well as make a place feel instinctively comfortable.
In the attractive courtyard of the hotel, hidden with a medieval wall and filled with the scent of oranges, like the present-day Garden of Hesperides, it is situated our ''secret garden''. From the herringbone brick pavement as reminiscence of the Antiquity and times under the winged Lion of Venice, the medieval courtyard wall which remembers the crusaders times and Ottomans wars, to a verdant Mediterranean vegetation and a steel and glass orangery in the industrial style, as connection to the Fin de siècle and golden age of bourgeois Zadar, our “Secret Garden” is a visual hommage to a centuries-old art of living in Zadar.
A place for epicureans and dreamers, bistro Corte Vino & More is a lively and sensuous place that is sure to surprise as its atmosphere evolves with the passing of time. Our menu changes depending on the part of the day. You can enjoy a hearty breakfast in the morning or a palate-pleasing gourmet nibbles and desserts from the small plate bistro menu afterwards. In our culinary culture and style deeply rooted in our Dalmatian birthplace, we creatively reinterpret traditional Dalmatia’s prime ingredients, terroir and unique flavours. Our extensive drinks list includes more than 80 wines, 25 of them available by the glass, specialty coffee, organic and fair-trade teas, cocktails, prizewinning spirits and liqueurs in a fine Zadar tradition.
Art and design are woven into the fabric of the Almayer. The hotel partners with a diverse range of Croatian and foreign artists to present a continuously changing exhibition. Every space is a canvas for artistic expression—from the art itself to exquisite furniture design and well-thought architectural elements—creating a singular environment and experience in which art is the focus. Almayer Art & Heritage Hotel isn’t just another boutique hotel. It has been transformed from a place for sleeping to a place for daydreaming. Almayer is now an intimate meeting place for curious travellers, with artworks created by emerging and established artists. It’s a unique retreat where reality and fantasy intersect – and make you want to stay. Most of the artworks are for sale and you’ll find the entire range listed in our Art Catalogue, which is available for viewing online or at Reception.
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facebook.comIzložba/Exibition "Ocean more" - Jasna Barisic, Andrea Musa, Branka Ridicki Almayer - Art & Heritage Hotel Izložba traje do kraja godine / The exhibition continues till the end of the year Svaki dan / Every day 17:00 - 21:00 Molimo Vas kontaktirajte recepciju / Please contact our reception desk Kustosica / Curator: Marija Škegro (Iz kataloga) Odnosno… vidite tamo, gdje dopire voda… penje se plažom, a onda se zaustavlja… eto, upravo to mjesto, gdje se zaustavlja… traje svega trenutak, evo, gledajte, tamo na primjer, vidite da traje samo trenutak, potom nestaje, ali kada bi se samo mogao zadržati taj trenutak… kada se voda zaustavlja, baš to mjesto, taj pregib… - Tamo prestaje more. Neizmjerno more, ocean more, što beskrajno nadilazi mogućnosti svakog pogleda, to golemo svemoguće more – postoji, ipak, jedno mjesto na kojem završava i jedan trenutak… Ocean more, Alessandro Baricco Nazovimo ga trenutkom, mjestom u kojem može stati vrijeme vanjskog svijeta i u kojem se možete prepustiti umjetnosti, ljepoti i okusima Mediterana, slanog vjetra, morskih valova i bôja pijeska. Baštinski hotel Almayer. Svojom prvom izložbom upoznaje četiri osobe, tri umjetnice i jednog umjetnika. Jasna Barišić, Andrea Musa, Branka Riđički i Carsten Weck. Umjetnici različitog jezika i riječi, koje transliteriraju na platno, pristupili su istoj temi, naizgled jednostavnom zadatku, prikazati more, vjetar, pijesak, morski zrak i sol; duh Mediterana. Kao ishodišna točka promišljanja i stvaranja, umjetnici zahvaćaju energiju mora i njegovu slanu okolinu, inspirirani romanom Ocean more autora Alessandra Baricca. Roman je pridonio oživljavanju dodira mora i ljudske duše. Kao i stotinu plavih i sivih nijansi koje u jednom danu možemo vidjeti na nemirnoj površini trbuha mora, tako i stotinu osjećaja čuva bezgranično vodeno prostranstvo koje su umjetnici prenijeli na radove. (...) U moru buke, kaosu riječi, žureći kroz život i hvatajući se za niti vremena, zaboravljamo zastati, udahnuti i proživjeti trenutak koji nam tako lako sklizne kroz prste. Prolazeći kroz serije slika ovih umjetnica i umjetnika, doživljavamo različite energije, ulazimo u prostor dualnosti, kreativne jedinstvenosti, a opet različitosti rukopisa kod svakog. Energije radova imaju svoje dvojnike, baš kao i likovi u romanu; one su suprotstavljajuće, jednom meditativne, jednom burne, sirove, melankolične, nostalgične, kontemplativne. Slike nas pozivaju na razgovor, na otkrivanje; pozivaju nas u njihov svijet. Prolazeći čitavim