New hotel boosts capital city rooms by 10%

Ljubljana is one of Europe's most attractive and easily visited capital cities but it suffers from a lack of hotel rooms given its growing popularity. 

Very few of the international chains have opened in Ljubljana, which is puzzling. 

The Grand Plaza (top), a new five-star hotel and congress centre has just opened its doors, boosting the number of hotel rooms in the city by 10%.

It offers 354 rooms and 10 conference halls that can accommodate up to a thousand participants.

The new Grand Plaza Hotel and Congress Centre is the largest hotel in the capital.

The 81-metre-high tower block offers rooms are of various types and sizes.

In addition to standard services, the hotel also offers a fitness center, a swimming pool, private parking, a bar and a garden.

The new hotel is only the third in Ljubljana next to the InterContinental Hotel, which is its immediate neighbour, and the Zlata Ladjica boutique hotel.

We tried out the more modest, but rather delightful boutique Hotel Mrak (above) on our recent trip to Ljubljana.

It is a family-owned hotel set in a brilliant location in the old town of Ljubljana - just short stroll to the river.

Think small but charming rooms (just 34 in all) - and very helpful staff.

Hotel Mrak is the only hotel in the Ljubljana old centre that is accessible by car.

See https://hotelmrak.si/en/