Lake Bohinj, Slovenia

Vila Muhr

Price per night from$632.70

Price information

If you haven’t entered any dates, the rate shown is provided directly by the hotel and represents the cheapest double room (inclusive of taxes and fees) available in the next 60 days.

Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (EUR545.00), via openexchangerates.org, using today’s exchange rate.

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Style

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Setting

Bucolic Bohinj

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Lakeside retreat Vila Muhr and next-door sister stay Hotel Bohinj have more than just contemporary Alpine good looks in common: both share access to the latter’s spa and are hugged by spectacular Julian Alps scenery. Above the villa’s (soon-to-open) fine-dining spot, sleek suites feature balconies and space to lounge (some with saunas); or bring the clan and enjoy the villa to yourselves — its past as a hunting lodge for Yugoslavian monarchy means it comes with a royal seal of approval…

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

Four suites.

Check–Out

Noon, and check-in is 4pm; both are flexible, on request and subject to availability.

More details

Rates include breakfast with buffet and à la carte options at Muhr restaurant.

Also

Wide doorways and step-free entrances, communal areas and lift access to all floors mean that this renovated lodge is accessible if you have limited mobility, but unfortunately there are no specific adaptations in suites for wheelchair users.

At the hotel

Paid laundry service, concierge and free WiFi throughout. In suites: climate control, LCD TV with Chromecast and streaming services, minibar, wine fridge, tea- and coffee-making kit, free bottled water, hairdryer, bathrobes,slippers and Aesop bath products.

Our favourite rooms

With four high-spec suites — each a timbered triumph of modernity, tactile layering and mountain-backdropped outdoor space — to choose between them is surely hair-splitting. It’s worth noting, however, that the top-floor suites don’t adhere to the traditional notion of having a separate bedroom and living space, but do earn bonus romance points for their in-the-eaves setting. Let the differing bathroom set-ups be your compass, leaving you the enviable dilemma of whether to choose a private sauna or statement tub.

Poolside

Lake Bohinj is your go-to for cooling dips, or make time for a plunge in the adults-only outdoor whirlpool at Hotel Bohinj.

Spa

Beyond your in-suite sauna or bath tub, there’s no specific wellness at Vila Muhr. But you’ll have access to next door’s adults-only spa at Hotel Bohinj (included in the room rate), where you’ll find Finnish and Turkish saunas, a relaxation lounge with views down to the lake, a garden-facing terrace and spa pool, and two treatment rooms for facial or body therapies (you’ll need to book ahead). The concierge at Vila Muhr can arrange private yoga classes, too.

Packing tips

Whether you dress with the full feather-toting lodenhut is your decision, but bringing an appetite for active days in the great outdoors will serve you well.

Also

Vila Muhr’s story begins with hunting (King Alexander of Yugoslavia hunted from here in the 1920s). The hotel’s insignia — a bear-flanked shield — hails from the original owner, Adolf Muhr. Thankfully, things have now turned a little less grizzly [sic].

Pet‐friendly

Pups are welcome to stay in rooms, although please note that they’re not allowed in the restaurant. A charge of €25 a night for each pooch includes treats and a dog bed. See more pet-friendly hotels in Lake Bohinj.

Children

Very welcome: little Smiths aged six to 12 can stay in your suite for a nightly charge of €50 each, and babysitting can be arranged with notice from €30 an hour.

Sustainability efforts

Its National Park setting is all the visual prompt staff at Vila Muhr needed to take their environmental responsibilities seriously. Water- and energy-saving measures were incorporated into the hotel’s renovations — including the installation of a heat-pump system. There’s no single-use plastic at the villa; cleaning materials are Earth-kind, and at the restaurant, ingredients are sourced regionally and menus planned with seasonality in mind.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

Cosy on a banquette against the wall in winter; or beside an arched window in summer.

Dress Code

Nod to your wholesome montane setting with tactile layering — fine knits, wool tailoring, borg and shearling.

Hotel restaurant

A cosily lit, timbered dining room, draped with faux furs and decorated with wall-mounted antlers, sets the rustic scene for a celebration of Alpine cuisine at Muhr — the hotel’s soon-to-open fine-dining restaurant. Chef Davor Arnautović will oversee seasonal plates that showcase regional produce, presented with contemporary attention to detail. For breakfast, there’s an impressive choice of dishes cooked to order, as well as a buffet of healthier, lighter options and baked goods. Talking of which, afternoon tea next door at Hotel Bohinj is an elegant affair of dainty cakes and slow-steeped, loose-leaf brews. 