baštinskim hotelom Almayer, proživljava se trajanje jednog sićušnog trenutka i svega onog što se sadržava u njemu, a ove slike samo su jedan dio njegove priče. Marija Škegro ________________________ (From the catalog) “That is…you see there, where the water arrives…runs up the beach, then stops…there, precisely that point, where it stops…it really lasts no more than an instant, look there, for example, there you see that it lasts only an instant, then it disappears, but if one were to succeed in suspending that instant…when the water stops, precisely that point, that curve… - That is where the sea ends. - The immense sea, the ocean sea, which runs infinitely beyond all sight, the huge omnipotent sea – there is a point where it ends, and an instant…” Ocean Sea, Alessandro Baricco Call it a moment, a place in which you can slow down the time of the outside world and, in which, you can indulge in art, beauty, and flavours of the Mediterranean, salty sea, sea waves, and colours of sand. Heritage hotel Almayer. With its first exhibition, the hotel presents four persons, four artists. Jasna Barišić, Andrea Musa, Branka Riđički and Carsten Weck. Artists of different languages and words that they translate to the canvas have approached; what appears to be an easy assignment; to the same theme: a presentation of the sea, wind, sand, sea air and salt; the spirit of the Mediterranean. Inspired by Alessandro Baricco’s novel Ocean Sea, as a starting point of reflexion and creation, artists grasp the energy of the sea and its salt-surrounding. The novel contributed to the revival of the touch between the sea and human soul. In the same way, we see the hundreds of blue and gray shades in one day on the restless surface of the sea, the hundreds of feelings which the endless water expanse guards, that artists have transferred to their art. (…) In the sea of noise, a chaos of words, rushing through life and grabbing the threads of time, we forget to stop, breathe and enjoy the moment that slips through our fingers so easily. Looking at the series of paintings of these artists, we experience different energies and enter the space of duality, creative uniqueness, and diversity of manuscripts. Energies of artwork have their doubles, just like characters in the novel; they are opposite, once meditative, once stormy, coarse, melancholic, nostalgic, contemplative. Paintings invite us for conversation, a discovery; they invite us to their world. Passing through the entire Heritage hotel Almayer, the tiniest instant and everything contained in it is experienced and these paintings are only one part of its story. Marija Škegro http://www.andrea-musa.com http://www.ridicki.com http://www.jasna-barisic.com
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Boris Ruzic i Alen Bibic na početku prve gurmanske večeri i prezentacije vinarije Bibich u Almayer - Art & Heritage Hotel
U prvoj gurmanskoj večeri koju organiziramo u Almayer Art & Heritage Hotelu ugostit ćemo našeg dizajnera i svestranog kreativca Boris Ruzic. Boris će svoje kulinarske kreacije u sedam sljedova pripremiti u suradnji s našom novom kuharicom Sanjom Zlatar, a za pratnju u ovoj jesenskoj gurmanskoj rapsodiji, pobrinuti će se dobro poznata vinarija BIBICh WINE CROATIA iz Skradina. Cijena večere je 490,00 kn po osobi Veselimo se vašem dolasku!
Andrea Musa Measuring the Sea - Capturing Time Acryl on canvas 70x100 cm Cijena na upit / Price on request fotografija/photo: Vjekoslav Bobić (Iz kataloga / From the catalog) ...Musine slike progovaraju o ritmu među dušama mora i čovjeka, mora i okoline, i na koncu prirode i čovjeka. No naglasak nije stavljen (samo) na metafizički aspekt, nego na osjećaj kada se nađemo u trenutku otvaranja prozora gdje nas sjeverac naglo obaspe cvijetom soli, ili pak kada pogledom izgubimo beskonačan val sjedeći na morskoj obali... ...Musa’s paintings talk about the rhythm between the souls of the sea and man, the sea and the environment and, finally, between the nature and man. However, the emphasis is not only on the metaphysical aspect, but on the feeling when we find ourselves opening windows and northerly wind overwhelms us with the flower of the sea, or when we sit on the shore and stare at the endless waves... ◈◈◈ #artinhotel #art #artsoninstagram #zapis #artgallery #almayerhotel #almayer #boutiquehotel #arthotel #designhotel #heritagehotel #zadar #croatia #dalmatia #instaart #contemporaryart #modernart #contemporarypainting #originalart
