Located between the Medieval town of Pirano and the tourist and thermal town of Portorose, Grand Hotel Bernardin is the first and largest congress hotel in Slovenia, but it offers more that than just business services. Located on the coast, this hotel has a private beach, which is paved and furnished, two restaurants, one which is formal and one which is more informal, and three bars (the Grand Café, Piano Bar and Tropic Bar, on the beach) serving cocktails and drinks which can be enjoyed on the terrace that looks out over the gulf of Pirano. The hotel’s spa, the Paradise Spa, has a heated swimming pool filled with sea water, a Jacuzzi, saunas, beauty treatments and a gym, and the hotel’s guests also have free use of the Laguna Bernardin water park at the nearby Hotel Histrion, which boasts a small port where private boasts can sail up to. Lastly, the congress centre is truly impressive with its 8 rooms (plus 2 in Hotel Histrion), the largest of which can host up to 110 people.

At Grand Hotel Bernardin’s spa, Paradise Spa Portorose, guests can enjoy a heated pool filled with sea water and much more. The humid area of the health farm is made up of a Finnish sauna, infra-red sauna, biosauna, Mediterranean steam bath, Thai steam bath, Rasul bath and hamam, and guests can undergo many treatments and massages here, including the 4 hand Paradise Massage, traditional “sa-wum” Thai massage, aromatherapy Thai massage with lymph drainage, herb pouch Thai massage, aromatherapy massage, Swedish massage and sports massage. The spa also has a gym, and guests are free to make use of the Lagun Bernardin at the nearby Hotel Histrion, the largest heated, sea water swimming pool complex on the Slovenian coast with a swimming pool with a waterfall, a round pool for recreational activities and with hydromassage beds and water gets, and 5 Jacuzzis, as well as an aquatic obstacle course area for families with children.

The 241 rooms at Grand Hotel Bernardin all have a balcony (with a view of the sea), air conditioning, satellite television, minibar, safe box and free Wi-Fi. Of the 241 rooms there are 9 deluxe rooms, 10 executive suites and 7 mini suites.

Both restaurants are located on the 10th floor of Hotel Bernardin. The Pecina restaurant is specialised in the French cuisine but it also boasts a Mediterranean menu, as does the hotel’s other restaurant, Sunset, which looks out over the sea. Salads and snacks are available at the Grand Garden, which has a covered terrace and a view of the Pirano gulf, and cocktails and drinks can be enjoyed here and at the GrandCafé and Piano Bar. The Tropic Bar also serves up snacks on the beach.

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In just a few minutes from the hotel you can reach the Medieval town of Pirano, the squares and churches of which are fine testaments to Venetian gothic architecture, whilst on the other side of the coast you can visit the open air museum of Formaviva which boasts stone sculptures and a wonderful view of the Portorose gulf. Crossing over the hill takes you to Fiesso, a natural park with two lakes.
The hotel's location makes it the ideal base for visits to the Lipica stables, the Postumia and San Canziano caves and the islands of Brioni and Venice.