It was designed in 1890. by architect Alexander Wittek and built in a specific pseudo-Moorish style,[1] which was dominant from the end of the 19th century, on the left bank of the Neretva river, in the heart of Old town of Mostar, in 1892, during the Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A school, a hotel "Neretva" and a city bath, colloquially named the Banja, are being built on that area, buildings that replace old inns and hammams.

Formal features most often include horseshoe arches, stucco ornamentation, bulbous domes and decoration of horizontal exterior lines in characteristic colors.

The original orientation of the hotel was towards the east, towards a park dominated by a pool with goldfish, which attracted everyone, especially children, until 1976, when the entire area was remodeled by decision of the political structure of the time.

[11] When, finally, in 2018, the city officials granted permission for the temporary occupation of public space to Zukić, he opened the construction site for the execution of works and began the restoration, and extension of the "Neretva" hotel.