http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T10:35:35Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/2/5285/89191 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/montemulinicroatia.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>The gorgeous Croatian coast at Rovinj in the area of <b>Istria</b> has just gotten its first five-star hotel with the opening of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Monte+Mulini/ian/262739"><b>Hotel Monte Mulini</b></a> &#151; and even though it's barely springtime, this is already on our Christmas wishlist.<p>Amazingly, this incarnation of the hotel is a renovated version of a previous hotel that didn't get much positive feedback and was certainly a two-star shadow of the luxury they've built now. To be honest, just knowing that the hotel overlooks the Adriatic coastline with nothing but sea to be seen is enough to entice us. <p>But on top of that, they seem to have taken a whole heap of care with the re-design. Croatia can get amandak 2009-04-02T10:49:25-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/