Discover Auna Collection - Exclusive Villas and Experiences in Croatia

Selecting magnificent places in the Adriatic

There are choices in life that make you feel free and liberated.

We select magnificent places for you in the Adriatic, creating an aura of perfection to relax the mind and body, giving you the weightless feeling of loveliness. This feeling suppresses stress and fatigue, and inspires change. The transformation begins as soon as you set your eyes on our villas.

We select the most beautiful villas for you in Dubrovnik and on islands such as Lošinj, Hvar and Vis. We choose places that exude comfort, beauty, and uniqueness. We choose happiness, tranquility and relaxation.

Let your daydreaming begin. Because with us, daydreams become reality.

We are here to make your vacation magnificent

Paula and Mirjana are the founders of Auna Collection. After fifteen years of working in luxury tourism, from America and Germany, to the most luxurious hotel brands in Dubrovnik, they decided to create a unique collection of the most luxurious villas on the Adriatic.

Each guest wants privacy, refined and suitable luxury. We strive to create a flawless experience in our villas, making our guests' stay magnificent. We approach everything with dedication because we know the details make the difference. We are available to our guests throughout their stay, from the organization of their arrival, to the reception, check-in, and bespoke, unforgettable experiences.

We only offer select villas that meet the highest criteria, and this is what guides us in everything else we do. What makes us unique. What we bring to Auna Collection is Paula's bright and sincere spirit, and Mirjana’s gift for organization. We offer a magnificent holiday in the most beautiful places on the Adriatic.

Meet our local connoisseurs

Meet our team of people with whom we create unique experiences. They are connoisseurs of local culture, gastronomy, and art. They will make your stay unforgettable.

Doris Koludrović

Host

After many years of work in the fields of yachting and tourism, Doris decided to start her own property management and design business. Her creativity comes to the fore through designing the interiors of luxury villas. She turns her ideas into an unforgettable experience for each client, keeping in mind the wishes and needs of the guest.

Croatia’s beautiful nature and breathtaking coast, as well as the special energy of the people in Dalmatia, are her eternal inspiration. For her, the Dalmatian coast is the most beautiful place in the world, and she believes that its beauty is the exceptional wealth of this country. Cooking is her great passion. In gastronomy, she sees beauty in combining the aromas and tastes of Dalmatia with top-quality autochthonous Croatian wines.

Sandra Ivanković

Body Therapist

As a former athlete and cyclist, Sandra had the opportunity to see for herself the importance massage plays in preserving the body’s health. She is an instructor of Body Techniques, special methods of therapeutic exercise, a shiatsu practitioner, and an expert in lymphatic drainage. She mostly works with athletes and people who have overcome serious illnesses, teaching them how to exercise properly.

It is fulfilling to see happy and satisfied clients who, thanks to new exercise and massage techniques, see an improvement in their daily lives. She is a lover of nature, and likes to research the medicinal properties of Mediterranean herbs, which she also uses in her massages.

Kristina Skvrce

Florist

Ever since she can remember, Kristina has loved flowers. She was born in April, the month in which nature awakens, when everything becomes full of colorful spring flowers, and the air is filled with delightful scents. She has been a florist for more than thirty years. Kristina likes to create decorations from flowers because she sees this as an opportunity to make life more beautiful for herself and others.

Kristina looks for inspiration in everyday life, but also in the work of other florists, especially Flemish ones. What she likes most about her work is how she can express her creative side.

Tugce Grbić

Pilates Instructor

Tugce started practicing pilates during her university years. The way pilates improved her strength and muscle tone impressed her, as did her increased flexibility and the improvement in her posture and balance. Immediately after she graduated in 2008, she started working as a pilates instructor.

She often says pilates is a lifestyle, one that makes her body feel strong and healthy. She enjoys teaching other people about the health benefits and the overall sense of well-being that pilates brings. But, the greatest pleasure is seeing how pilates improves the lives of her clients.

Marina Franić

Tour Guide

Marina is a licensed tour guide for Dubrovnik and its surrounding county. She was born in Dubrovnik, but moved to Munich when she was a child. Love for her homeland brought her back in 2004. Today she is proud to guide numerous guests from all over the world through the history of her hometown.