Hotel bar

There's no dedicated bar at Vila Muhr, but apéritifs and slow-sipped glasses of wine are only a walk away at Hotel Bohinj. 

Last orders

Breakfast is served from 7am until 11am; afternoon tea at Hotel Bohinj is from 3pm until 5pm, and dinner is served from 6pm, with last orders at 10pm.

Room service

A dedicated menu is available to order to your door during kitchen hours.

Location

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Address
Vila Muhr
Ribcev Laz 44
Bohinjsko Jezero
4265
Slovenia

Vila Muhr is on the eastern shores of Lake Bohinj in the town of Ribčev Laz, surrounded by the Julian Alps in western Slovenia.

Planes

Ljubljana is the nearest international airport (Austria’s regional hub, Klagenfurt is equi-distant), around an hour’s drive from the hotel; or you could fly into Trieste, Italy, which is two hours and 15 minutes from Vila Muhr by road. The hotel can arrange private transfers on request for between €100 and €250 each-way, depending on the car size and distance.

Trains

The nearest railway station is Bohinjska Bistrica, a 10-minute drive from the hotel; private transfers can be arranged from €20 each way.

Automobiles

There’s free valet parking at Vila Muhr, and the on-site carpark has electric-vehicle charging stations.

Worth getting out of bed for

Vila Muhr’s setting in Ribčev Laz immerses you in the nature of this Alpine corner of western Slovenia — with Mount Triglav and its surrounding National Park reflected in the hotel’s local Lake Bohinj. The concierge can arrange alfresco yoga sessions or a meditative Serenity Experience; ask them to arrange a guided historical walking tour or more active hike into the National Park. At Muhr restaurant, occasional wine and dine evenings provide expert-led insights into the region’s larder. Next door, Hotel Bohinj runs a calendar of events in the grounds: wine tasting around the outdoor fire pit in summer; weekly live music, and a Sunday farmers’ market showcasing local producers. For outdoorsy types, you can canoe or take a boat tour of the lake; try stand-up paddleboarding, or kayak the rapids of the Sava Bohinjka river. And in winter, a small ski area at Vogel in Gorenjska caters to skiers and snowboarders.

Local restaurants

For all-day casual plates only a stroll away, the restaurant at Hotel Bohinj is an off-the-lobby spot for seasonal Slovenian cuisine. In Ribčev Laz, bag a terrace table at Triglav Restaurant for a side of lake views with one of chef Kristjan Gajski’s tasting menus. An Alpine hut serving polished rustic fare, the Štrud’l Inn excels at grazing platters of cheese and charcuterie, plus hearty dishes bringing regional flavours to potatoes, buckwheat and barley.

Local cafés

It’s not just the crowning stack of onion rings that elevate the burgers at Ribčev Laz eatery, Foksner  — the mountain views from its covered terrace make this fast food to linger over.

Local bars

Karakter in Ribčev Laz is a bar and music venue that also serves light bites and locally distilled gin. Sturdy benches and terrace tables bring picnic-style sociability to chilled beers, pizza and ice-cream at Okrepčevalnica Jezero-Baza.

Reviews

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By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this lakeside lodge in the Julian Alps and unpacked their jars of local honey and artisanal wood carvings, a full account of their mountain break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Vila Muhr in Lake Bohinj…

When Adolf Muhr built his lakeside hunting lodge in 1902, little did he know that it would one day become the place to target in this picturesque patch of montane Slovenia. Perhaps it’s Vila Muhr’s storied past, as a royal-approved bolthole (thanks to King Alexander, a Yugoslav monarch who hunted here in the 1920s) that’s the lure; although the villa’s overhaul into a sleek, larch-lined set of suites — kitted out with balconies, a raft of tech and a sauna or bath tub — also makes irresistible bait. And at the hotel’s soon-to-open upscale restaurant, chef Davor Arnautovic’s seasonal fare has discerning gourmands on the trail. 

These 21st-century trappings — teamed with spa access at neighbouring sister stay, Hotel Bohinj, and deft concierge service — make Vila Muhr a luxurious lakeside escape worth setting your sights on. 

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