Hotel Habakuk

“A TRUE HIDDEN TREASURE OF A HOTEL - NESTLED IN A SLOVENIAN PARADISE”

First time visit to Slovenia and feel like I have found a true hidden treasure and hit the jackpot here! What a stunning hotel the HOTEL HABAKUK is - in the most picturesque surroundings serviced by the most wonderful team of customer focussed and passionate staff. The facilities here are off the … more

First time visit to Slovenia and feel like I have found a true hidden treasure and hit the jackpot here! What a stunning hotel the HOTEL HABAKUK is - in the most picturesque surroundings serviced by the most wonderful team of customer focussed and passionate staff. The facilities here are off the scale! Superb bars and restaurants, the most amazing leisure facilities with an indoor pool and spa of dreams! There are also super squash courts and a stunning gym fitted with high end equipment - The conference facilities are beyond spectacular with top spec AV and everything you would need for a corporate launch or event. A short taxi ride away from the Hotel is the beautiful city of Maribor - where you can while away the hours taking in the culture and heritage as well as a fantastic selection of bars and restaurants. from the Drava River to the the oldest vine in the world - a stunning cathedral, wonderful architecture - Maribor is a true hidden gem - Hotel Habakuk is located at the base of the Pohorje Mountain and during the winter months offers a first class ski in ski out facility - with the cable car 2 mins from the Hotel - A hikers paradise and some of the best vineyards you will find. We spent a wonderful few hours wine tasting and touring the underground tunnels of VIN AG which is well worth a visit. If you are looking to discover a true hidden treasure - Hotel Habakuk in Maribor will not disappoint - I am looking forward to coming back

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“Decent hotel”

The hotel is located in a natural setting, which is lovely. The lobby and restaurant appear to have been renovated, and perhaps some of the rooms as well — although ours did not seem recently updated. The bed and mattress felt old, and in the evening, an unpleasant sewage odor was coming from the b… more

The hotel is located in a natural setting, which is lovely. The lobby and restaurant appear to have been renovated, and perhaps some of the rooms as well — although ours did not seem recently updated. The bed and mattress felt old, and in the evening, an unpleasant sewage odor was coming from the bathroom. Breakfast was varied, but some of the served fruit was actually spoiled. The indoor pools are beautiful and enjoyable, but they tend to be quite crowded, making it difficult to find available loungers. Overall, the hotel is decent, but there is certainly room for improvement.

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“Terrible view from the room”

The hotel is very clean, the staff was very nice. Great location. There was a big rush at breakfast because several African teams were staying at the hotel, there was a long queue for the only coffee machine and for the food. We constantly smelled chemicals in the room, which came from the ventilat… more

The hotel is very clean, the staff was very nice. Great location. There was a big rush at breakfast because several African teams were staying at the hotel, there was a long queue for the only coffee machine and for the food. We constantly smelled chemicals in the room, which came from the ventilation system. The room (Junoir suite) was advertised as having a view of the city and the mountains. In fact, we could admire a terrible concrete rubble, which was the ruins of a beach that had been there for decades.

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“Not bad, but...”

We had a tournament event for our youngest in Maribor so decided to stay at the Habakuk because of the advertised spa area including sauna world. The location of the hotel is at the outskirts, amidst a lot of green - very nice. Arriving by car we went to the garage immediately - quite huge with sev… more

We had a tournament event for our youngest in Maribor so decided to stay at the Habakuk because of the advertised spa area including sauna world. The location of the hotel is at the outskirts, amidst a lot of green - very nice. Arriving by car we went to the garage immediately - quite huge with several decks, but light, on the other hand, was scarce, which made finding the reception an adventure itself. Check in was smooth, and the room (a junior suite) was basically fine: A sleeping and living area separated by sliding doors, both rooms with enormous amounts of storage facilities. The room and the hotel are kept in a very good state, a lot of areas seem to have gone through renovation rather recently. The balcony stretched across both rooms and was accessible from both, too - nice view, but no chairs or tables there. The living room had a separate toilet, whereas the sleeping room offered the large ensuite bathroom with both a shower and a tub (which was a tad small). Toilet, bidet, and 2 sinks rounded this off. Unfortunately, the bed consisted of two mattresses and two blankets - big minus for us. A pity that there was no free water in the room (that should not be too hard to accomplish tbh). The biggest minus for us, however, was the spa experience - a minus on a high level, though. First of all, it only opens at 11am and you need to go downstairs to the spa area to acquire robes - why the robes are not waiting in the room already is unclear because you can just take them with you after the spa anyway. Second, the sauna area was separated by a practically see-through sliding door from the main pool area, and in there it was apparently expected to be unclad (clear signs with swimsuits crossed out) - with women and men not separated either, and the minimum age being 12 (admittedly, we dont usually care about the latter). This had nowhere been advertised, and it came unexpectedly and is not the way we like to enjoy saunas, to tell the truth. The sauna being one of the main reasons we chose the place somewhat spoiled it for us. We were not the only guests either who were taken by surprise by this. A lot of others refrained from using the sauna area thus. The pool area, on the other hand, was nice - interesting interior design with a lot of nooks and niches, various water temperatures and whirls - nice for relaxation, but not for real swimming. In the evening we had dinner at their restaurant. The wine was underwhelmingly OK (mariage from cabernet and merlot), but the food was a positive surprise. Both the tenderloin and the lamb shank were indeed excellent, great chef. Service was splendid. Breakfast was equally good, which was expected after the dinner - broad range of everything, fresh and tasty. Late checkout was fairly easily negotiated (with the room keycard not reprogrammed, though), and the spa area can be used after checkout, too. Small inconveniences took this review from 5 to 4, but since this is also a subjective opinion, another * taken for the missing sauna info (in which case we would have chosen a different place). For those who don't mind about the sauna and the occasional minor glitch, this place will not give them any regrets.

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