Guest User
October 5, 2023
We spent 10 days here for our summer holiday. The pros are it is a lovely hotel, with (mostly) very friendly staff. The food was good too. The cons are that there is nothing nearby except the Roman ruins, which are definitely worth a visit. If you don’t have a car you have three choices; the bus (2.50 Euros to Split), a taxi (20 Euros), or an Uber (10 Euros). We used Uber to get around. We walked down to Solin centre and found a bar next to the river which runs through the town. That was a 25 minute walk. The beers were half the price of the hotel prices. There is a small supermarket opposite the hotel for water, snacks etc. We found that the hotel is geared for weddings, corporate events, coach parties staying overnight for one night (meeting or leaving a cruise ship I assume) and holiday makers came last. At the restaurant we sat outside every night. We had no choice for most nights as the coach parties took up the whole of the inside. Even when there were thunderstorms and heavy rain we had to sit at the dry tables in the middle of the covered area, with our coats on to keep warm, (the tables at the edge were very wet!) as indoors was full with a coach party. It seemed odd that customers staying there for many days came second place to people only staying overnight. We were half board and had a restricted menu for the first 4 days and then were allowed the full a la carte menu after that, although we were not allowed the most expensive items on that menu. The food was always good but got a bit boring after 10 days. The starters were either soup or Greek salad. That was it. Within the hotel if you don’t want to sit in your room then the only place inside is in the lobby. This would have been better if the lobby bar was open, but it was closed when we were there. If you wanted a drink you had to go down 3 floors to the restaurant to get them. We spent an afternoon in the lobby when it was raining and had some sweets/candy to eat. The receptionist noticed this and then rang the restaurant staff who came up 3 floors and told us that we couldn’t eat our own food in the lobby! She was 3 meters from us. Very bizarre. Also requesting a coffee after 20.30 was not possible as they clean the coffee machines at this time. The website clearly advertised they provide poolside parasols for their sun beds. This was not the case. On requesting a parasol, the staff replied that they don’t have any and it was probably an error on the website and she would get it updated. There are signs asking guests not to move the sunbeds or chairs, so if you want to lie in the shade, there was no option. The hot tub was out of order while we were there. Despite all the above, if you want a nice quiet hotel out of Split, then this is one to consider thanks to the hotel itself and the staff.