Best Hotels near Groznjan Hilltop village of artists, Istria, Croatia, Groznjan

We loved this little hotel! Only six rooms, but beautifully appointed, with a wonderfully attentive staff. The room was large, the bed quite comfortable, the bathroom also large and well designed; both the bedroom and bathroom had windows that opened so as to allow a nice cross-breeze and charming views. The restaurant serves only breakfast (included with the room) and a limited lunch menu, but both were very good, and the breakfast in particular quite ample. The village is very small and quiet; for those looking for nightlife in the off-season this is not the place. But for those looking for a lovely peaceful place to get away the village, and this hotel, are ideal.

Why this hotel has 5 stars again? Very disappointed at our arrival, the hotel is far from being modernised. All around there are old red carpets with some (i hope) coffee stains or something like that which 5 stars hotel should not have! The furniture in the room is outdated, especially bathroom (the picture is very different than on booking site). There is no lotion which 3 stars hotel have. The balcony was dirty with leaves and cobwebs. Our bed was 2 single beds connected into one and it was really unfortable sleeping on this (even thought the side said the opposite). Also the minibar or fridge is empty and the tv is probably a little bit bigger than my laptop. After a long day and bad weather me and my partner decided to go to the spa/pool. What a scam! The pool was full with people and children jumping around and only 5 beds to relax or even put your coat on? the pool is soo small that i dont know maybe max. 10 people can move in it? We dont want to be squeezed in (Also there is no jacuzzi? )so we decided to go to the spa. Here comes the bigger scam. We asked a lady if we can go in the spa and she said that all places for the spa are already taken and the next free place is next day after 10am (time for check out). We cannot use the spa (or a pool) becuase we had the checkout the next day. They have a rule that in the spa you can only be for one hour but on not really my suprise people stayed there for 3h+ because ofcourse noboday would kicked them out. Anyway I dont even know why we book that hotel were we cannot go in the pool our use spa. SCAM. Not to mention that the hotel has 400* rooms so the logic behind the size of the pool in really poor. The biggest scam of our mini stay was food. We chose 4 or more stars hotel especially beacuse of the food. The food was DISGUSTING. There are no mini boards with name of the dish so you dont really know what the hell you are eating. The food was belowe the avrage in terms of quality. Also the food dissapeared so fast beacuse of football teenage players (there were 2 teams or) and imaginate that you SHOULD WAIT MORE THAN 30min IN THE 5 stars hotel to make (they didnt even made it btw) a dish that is missing and promised. Really small choice of food left (we came early on the dinner just beacuse of that) Anyway I wanted to eat the chicken breast salami (idk if it was a turkey because there is no label to know what the f*** is this meat) and when I looked at it it was yellow (i dont even wanna know how old was this salami). The fruit was so old that kiwi was dry and some of bananas were brown/black. For dessert you can only have 3 options and one of them is the old friut in the glass (again why is this 5 stars hotel???) Also the tables and chairs around us was so outdated and tables were not cleans (full of crumbs ew). The breakfast is nothing special, they dont have 1,5% milk or lower (there are no labels again). Also for the omellete you should wait around 15 minutes because there is just one guy

Lovely boutique hotel right on the water. If we come back to Novigrad, we will definitely return here. The staff is very professional, courteous, polite, and helpful. Suite has – private elevator to room from lobby; sauna (which we did not use); living room with sliding glass door to deck with frig; bathroom with (very tight fit shower) and door to deck; large bedroom with shelving, safe, and sliding glass door to deck; full length of suite deck with hot tub, sunbeds, and table overlooking west view of sea. Lovely turquoise blue and white color scheme; very clean. The bed had German style individual duvets. The shower is half of the tub with a movable partial glass “door” over the tub that makes for a very tight squeeze, with a sloped tub floor down to the drain on the opposite side of the tub; the tub floor is very slippery. The water pressure is not good and the shower is hard to use.The air conditioning works very well. There is not an assigned parking space; we had to park in a very tight fit at the marina about a ten minute walk away but the car was safe. The hot tub on the deck is marvelous at sunset. Check it when you first arrive – the lid was off and the water was very cold (because the lid was off, which the hotel person did not seem to understand), so we closed it up and turned the temperature up so we could use it the next day. The breakfast is buffet, with a small selection. There is not much of anything that is healthy (low calorie / low fat) other than the cherry tomatoes used as garnish on other offerings. Fruit is “whole”, not cut up or sliced. Bread is pretty stale (sliced, not rolls). The outdoor terrace is wonderful – across the pedestrian path and in a covered glass building right on the water. The a la carte omelettes are very good. The hotel is right on the pedestrian path along the water, with a cement slab below the glass dining pavilion. The sunbeds cost 18 euros per person even for hotel guests, which does not seem appropriate given the expense of the rooms to stay there; they should be free for hotel guests. Restaurants close early! We had trouble finding restaurants open and serving food after 9 pm. There is a grocery store a few blocks away.

Снимади двухкомнатный номер сьют для семьи с двумя детьми в авгусе в разгар сезона. Отель 3*, но несомненно стоит своих денег, по уровню сервиса лучше многих четверок. Особености: 1) Очень маленькие номера (размеры как в отелях Гонг-конга или старых зданиях европейских городов). Вдвоем в номере перемещаться будет тесновато, чемодан полноценно раскрыть можно только на балконе. 2) Бесплатных лежаков не хватает на всех, поэтому занимать удобные места надо с вечера или рано утром. 3) Персонал в баре у бассейна иногда хитрит, работая без чеков или продавая напитки по цене выше, чем в меню. Плюсы: 1) Чисто и ухожено все, включая номера, общие зоны и территорию вокруг отеля. Номер убирали каждый день. 2) Большой собственный бассейн, достаточно много лежаков вокруг него, также вокруг есть своя зеленая зона на траве с лежаками под зонтами или в тени сосен и кипарисов. 3) Неплохой ресторан-столовая с напитками, включенными в стоимость завтраков и ужинов. За 2 недели отдыха надоесть не успел, блюда на ужине меняются каждый вечер, по четвергам день местной кухни. 4) Детей бесплатно кормят обедами. Для семей с детьми это просто спасение. 5) Множество бесплатных развлечений в течение всего дня, начиная от аквагимнастики йоги и волейбола и заканчивая дискотекой для детей и шоу для взрослых по вечерам. Ксждый найдет что-то свое. 6) Хороший пляж в 1 минуте хотьбы от отеля. Нет необходимости платить за лежаки на пляже - можно оставлять вещи на лежаках у бассейна и ходить купаться в море.

Overall, the hotel is very nice with a veranda , where food and drinks are served, that overlooks the rolling hills with many vineyards. It is a beautiful view. Their wine is good and the winery is on site for a fun tour. It is a nice hotel with great staff who are very helpful. The walk isn’t far to take the shuttle up to Motovun Old Town with great view, shops and restaurants. The restaurant with ‘Mondo’ in its name is excellent! Breakfast was good with fruit, oatmeal/cereal, meats, eggs, bread and other options. When thunderstorms hit, they are violent and something to take cover from as the rain is torrential. Wow! As far as the rooms, our group commented on the many quirks like mirrors above the beds, stools needed to reach the beds and ours was the most unique and not for us. I did select it as an upgrade, but it was a mistake. The bed is three feet off the floor with a complete leather siding. While you can roll out of it, the switches aren’t easy to access or the window coverings at the back. It says an amenity is a safe, there wasn’t one. Plus it had some traffic noise so request a room overlooking the vineyard.