Мое первое знакомство с Балканами My first acquaintance with the Balkans

I read a lot of reviews before choosing a Solaris hotel... we settled on Jacob due to the affordable price.
The body and rooms of this hotel in relation to other categories of hotels of this chain differ only in the absence of a balcony.
The room is decent, neat furniture (beds, bedside tables, wardrobe, TV), clean, friendly staff, cleaning and change of towels every day like clockwork. There is no safe in the room (things (tablet, camera) were left in the room - no one even touched them) - as an alternative, they can be left at the reception for an additional fee. The hotel has PAID WI-FI, there are free 15 minutes every day, but the speed is very slow, and it is not enough for a full connection.

The restaurant has a buffet, breakfasts are a little monotonous, but dinners were amazing with their variety: a large selection of meat, seafood, fruits and confectionery ! ! (the hotel chain has its own confectionery). The beach is very clean, but all sunbeds are paid! ! (pay attention)... There were no sea urchins or jellyfish . . but you still need to swim in special shoes, since the stones at the bottom are very sharp, in September the water warmed up more slowly . . and became normal for swimming only by noon, it was raining only one day, but warmed up quickly. . .
The hotels are mostly French and Germans, they come with their animators, sometimes their entertainment is very noisy, but they stop at 23-00. The hotel complex has a large territory, its own embankment (which is quite narrow), there is not a single bench on the territory (this is for those who like to breathe in the evening air). On the territory of the complex there is a restaurant of Dalmatian cuisine and other cafes, but the prices there are higher than the market ones, but it is quite nice and cozy.
As for excursions, tour operators offer a number of standard ones - Dubrovnik, Split, Trogir, Plitvice Lakes (an amazingly beautiful place), Krka (average price from 45 to 70 euros depending on the distance), but you can organize your own excursions . . from the hotel to the nearest a large city, Sibenik, there is a regular bus every hour (it costs about 15 kunas), and in Sibenik itself there is a bus station, from which it is cheap and cheerful; ) you can get to any part of Croatia and nearby countries.
Croats are friendly people: many of the Soviet times remember Russian, many know English well - there is no language barrier.
If you are faced with choosing a hotel and you have additional questions that I forgot to write about, write to me - ask, and I will try to answer everyone.