A fifteenth-century Franciscan monastery and fortress on car-free Lopud, near Dubrovnik, restored over decades with a museum-grade art collection and taken by one party at a time.
On car-free Lopud in the Elaphiti islands, a fifteenth-century Franciscan monastery and its fortress have been restored over more than two decades by collector Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza into a private house of extraordinary art and calm.
Taken exclusively, it offers suites, cloisters, gardens and a rooftop over the Adriatic, with a curated collection through the halls and Dubrovnik a short boat away.
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Bedrooms occupy the restored monastery and fortress: thick stone walls, restrained interiors, contemporary art against medieval bones, windows to the cloister or the sea.
Taken exclusively, the whole house, its halls, gardens and rooftop, belongs to your party.
A chef cooks to your party alone: Adriatic seafood, Dalmatian herbs and Croatian wines, in the cloister, on the rooftop, or in the garden under the cypress.
There is no menu but yours; dinners follow the light and the sea.
A museum-grade art collection runs through the house, walked at your own pace. Beyond the walls, Lopud’s sandy beach and clear coves are a stroll away, and a boat opens the Elaphiti islands and the Adriatic.
Dubrovnik’s old city is a short crossing for a day or an evening; your designer times it around the crowds.
Treatments are arranged within the house’s calm rooms and gardens; the real restoration is the setting, no cars, no crowds, centuries of quiet.
Swim from Lopud’s beach, walk the cypress paths, and let the island’s pace do the work.
The house runs with its own team, chef, host, guides, for your party alone, with curators on hand to open the collection.
Behind them sits your Satopia travel designer, who holds the house, times the boats and stays one call away throughout.
Lopud is one of the Elaphiti islands off Dubrovnik, small, green and free of cars, a stretch of the Adriatic that keeps the pace of an earlier century.
The monastery is its landmark, and taking it means having a piece of Dalmatian history to your party.
Everything here is to help you picture it. Your travel designer handles the arranging: the flights, the cars, the guides, the tents held for you alone.
Cloisters, a rooftop and an art collection taken for a milestone few can rival.
Old stone, contemporary art and a car-free island, with Dubrovnik a boat away.
A museum-grade collection walked at your own pace, curators on hand.
Beaches, coves and the Elaphiti islands, with the old city nearby.
Choose where you would set out from. We'll estimate the flight and how much the time change is likely to ask of you.
The Satopia Advantage™
We hold the relationship with Lopud 1483, so we can take the whole house for your party on your dates. From there a single travel designer composes every day around you. You simply arrive.
The entire house, and its team, held for your party and the season. The access a direct booking rarely reaches.
Every day composed by one travel designer: the collection and the coast, Dubrovnik and the boats, present when wanted, unseen when not.
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The crossing across the water from Dubrovnik brings you to an island where motor vehicles are entirely absent. Visitors find that packing comfortable shoes is essential for navigating the paths. Allowing plenty of time helps transition into the quiet local rhythm before settling in.
Spend your mornings taking in the remarkable historic art collection displayed throughout the former monk cells while you enjoy your coffee. Afterwards, wander quietly through the medicinal gardens and request that your private chef prepare tailored menus using fresh regional ingredients harvested close to home.
Lopud opens the Adriatic. A few we would pair the house with, each arranged as one seamless experience.
The old city a boat away: walls, palaces and dinners in the lanes, timed away from the crowds.
Add to your enquiryA crewed gulet down the islands: Hvar, Vis and hidden coves, one anchorage a day.
Add to your enquiryA short flight across the Adriatic to bookend the trip with the city of water.
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Lopud 1483 is priced by whole-house buyout, by night and by season. The figures shown are indicative. Once we check live availability we confirm an exact, all-in quote for your dates, and nothing is booked and no payment taken until you approve it in writing. A deposit then secures your dates, with the balance due before arrival. The full booking terms, cancellation policy and any security deposit are set out in your confirmation.
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