Izložba/Exibition "Ocean more" - Jasna Barisic, Andrea Musa, Branka Ridicki Almayer - Art & Heritage Hotel Izložba traje do kraja godine / The exhibition continues till the end of the year Svaki dan / Every day 17:00 - 21:00 Molimo Vas kontaktirajte recepciju / Please contact our reception desk Kustosica / Curator: Marija Škegro (Iz kataloga) Odnosno… vidite tamo, gdje dopire voda… penje se plažom, a onda se zaustavlja… eto, upravo to mjesto, gdje se zaustavlja… traje svega trenutak, evo, gledajte, tamo na primjer, vidite da traje samo trenutak, potom nestaje, ali kada bi se samo mogao zadržati taj trenutak… kada se voda zaustavlja, baš to mjesto, taj pregib… - Tamo prestaje more. Neizmjerno more, ocean more, što beskrajno nadilazi mogućnosti svakog pogleda, to golemo svemoguće more – postoji, ipak, jedno mjesto na kojem završava i jedan trenutak… Ocean more, Alessandro Baricco Nazovimo ga trenutkom, mjestom u kojem može stati vrijeme vanjskog svijeta i u kojem se možete prepustiti umjetnosti, ljepoti i okusima Mediterana, slanog vjetra, morskih valova i bôja pijeska. Baštinski hotel Almayer. Svojom prvom izložbom upoznaje četiri osobe, tri umjetnice i jednog umjetnika. Jasna Barišić, Andrea Musa, Branka Riđički i Carsten Weck. Umjetnici različitog jezika i riječi, koje transliteriraju na platno, pristupili su istoj temi, naizgled jednostavnom zadatku, prikazati more, vjetar, pijesak, morski zrak i sol; duh Mediterana. Kao ishodišna točka promišljanja i stvaranja, umjetnici zahvaćaju energiju mora i njegovu slanu okolinu, inspirirani romanom Ocean more autora Alessandra Baricca. Roman je pridonio oživljavanju dodira mora i ljudske duše. Kao i stotinu plavih i sivih nijansi koje u jednom danu možemo vidjeti na nemirnoj površini trbuha mora, tako i stotinu osjećaja čuva bezgranično vodeno prostranstvo koje su umjetnici prenijeli na radove. (...) U moru buke, kaosu riječi, žureći kroz život i hvatajući se za niti vremena, zaboravljamo zastati, udahnuti i proživjeti trenutak koji nam tako lako sklizne kroz prste. Prolazeći kroz serije slika ovih umjetnica i umjetnika, doživljavamo različite energije, ulazimo u prostor dualnosti, kreativne jedinstvenosti, a opet različitosti rukopisa kod svakog. Energije radova imaju svoje dvojnike, baš kao i likovi u romanu; one su suprotstavljajuće, jednom meditativne, jednom burne, sirove, melankolične, nostalgične, kontemplativne. Slike nas pozivaju na razgovor, na otkrivanje; pozivaju nas u njihov svijet. Prolazeći čitavim baštinskim hotelom Almayer, proživljava se trajanje jednog sićušnog trenutka i svega onog što se sadržava u njemu, a ove slike samo su jedan dio njegove priče. Marija Škegro ________________________ (From the catalog) “That is…you see there, where the water arrives…runs up the beach, then stops…there, precisely that point, where it stops…it really lasts no more than an instant, look there, for example, there you see that it lasts only an instant, then it disappears, but if one were to succeed in suspending that instant…when the water stops, precisely that point, that curve… - That is where the sea ends. - The immense sea, the ocean sea, which runs infinitely beyond all sight, the huge omnipotent sea – there is a point where it ends, and an instant…” Ocean Sea, Alessandro Baricco Call it a moment, a place in which you can slow down the time of the outside world and, in which, you can indulge in art, beauty, and flavours of the Mediterranean, salty sea, sea waves, and colours of sand. Heritage hotel Almayer. With its first exhibition, the hotel presents four persons, four artists. Jasna Barišić, Andrea Musa, Branka Riđički and Carsten Weck. Artists of different languages and words that they translate to the canvas have approached; what appears to be an easy assignment; to the same theme: a presentation of the sea, wind, sand, sea air and salt; the spirit of the Mediterranean. Inspired by Alessandro Baricco’s novel Ocean Sea, as a starting point of reflexion and creation, artists grasp the energy of the sea and its salt-surrounding. The novel contributed to the revival of the touch between the sea and human soul. In the same way, we see the hundreds of blue and gray shades in one day on the restless surface of the sea, the hundreds of feelings which the endless water expanse guards, that artists have transferred to their art. (…) In the sea of noise, a chaos of words, rushing through life and grabbing the threads of time, we forget to stop, breathe and enjoy the moment that slips through our fingers so easily. Looking at the series of paintings of these artists, we experience different energies and enter the space of duality, creative uniqueness, and diversity of manuscripts. Energies of artwork have their doubles, just like characters in the novel; they are opposite, once meditative, once stormy, coarse, melancholic, nostalgic, contemplative. Paintings invite us for conversation, a discovery; they invite us to their world. Passing through the entire Heritage hotel Almayer, the tiniest instant and everything contained in it is experienced and these paintings are only one part of its story. Marija Škegro http://www.andrea-musa.com http://www.ridicki.com http://www.jasna-barisic.com
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