Есть минусы, но не смертельные There are cons, but not fatal

Rested in this hotel from 21 to 29 August 2008. We are quite satisfied with the rest, and I join all the positive reviews that were previously. But the problem of both the whole of Croatia and this hotel is the lack of information on the Internet, and excessive idealization, lack of information about the minuses, because they, like everything else, are in Croatia. Therefore, I want to first of all dwell on the shortcomings. This does not mean at all that I am overly capricious or dissatisfied with everything, it’s just that everything good has already been described in detail, but now, for objectivity, I will speak about other nuances.
Firstly, what people have already talked about, is that the hotel does not pull on 5 stars in any way, it is rather a solid four. The exterior is quite gray and the building is shabby and quite different from the photos presented on the internet. Inside, thank God, it's better than outside - both the corridors and the rooms look quite civilized. But here, too, still not 5 stars. For example, the rooms have a very small balcony. There are no items that, according to their status, are usually in 5 stars: for example, a kettle, a bathrobe in the bathroom, some additional cosmetic accessories - there is only soap and shampoo. By the way, I immediately praise that the TV in the room is quite large and plasma and broadcasts in addition to foreign as many as 2 Russian channels - it was a pleasant surprise.
The external pool in the hotel is too small and modest, and most importantly, what struck me negatively was that the water in it is salty...

There is no territory in the hotel as such - only one large multi-level building. Well, plus a couple of little things in the district on the slopes, such as a tennis court (by the way, quite decent).
The main beach of the hotel is located below. But its minus is not that it is far to go to it, in general it is not so, to go - a maximum of 5 minutes. Something else is unpleasant: this beach is not a beach at all, but just a piece of the embankment of the city of Cavtat. And right here on the embankment, everyone lies on deck chairs and dives into the water right from this embankment, in which yachts and all kinds of boats and boats go nearby... The only thing that is good on this beach is the scooters that are given there in rental, they are quite inexpensive for Europe - 400 kunas (about 67 euros) for half an hour, but in these half an hour you can ride so cool, go around all the nearby islands!
The second beach of the hotel is located on the other side of the hotel - the one to which you go down directly on the elevator to the 1st floor. And I was very pleased with this beach! It is located right on the rocks, and this is for me - to swim among the stones, in the purest transparent water. But only now I suspect that this beach will not suit everyone either, in particular sedate people, as well as the elderly, all those who prefer the beach - sandy or at least pebble. Unfortunately, this case is tight throughout Croatia.
The main negative point that I personally encountered in this hotel is the local medical care, or rather its complete absence. Thank God that you rarely encounter this, and God forbid that this moment passes you by. The fact is that it is only formally considered that we have medical insurance, the payment of which, however, and not at all formal, is included in the ticket... When, again, God forbid, something happens, some kind of injury, like with me, when you hobble to the reception and ask for a doctor, they will tell you: there is no doctor at the hotel, but if you consider your injury serious enough, we will try to organize a transfer to the airport where there is a doctor in the near future (apparently one for several nearest hotels). Or you can go to Cavtat and buy medicine there. . .

The hotel does not even have a first-aid kit, not one for the entire hotel!
Such is the medical care and such is the medical insurance. So it's better to take a basic set of medical supplies with you just in case.
In conclusion, I want to say a few words about the country itself. I liked Croatia more than Turkey, despite the fact that the country is a little poorer, but this does not affect the service and level in hotels. I liked it more precisely due to the beauty of nature, the coast - there are entirely islands and rocks, it is very picturesque to watch and swim or ride a boat or scooter. But at the same time, I want to note that Croatia is still really too idealized on the Internet, it is presented as some kind of simply extraordinary country. This is too much, the country is quite ordinary, with its own advantages and disadvantages. Among the latter I include, for example, the temperature of the water: for me it was a strong disappointment and another deception received from the Internet. There it is firmly and in many places stated that the water temperature in August in the southern parts of Croatia (where we were) is 25 degrees. In fact, when we arrived, it was 22 degrees : ( Compared to the Turkish 27 degrees, this is a very big contrast! So for the first 2 days we didn’t go to the water at all, then we got used to it and began to swim, and the water got a little warmer - up to 23 degrees : ). The second minus is the prices. Everything is more expensive there than in Turkey. For example, a full-day excursion costs 70 euros per person, while in Turkey we paid $ 20 for a similar one.
Well, among the pluses I can include a more friendly but at the same time completely unobtrusive service.

I probably won’t talk about excursions in detail, because. Here, what you like is an individual matter. We traveled to Ston + Korcula, to Montenegro, and also to Dubrovnik on our own. In general, I will say that here again there is excessive propaganda and idealization. For example, the same Dubrovnik is everywhere called almost a wonder of the world, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, with a unique fortress - the old city. Well, a normal city, yes, but I didn’t experience any special enthusiasm. The old city, in my opinion, is no better than, say, a fortress in the Crimean Sudak. And the most pleasant thing that was in Dubrovnik was not a long and tedious crawling along the walls of this fortress, but admiring this city from afar, from the side of the upper embankment.
In general, Croatia is teeming with old fortresses and on almost any excursion, in any city you go to, you will be taken to such an Old Town. They really get bored quickly, and in the end we began to run away from these old cities and wander around the new, modern
parts of the city - in Korcula, in Kotor, in Budva. The last 2 cities belong to Montenegro, choosing an excursion to which, you thereby visit another country.
No matter how critical my description of the excursions may seem, in fact they are generally quite good. And most importantly, it will undoubtedly be boring in Croatia without excursions, because the hotels there do not have an all-inclusive mode, they do not have animation, so no matter how beautiful the nature is there, spending a week, and even more so 10 days in a hotel, will undoubtedly get bored.
I wish you a good holiday!