Looking back, we are able to find a golden connection through time, tying up the rich tradition and vitality of the area with a taste of carefree country life and ever-present olive trees and implement this to the story of our family hotel.
Back in 1970s our grandparents began to host mostly European tourists in their family home in Brsečine. Next to their farm they fed domestic animals, grew fruits and vegetables, engaged in olive growing and produced homemade cheese.Guests and hosts ate at the same table, homemade, authentic food from the estate. . Our grandparents did not speak any foreign languages but they had a sophisticated vision of tourism and therefore managed to always have a house full of satisfied guests from all over Europe. Many of them came back for years due to the warm and friendly relationship they built with the hosts.
Our parents continued this hospitality tradition in their newly built county house where our mom cooked for her guests of whom some returned every year for a decade up until this whole story brutally ended by the outbreak of the homeland war in Croatia. Brsečine was devastated and so was our family home.
After a real difficult period, we had to start from the beginning and build up the entire property from ashes. Driven by the motivation to regain our lost paradise and return everything to the “original settings” of a long hospitality tradition, we decided to open a small family run hotel on our land near our family home. Due to the advantage that we live close to the hotel our goal is, to be in direct and daily interaction with our guests and pay close attention to the quality of service and of all products in person and on site. In addition, we will continue to grow our own olives on our nearby property, among others especially our traditional local type called Zuzorka/Brsečka, which we plan to make one of the hotel's trademark since their olive oil will be used in our restaurant and in close future also in the wellness. Since this is primarily a family project, each of us will bring its skills into a shared vision as we re-enter a new era of tourism.
