Kristal Hotel

Hotel Kristal is a family hotel in Bohinj, situated close to Lake Bohinj, on the outskirts of the Triglav national park. The hotel was built and renovated in line with local tradition and gives its guests the homely feeling, characteristic of the region. Hospitality, delicious cuisine, unspoilt nature and abundant possibilities for an active holiday await you at this excellent starting point.

Why stay at our hotel?

We assure you that you will feel well in our company, enjoy a carefree holiday, take care of your health and enjoy discovering the natural beauties surrounding us immensely. In the year 2013 we have had some guests come to our hotel year after year for 20 years uninterruptedly. We are grateful for their trust and our gift to them was a 7-day package for 2 people, free of charge. We are sure that we will be able to celebrate such and similar occasions also in the years to come. Amongst many regular guests there are also some famous people:

• Milan Kučan, the first president of the Republic of Slovenia,
• dr. Danilo Türk, a former president of the Republic of Slovenia,
• Zoran Milanovič, the current (2013) president of the government of the Republic of Croatia,
• the world famous theatre and movie actor Rade Šerbedžija
• and many others.

A hotel with a touch of art and tradition

We would like to inform all art lovers that we host a permanent art exhibition in the hotel - you can see over a 100 art works of renowned international painters in our corridors and rooms, the result of art colonies that took place in the hotel several years in a row.

Offer - Three kinds of accommodation are available to our guests:

• Full board,
• Half board,
• Bed and buffet breakfast.

After a tasty lunch or dinner, you can relax in our winter garden or at an open fireplace in the bar, chatting over a cup of tea or coffee. In the reading corner, you can spend cozy evenings or rainy days with a good book or a magazine. In warm weather, you can do all that in the open air on the hotel's summer terrace, while your children play on the playground in the garden.

Seminars can be organised in the hotel. If required, a conference room for 50 people can be arranged.

If sweating keeps you fit, a Finnish sauna is available, or a massage for additional pampering.

The hotel boosts a large parking lot so that parking your vehicle will not be a problem. If you come to Bohinj to ski in the winter, your skiing equipment can be stored in the ski storage room.

Restaurant - A la carte restaurant

In the restaurant a la carte of Hotel Kristal, you can choose from a variety of local and international dishes accompanied by superb choice wines.
Our recommendation:

• Goose breast on Bohinj curd,
• Brook trout prepared in various manners,
• Wild game meat,
• Home-made rolled cheese and buckwheat dumplings,
• Salzburg dumplings, ...

Diet and vegetarian meals are available on request.

Two restaurants accommodate 100 guests. In the summer, up to 80 guests can be seated on the terrace.

Activities

Bohinj is an excellent starting point for numerous holiday activities in all seasons. In the warm months, Bohinj offers abundant opportunities for water sports (rafting, kayaking and canoeing, canyoning, hydrospeed, ...), mountain biking, walking, trekking and sports climbing. For those looking for extreme and adrenaline sports, there is parachuting, caving and the nearby adrenaline park. Animal lovers can enjoy riding Icelandic horses from Mrcina Ranch in the village of Studor. If there are sufficient sunny days in the summer, the lake warms up and is suitable for swimming. Regardless of the weather and the temperature, Bohinj Water Park in Bohinjska Bistrica provides the opportunity for water exercise and fun all year round. Apart from the lake, there are many streams in Bohinj. Their abundant fish population makes Bohinj a fishing paradise for fishermen.

In the winter, ski centres of Vogel and Senožeta offer beautiful slopes for skiing and snowboarding. For less demanding skiers, there is the Senožeta ski slope in Srednja vas. Well-prepared tracks lead cross-country skiers through the valleys of Bohinj, and in very cold winters it is possible to skate on the frozen lake.