City hotel
Vodišek, situated in the business centre of Koper,
near sports hall and stadium, offers a safe and
delightful temporary abode for your stay during
business trip, holiday or sports events, in 35 rooms (free
Wi-Fi, air condition, cable TV,
radio, direct phone connection, safe, phone...) Rich
breakfast buffet, a good coffee and friendly people.
Pleasant and cozy three stars hotel.
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A rich
buffet breakfast in a homely setting.
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A
restaurant with daily fresh fish and other sea food
specialities, even those who would like a salad from
the salad bar or bite into a juicy steak will not go
hungry.
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The
peaceful location of the hotel offers pleasant
relaxation in rooms equipped with all the modern
comforts.
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A
selection of 35 rooms offers accommodation to large
groups, athletes, businessmen or companies, artists
and others.
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Kind
and helpful hotel staff will be pleased to recommend
you entertainment, trips or culture events, and will
do its best to make you remember the hotel.
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The hotel was renovated in 2010.
Why visit Koper ?
Koper
has been
known by many names during its long and turbulent
history. As an island separated from the mainland by
a canal, it was called Aegida by ancient Greek
sailors, Capris by the Romans (who found it being
used to raise goats) and Justinopolis by the
Byzantines. The Patriarchs of Aquileia, who took
over the town in the 13th century and made it the
base for their estates on the Istrian peninsula,
renamed it Caput Histriae – Capital of Istria – from
which its Italian name Capodistria is derived. They
fortified the town and erected some of Koper’s most
beautiful buildings, including its cathedral and
palaces.
Koper’s golden age came during the 15th and 16th
centuries under the Venetian Republic. Trade
increased and Koper became the administrative and
judicial centre for much of Istria. It also had a
monopoly on salt, which Austria so desperately
needed. But when Trieste, 20km to the northeast, was
proclaimed a free port in the early 18th century,
Koper lost its importance.
Between the world wars Koper was controlled by the
Italians, who launched a programme of Italianisation.
After the defeat of Italy and Germany in WWII the
disputed Adriatic coast area – the so-called Free
Territory of Trieste – was divided into two zones.
Under the 1954 London Agreement, Zone B and its
capital, Koper, went to Yugoslavia while Zone A,
including Trieste, fell under Italian jurisdiction.
Up to 25, 000 Italian-speaking Istrians fled to
Trieste, but 3000 stayed on in Koper and other
coastal settlements. Today Koper is the centre of
the Italian ethnic community of Slovenia, and
Italian is widely spoken here.
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