Valamar Bellevue Resort

Go to Rabac and stay at the Valamar was the advice given to us by a Croatian friend. Searching for this city of Rabac, it seems to be a well kept secret. This hotel is one of the many that Valamar has in this corner of the Istrian Coast. I liked the all-inclusive option. You get to eat at their Buffet restaurant and use the bars at the pools and the lobby. The all-inclusive drinks are local Croatian beer and wine plus cocktails. (You can't order a branded alcohol) This is more than enough to enjoy with your meal or sip in the comfortable couches in the balconies and lobbies.Food at the Mediterranean restaurant has a lot of vegetarian options. This is because along with the meats, Croatians eat a lot of vegetables. Being originally from Asia, we didn't find any spicy dishes but that's not a disadvantage. I enjoyed the mangold, Olive bar, the fruits, different types of sauteed vegetables, yogurt, bread, chicken and fish cooked in front of you. Economically the all-inclusive works out cheaper. We rented a car and parking is plenty even if the hotel lot is full you can park outside the hotel. Rooms for a family had one kind size bed, and two sofa beds. The hotel is predominantly filled with guests with kids. From the car number plates, many of the guests drive from Austria, Germany, Sweden, UK. Very friendly hotel staff, liked our check-in with Chiara. You can walk to the town of Rabac on a nice promenade. There are 3 pools and the public beach is connected. The beach is a pebble beach but that is not a problem. Here are a few things the hotel needs to take care of: The service at the Mediterranean restaurant is very laid back. Some days it's exceptional with the lady supervisor joining in on getting the tables cleared, on other days the staff and managers walk by tables with dirty plates of the guests on the side to be cleared. May just need some operational tweaks to fix this. The kitchen runs out of the dishes within a hour and if you are at the restaurant at the last hour that it is open, you'll find the ice creams completely empty and no sign of replacement. Again an operational issue. The beds are very comfortable. There's a hot water kettle and instant coffee plus tea in the room. Communication is not a problem, hotel staff speak English. Entertainment can be used at the sister hotels and there's a nice crowd before the wine bar every evening with music. We used Rabac as our base and made day trips to Ljublijana, Slovenia, Trieste, Italy. Pula and Rovinj. A very enjoyable stay.

Clean rooms and pools, friendly staff,great food, beautifully facilities, cosy stay.We loved everything about this hotel located by the beach and surrounded by beautifully nature.We had everything we needed, including a great fun for kids during day and in the evening.I can recommend this hotel to everyone and we will definitely come back!

Don't go if you have a baby who can't walk... you have to climb to the reception and to the swimming pool or restaurant. If you want to go to the Pool or restaurant you have to take 4 elevators. Most of the time it takes some time to get to the right floor. When we arrived in our *first* room there were ants and insects like huge grasshoppers. We've got a other room, but there are still ants everywhere. I've got bitten in bed by ants. The door to the balcony is closed and when we go outside to hang our stuff up you have to check if there are no insects in it. Also the rooms are very noisy at 22.00 / 23.00 we heard small children and their parents talking and screaming next to our room.. wth? Do they not go to sleep? The food is very poorly. Not much variation and certainly not tasteful. If you go to the restaurant above it's full with people, mostly selfish guests who will not go out the way for you, even if you have a baby. So the restaurant downstairs is much better. (Smaller, but not crowded) only thing great about it is that they have boiled baby food and deserts are okay. Lot of flies also on the food.. You have to pay for water bottles.. so get 2 water bottles and fill them up. Swimming pool with freshwater is very crowded, probably because guest of the other hotels are swimming here too. Only at lunch time it's less crowded. Other pools are with saltwater, not ideal but better when you have a baby . + View is amazing + sunbeds with parasols + rabac centrum close by with car or little train Overall very disappointed in our stay. We've paid a lot of money to go here. Maybe 4 stars and all inclusive isn't what it was back in the days... unfortunately you don't have 5 stars all inclusive in Croatia, just only for adults... Thinking about leaving earlier if there are any flights back.