37 Abandoned Resorts From a Bygone Era You Can Still Visit

15. Kupari Tourist Complex: A War-Torn Riviera

Just south of Dubrovnik, Croatia, the Kupari bay presents a haunting panorama – a collection of once-luxurious hotels shattered by war. Developed as an elite resort for the Yugoslav People's Army officers and guests, featuring Hotels Pelegrin, Kupari, Goričina, Grand, and Mladost, it boasted prime beachfront property. The Croatian War of Independence in the early 1990s saw the complex heavily shelled and looted. Today, these skeletal structures stand open to the Adriatic winds, their bombed-out facades and graffiti-scarred walls offering a stark, powerful reminder of the conflict that abruptly ended its life as a Mediterranean paradise.