Molino Stucky Hilton

Sadly, it's time to depart Venice, but we're looking forward to the voyage to Pula where we begin our Croatian visit.  We had a great time and enjoyed learning more about this beautiful city's history, which includes the hotel we're staying in - once home to a "super pasta" factory.  It's called the Molino Stucky and it's so tastefully restored from what was once a flour factory in the 1700s.  Grain was brought in by ship from Eastern Europe and ground into flour.  The main structure of the building was kept in tact, but fully retrofitted starting in the late 1990's and finally completed in 2007 - with a fire during construction,  almost destroying the building in its entirety.  An incredible hotel, current and historic photos below.