It would be difficult to dream up a hotel better suited to the challenges of 2021 than the wonderfully escapist Villa Nai 3.3, which just opened on the Croatian island of Dugi Otok. Designed by architect Nikola Bašić, the hotel features eight guest rooms built into a hillside, each with a private terrace and sweeping views of the Adriatic Sea. The land’s not bad, either—the property is surrounded by a 10-acre olive grove, where some of the trees are more than 500 years old.
What’s on offer at Villa Nai 3.3 is everything that travelers crave right now: space, silence, sunshine (this is one of the sunniest places in Europe), solicitude, and sustainability. The hotel was built with stone excavated on-site, and its architecture reflects the traditional Dalmatian method of dry-stacked walls, which are built with no mortar.