Marina loves traveling and exploring new places and cultures. She believes that the best way to get to know a country is through its food, local stories, and places. Before she decided to become a guide, she worked at numerous hotels (Hilton Dubrovnik, Radisson Blu, Palace). She has creatively united her two passions – working with people and traveling.

Ruđer Jelavić

Chef

Ruđer started his career as a chef de partie at Villa Dubrovnik, and then as a sous-chef at Proto in Dubrovnik. Since then, he has designed inventive menus for a large number of Dubrovnik’s hotels and fine dining establishments.

Today, he creates special dinners for the guests at our villas, combining local ingredients and innovative cooking methods. Our chef's inspired combinations will provide an unforgettable gastronomic experience and perfect your stay at Auna Collection.

Close look up at Chef Ruđer Jelavić

Meet Ruđer Jelavić, the private chef of Auna Collection. Ruđer started his career as a chef de partie at Villa Dubrovnik, and then as a sous-chef at Proto in Dubrovnik. Since then, he has designed inventive menus for a large number of Dubrovnik’s hotels and fine dining establishments. Today, he creates special dinners for the guests at our villas, combining local ingredients and innovative cooking methods. Our chef's inspired combinations will provide an unforgettable gastronomic experience and perfect your stay at Auna Collection.

In the rise of social media we cannot ignore the popularity of foodie content and how people have become more aware and educated. What was satisfying a year ago is not anymore. The best way to get to know one country and its customs is through its cuisine. There is the saying love goes through the stomach, and we could not agree more, wouldn’t you say so?

Couldn't agree more, this winter was all about ‘peka’ (meat baked under the cast iron bell), the grill, and food in general. Summer for me is always a more active and balanced period of the year. It is fun because there are so many ingredients in the season’s greenery.

So how is Dubrovnik’s cuisine different? It is a typical Mediterranean cuisine? What are its peculiar characteristics?

Dubrovnik and the entirety of Croatian cuisine differs by its ingredients and the food as a product itself. We have great organic products that are essential for good and quality cooking. I like to play with flavors. I believe that the peculiar difference comes from the Chef.

Who is Chef Ruder? How do you perceive yourself through your work?

I am still that young boy who was impatient to get home from school and enter the kitchen to see what was cooking. As long as you preserve the kid within yourself you can grow, develop, and learn.

The process of work from the perspective of career development shaped me a lot. This is who I am and this is why I am what I am today . Working with the first Michelin Chef that came to Dubrovnik gave me a solid ground. I learned to respect the ingredient, the local food. Those were the years of learning. It was a process after which I became a chef on a yacht. It is great place to be if you want to embrace and grow your inner creativity. We could have literally been four days out from our last port and the owner or clients would still expect you to be creative, fun and different every day. This is where my entire perspective on the local cuisine and ingredients showed its true self. I used to go on the cliff rocks and pick up Motar (Mediterranean grass), and make a side dish out of it, or pick the mussels from the nearby bay....those were some really interesting days, but I still keep that touch in my cooking today. I go to the green market daily, send pictures to the guests...sometimes they want to clean the fish and work side by side with me.

When did you realize you want to become a Chef?

From early days I was drawn to the kitchen by an invisible force, as I said. After school I would go straight to the kitchen and regardless of what was cooking that day, I had to fry an egg on my own.

What do you like to prepare the most?

I get this question often, but I love it all . . . every dish comes for a specific occasion, I pick it like someone would an outfit. It depends on the season, the mood and the feeling. .....cooking is love. I mean it!

Which recipe is the one that conquers the heart of most of your guests?

Literally every one of them because of the ingredients . . . moreover if the guests are from some other part of the world where their cuisine differs quite a bit, then the very simple and basic dishes that we eat each day at home, literally make them ecstatic.
The best souvenir that one can take home is the one which you can recreate and always cherish and remember. I would say that on the bucket list of any traveller, a decent meal should find its place. People travel the world and return home with spices, recipes, or even ingredients. Ston Salt is getting recognized in the world scene, and I know for a fact that it was served to J.Lo in Dubai with traditional grilled fish.