Hotel Palace Portorož

The Hotel Palace Portorož (Slovene: "Hotel Palace") is a five-star deluxe hotel in Portorož, a settlement on the Adriatic coast in southwestern Slovenia. It is the only deluxe hotel in Slovenia.

Hotel Palace Portorož
Interactive map of the Hotel Palace Portorož area
General information
Location	Portorož, southwestern Slovenia, Obala 45, Portorož
Opening	20 August 1910, reopened on 18 October 2008
Closed	autumn 1990
Owner	MK Group
Operator	Minor Hotels
Other information
Number of rooms	181
Number of suites	1 presidential, Laguna, Venice, Piran, Palace, Rose
Number of restaurants	2
Parking	Garage Parking

History

Construction of the Palace Hotel began in 1908. It was designed by Austrian architect Johann Eustacchio and opened on 20 August 1910. Portorose, along with Grado and Opatija, was one of the most important coastal resorts on the Austrian Riviera in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The hotel was completed in 1912.

At the end of 1983, the hotel was proclaimed a cultural monument, and a park in front of hotel was called a monument of designed nature. The hotel closed in autumn 1990.

In the 2000s, the Slovenian owner, coastal company Istrabenz Hoteli Portorož, signed a contract with German hotel chain Kempinski to run and manage the hotel. When they renovated the hotel, the exterior was kept for historical reasons and almost everything else was demolished; however most of the interior was rebuilt in the classical style. The renovation was planned by Slovenian architects API ARHITEKTI and cost about 70 million euros. In addition, a modern hotel building was built next to the original hotel. The hotel reopened on 18 October 2008 as Kempinski Palace Portorož.

On 12 February 2026, Minor Hotels assumed management of the hotel and it left the Kempinski chain.