Hotel stays don’t get much more heavenly than this.<\/p>\n
A former 15th-century monastery in Croatia has been stunningly transformed into a beautiful boutique property reminiscent of a set.<\/p>\n
Guests can enjoy ‘unique suites filled with rare pieces of art’, relax in an ‘ancient medicinal garden’ with over 80 species of plants and ‘eat delicious local wine and food, created by world-class chefs’. There are also spell-binding coastal views, because the property sits right next to the glittering Adriatic Sea on Lopud island, just seven miles from Dubrovnik<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lopud 1483, pictured, is a former\u00a015th-century monastery in Croatia that has been stunningly transformed into a beautiful boutique hotel<\/p>\n The property is located\u00a0right next to the glittering Adriatic Sea on Lopud island, just seven miles from Dubrovnik<\/p>\n The property used to be a home for Franciscan monks called\u00a0Our Lady of the Cave<\/p>\n The hotel’s origins can be traced to the year 1483.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Back then it was a monastery for Franciscan monks called Our Lady of the Cave.<\/p>\n Monks lived at the monastery until 1822, Tranh g\u1ed7 treo ph\u00f2ng kh\u00e1ch<\/a> when it was seemingly abandoned, having fallen into disrepair and become uninhabitable.<\/p>\n RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share 849 shares In 1992, the ruins of the complex were spotted by London-based art collector Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, while on a boat trip<\/a> to Lopud with a local friar.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n She had been visiting Croatia\u00a0to help to rescue artworks damaged in the war after the break-up of the Balkans.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n She couldn’t believe ‘such an architectural marvel’ had been neglected for so long and soon after paid a second visit to the monastery with world-renowned architect Frank Gehry.<\/p>\n Inside the hotel’s recreation of an ancient pharmacy,\u00a0which includes original 15th and Tranh g\u1ed7 treo ph\u00f2ng kh\u00e1ch<\/a> 16th-century manuscripts and mortars<\/p>\n