Not the best option for a relaxing holiday

Written: 6 august 2019
Travel time: 27 july — 5 august 2019
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
5.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 3.0
Cleanliness: 5.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 7.0
Impressions about the hotel are mixed. Before that, they rested in Spain, Greece, Cyprus - there is something to compare with. So, on the day of arrival, we arrived at the Tivat airport at about 7 am. The distance to Bar is about 60 km, but the transfer took almost 3 hours. After a night flight it's pretty hard. We were brought to the hotel by 10 o'clock, when it was still possible to get breakfast (they took the HB breakfast + dinner type of food). The man at the reception said that there were no available rooms, and check-in was not earlier than 12. Ok, this rule applies almost everywhere, but we asked at least to be allowed to have breakfast (we didn’t eat on the plane). We were denied breakfast with the wording "Your check-in is from 12, and you can only get in for dinner. " There was a feeling that we came to a sanatorium from the times of the USSR, and not a 4 * hotel, where comfort for the client should come first. After changing clothes in the toilet and leaving the bags at the reception, we went to look for a cafe.
It was very unpleasant to pay 100 thousand for the tour and get such an attitude already at the time of settlement.


About the room: we had a double park view (overlooking the park). Attached is a photo of the view from the room. The room is in good condition, large bathroom. There is an LCD TV, air conditioning, hair dryer, free safe. The refrigerator surprised me - it was completely full of paid drinks, and there was nowhere to put your products. Cleaned every day, the balcony was not cleaned even once. Bed linen was changed only on the day of departure (I don't know why). Once they forgot to pour liquid soap.

Hotel infrastructure: there is a wellness center (we did not visit), two swimming pools - indoors and outdoors. Near the pool on the street free sunbeds and umbrellas. In the first days of our stay, the pool was quite warm, but then it was drained, cleaned, and the rest of the days the water was ice cold.

The weather let us down a little - two days were actually lost due to heavy rains, the sea is very cold, it literally burns.
After the rains, there was a lot of mud, debris and algae near the shore. Swimming as if in a swamp. There are huge pebbles on the beach, lying without a sunbed is very painful, and entering the water is even more painful. Bought rubber slippers for swimming, it became easier. The hotel does not have its own beach. The distance from the hotel to the beach is about 50 m. As a result, we sunbathed on sun loungers by the pool, and went swimming across the road into the sea.

About food: for food I put the hotel 5. Breakfasts are the same, but the choice is large, a lot of drinks, sweets, there are salads, cold cuts, scrambled eggs, fried sausages, etc. Dinners were varied, almost always 3 types of side dishes and 4 types meat (chicken, fish, pork, beef). Lots of salads, fruits and vegetables. Very tasty, no poisoning. Minus: from drinks for dinner only cold water. Fresh juices only for the French(! ). Why not give at least some tea? At the same time, there were many cakes and sweets that had to be washed down with this cold water.
Bananas with cream and caramel - a separate plus, I highly recommend.


Now about what really ruined the holiday. I am a lover of a quiet quiet holiday and an ardent hater of discos and noise at night. I always choose a place and a hotel for a long time and thoroughly. This time I was very wrong. Near the hotel there is a small park and the palace of King Nicholas. Every evening, some concerts were held in the park until 00:30, and sometimes until one in the morning. You can hear the music from the embankment and drunken screams until 4 in the morning very strongly. Even tightly closed balcony door does not help. Sleep was impossible. Also, the hotel constantly sounds its own music (instrumental) + music by the pool. All this merges into a terrible mixture and lasts until about 23:00, then the music of the hotel turns off. Maybe someone will be delighted, but it was unbearable for us to listen to the same songs on the territory of the hotel every day without a break, and try to fall asleep under it.
My opinion about the hotel: in general, not bad, but it's definitely not 4 *.
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