Jelsa CHILDREN's RESORT
In the bay of Zencisce, on the Island of Hvar an hours drive and a half an hour boat ride from the port of Drvenik is this former Children's resort that was used in the times of the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia. The resort itself was run by the city of Belgrade to provide all year round holidays on the coast for children.
The resort was open to children over 4 years old all the way into their teenage years and provided a holiday but also gave classes in topics like car mechanics, plumbimng and electronics, for relaxation there was an indoor swimming pool, shops, TV rooms, discos, a pizzeria, basketball and courts for other sportsas well as it’s own private bay for swimming. The destination was so popular people today still have fond memories of Jelsa even if holidaying in January!
As the separation of Yugoslavia began, the Croatian National Guard moved on and after the war the resort was used by refugees, until it was handed back to Serbia in accordance with a post war agreement.
The hotel has sat since then slowly being vandalised and stripped of anything valuable as time after time sales of the resort fall through due to its complicated ownership history.
The resort was open to children over 4 years old all the way into their teenage years and provided a holiday but also gave classes in topics like car mechanics, plumbimng and electronics, for relaxation there was an indoor swimming pool, shops, TV rooms, discos, a pizzeria, basketball and courts for other sportsas well as it’s own private bay for swimming. The destination was so popular people today still have fond memories of Jelsa even if holidaying in January!
As the separation of Yugoslavia began, the Croatian National Guard moved on and after the war the resort was used by refugees, until it was handed back to Serbia in accordance with a post war agreement.
The hotel has sat since then slowly being vandalised and stripped of anything valuable as time after time sales of the resort fall through due to its complicated ownership history.
* Any resemblance in this write up to a website that has stolen one of my previous Croatia hotel photographs is totally deliberate, you know who you are, take down my picture and I will use my own words!