The rooms at Podostrog are tiny but clean. Each room has a balcony, central air conditioning, TV, hairdryer and shower in the bathroom. Safe - at the reception. Guests praise the quality of the local wireless connection (Wi-Fi). The hotel has an elevator, which is rare for many hotels in Budva : )
Be prepared for the transfer bus to drop you off at the bus stop at the Aleksandar Hotel, then you will be met by a hotel representative and taken to the place of settlement by car. In general, a good budget hotel. Suitable for unpretentious tourists who prefer outdoor activities to "seal" wallowing on the beach. If you are looking for a hotel "not to sit in the room" - "Podostrog" is more than a suitable option.
I wish you all a pleasant holiday!
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Photos and impressions about the hotel were brought from the promotional info-tour around Montenegro in October 2013.
The tour operator dropped us off at the Alexander Hotel, from where the hotel manager picked us up.
In a small hall, where only the reception and two small sofas fit, we were offered a choice of rooms on the 3rd or 4th floor. We chose the 4th one.
The room is small but cozy. Two single beds, bedside table, table with refrigerator and TV, wardrobe (4 hangers). The shower room is standard. In the form of washing accessories - liquid soap-shampoo over the washbasin and in the shower cabin, shower cap.
We had a view of a neighboring hotel, a small balcony, without a table, with two chairs. If you fall into the rainy season, take rooms on the lower floors, because there is no cover on the 4th balcony, everything can get wet. If you're not a fan of cross-window peeping, ask for a room with a mountain view.
There is wi-fi in the lobby. Catches well.
The hotel is equipped with an elevator, it does not always work properly, so keep this in mind if you eat with people of retirement age.
Not fans of the embankment and noisy cheerful crowd can pass the evenings in the hotel bar.
About food. I would not say that it was delicious, but quite normal food. Breakfasts are standard. There is a choice - boiled eggs, scrambled eggs, scrambled eggs, some sausages, pickled vegetables (pickles, beets), local cheese, muesli, cereal. Tea, coffee, something a la juice. Exceeded expectations of local fragrant bread.
Dinner also fully satisfied our needs - fried fish (every day the same), all the same pickled vegetables, cucumber-tomatoes, as it seemed to us, poured with a mixture of vinegar and vegetable oil, poultry, meat, a mixture of boiled vegetables, potatoes, etc. . d. For dessert, they offered either some kind of pie or watermelon. Drinks, according to the standard, for a fee. For example, tea - 1.5 euros.
The staff is polite and smiling. Someone speaks Russian, someone speaks English. The manager appears at breakfast and at dinner. Always asks new arrivals where they came from and for how many days. We had a little embarrassment with him - after standard questions, he suggested that we make friends, come to our room, drink a bottle of wine. It's kind of strange, given that the room can hardly fit 3 people, there is no table on the balcony, and we would have to sit on the beds. I think he wanted to lie down. In general, maybe in Montenegro, this is a sign of good taste, but I was brought up in a different mentality, so I had to very politely refuse.
Cleaning was done every day, towels changed every other day. All OK. The only thing I personally didn't like was the towels were rusty and stained. Not very nice.
If you need to iron your clothes, there is an ironing service on the 4th floor. Little thing from 8 cents to 1.5 euros. Self-ironing is not allowed.
The beach is a 10-minute walk through the Alexander Hotel. You cross the road, pass the territory of the Alexander Hotel and you are already at the sea. It feels like a 5 minute walk. Going out to the sea in front of you will be a beach with large pebbles and not very convenient entry into the sea, a little to the left - the pebbles are smaller. If you go left along the embankment, through the tunnel - you will get to the beaches of Becici, about 1-1.5 km. To the right - there is also a small pebble, but it takes a little longer to go to it. Behind the old town there is a picturesque Mogren beach. About 30 minutes walk.
In 2 minutes from the hotel there are 2 supermarkets - Roda and Slavia. Prices are quite normal. Something is cheaper in one, something in another. If you walk from the hotel to the right, you can go to the Green Market with fruits and vegetables, prosciutto and other things, there is also a large Mega Market. The prices are cheaper, but not for everything.
There will be no transfer on the way back to the Alexander Hotel, you will walk with bags, but there is nearby.
In general, quite a decent hotel with normal service, comfortable, as for 3-ki, rooms, and tolerable food.
For a 3 * hotel is quite tolerable. The staff is friendly, almost everyone understands and speaks Russian, like many Montenegrins (this is definitely a plus). The only thing is that the girls at the reception for some reason do not like it when they hand over the keys to the room when you go somewhere. If you wish, you can put money in the safe at the reception, but neither I nor my friends did not hand it over, they kept it in the room, nothing was lost, everything was in place.
The rooms are small, the balcony is small (2 chairs) and serves mainly for drying towels and swimwear. In the shower cabin, at the mixer, the switch stuck, of course it was possible to use it, but it was rather annoying. The called master could not help in this matter, but we must pay tribute, he came right away. And I also adjusted the antenna at the TV, after which it began to show, but we still didn’t watch it. Hairdryer, air conditioning, small refrigerator, table with mirror, chair, beds, free safe at the reception, wi-fi in the corridor and in the hotel lobby. Towels are changed regularly, the room is cleaned, but infrequently, it is advisable to leave a tip.
Meals are average, monotonous, too much fried food, no ice for the stomach. At the end of our stay, and this is 7 days, I could no longer see fried food. Sometimes there were good dishes, but again fried. Tea and coffee (not tasty) only for breakfast, for dinner only water. From fruits there were peaches and watermelons, bananas, apples, but not every day, and canned fruits, which I did not eat. From vegetables, tomatoes, cucumbers, beets and pickles (which you don’t want at all in the summer). In principle, you can get enough, but men, probably, will not be enough.
The hotel is located on the 2nd line, 10 minutes to the beach. The place is quiet, you can sleep at night, it's not on the embankment, where there is swotting at night.
I did not like the beach, the water was cool and dirty, a couple of times in the water came across garbage, bags, cigarette butts and "oh, horror! " pads!! ! Small pebbles are not inspiring at all. The beach is crowded, in the best traditions of the Crimea. It is better to take a place early in the morning, otherwise it will be a big problem later.
At night, the embankment again resembles the Crimea, a lot of people, a lot of shops with Chinese junk, in places slotting music, the aromas of overcooked butter wafting everywhere. In short, a big fan.
Products can be bought in shops nearby, I advise kefir (Montenegrin yogurt). Of the wines, locals recommend Vranac (pro corde) / Vranac (pro corde) (red) and Krstac / Krstach (white). Min. it is better to take water on 2 lines in the market, it is cheaper there than in stalls, and even more so on the beach.
Another 20-25 minutes walk from the hotel is the old part of the city, the fortress, be sure to visit it.
In a word, if the purpose of your trip is sightseeing and getting to know the country, and not just a beach holiday, then this economy class hotel is quite suitable. Fans of a more comfortable and relaxing holiday are better off staying not in Budva, but in a quieter town and in another hotel.
But the sea, the sun, gorgeous nature compensated EVERYTHING! The weather was as ordered: when we were on excursions, it was cloudy (YES! ) But you can see the whole country on your own, by bus. We went to Podgorica with a kamikaze driver, a cat. on the mountain road he spoke on the cell phone all the time...
And so the impression of the rest is good, I recommend the hotel to unpretentious people or young people only on a "burning" cheap tour and without meals, because. there are many inexpensive cafes, and fruits on the market for 2-3 euros. "Prshut" (meat) put in a suitcase, otherwise they can take it away at customs (for a chocolate bar - they will leave it).
Have a nice holiday!