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8.0
Cleanliness:
9.0
Food:
8.0
Amenities:
9.0
Thanks to everyone who left me any notes on the topic of holidays at the Istra Hotel. They helped a lot! In order for the next vacationers to be comfortable on the trip, I will write my own.
Where. The hotel is located on the Red Island near Rovinj. To the city 15 minutes by boat. The boat runs every 30-45 minutes. For hotel residents - free of charge. Very picturesque and romantic place. In fact, there are two islands and an isthmus between them, but on the second island there is only a bar and nudist beaches.
The island is really red. The soil is somehow with a red tint, and my beach slippers are slightly tinted. But then she sat down on the curb near the hotel in a white dress - and nothing!! ! Metut, however!
There are many other small islands around. But they are uninhabited. The exception is Katarina Island near Rovinj itself. There is also a hotel.
Hotel. The hotel itself was overhauled in 2006. All the pictures I saw on the sites before the trip do not reflect reality at all and probably belong to the period of developed socialism. Now everything is different!!!
The hotel has 5 swimming pools: 4 outdoor pools: 2 (adult and children) with fresh water and 2 with sea water, one indoor (unfortunately, I don’t know with what water, I didn’t get it), well, plus the sea !!! ! Near the pools, sun loungers, umbrellas - everything is free. On the beach, this business will have to be paid for: an umbrella - 10 kn for 6 hours or 15 kn for 12 hours; sunbed - 12 kn for 6 hours or 20 kn for 12 hours. The beach itself is small pebbles. But the people prefer not to crowd in one cultivated place, but to spread along the entire coast. And there are already more stones. In this regard, immediately buy special slippers for swimming. Better in the city, still cheaper (if you bargain). Slippers will allow you not only to comfortably wander along the shore, but also not to worry about sea urchins. If they are not visible on the beach of the hotel, then the bottom of the "wild" is simply dotted with them!!!
By the way, if you didn't bring a mask and a snorkel with you - buy it, don't be stingy! ! You will get a lot of fun! And in the end, save money: those who dived with a mask on their own do not have to go on an excursion to the “Glass boat” - a boat with a glass bottom to explore the underwater world.
In addition, you can rent on the beach: a catamaran, a rowing boat (like a canoe) for one or two (100 kn for 1 hour if you want to swim somewhere further, or 72 kn for 24 hours if you hang out 5-7 m from the coast) , an ordinary bike (20 kn - 1 h; 40 kn - 4 h; 70 kn - and ride from 8 to 19) or a motor boat (300 kn for 4 h; 500 kn for the whole day from 9 to 18); you can still take any ball (football, volleyball, basketball) 20 kn for 1 hour or table tennis (15 kn for 1 hour). I also saw badminton in the rental booth, but it is not registered in the hotel booklet. There is also a tennis court, so if you want... : )
The exchange rate of the local kuna against the dollar and the euro in September 2007 was approximately the same as that of the Ukrainian hryvnia. So it was very easy to count : )
From my own experience: take a catamaran for 1 hour (this service will be provided to you by the hotel free of charge); once ride around the islands on a bike; and give the rest of the time to the motor boat !! ! Here, as they say, and cards in hand - swim where your eyes look and swim where you want !!
The hotel also has a gym, wellness center, sauna, hairdresser and shop. Unfortunately, I didn’t visit any of the above, but I should have: 1 hour in the sauna will be provided to you for free.
And, of course, 5 bars and a restaurant (where everything is for a fee). And a restaurant where they actually have breakfast and dinner.
Nutrition. In general, nothing. Breakfast is rather monotonous, in the sense that the list of dishes on offer practically did not change from day to day. But the assortment was large, and if you don’t try everything on the first day, but “stretch the pleasure”, then you won’t get bored. Dinner is more fun: firstly, wine - red and white - local and very pleasant and without restrictions! Secondly, 3 types of meat and 3 types of fish (or seafood). It didn't happen again in a week. A couple of soups, and there is more variety in the side dishes.
Breakfast from 6 to 10, and dinner from 18 to 22. It is difficult to get hungry in between. But if this happened, then in the bar you can have a snack with a sandwich or a salad. And if this is not enough, then - to the restaurant!
The restaurant is located next to the hotel, in the old castle, in the courtyards and a huge hall with a fireplace.
One visit to the restaurant will be provided by the hotel in exchange for a standard dinner. True, you will be served a fixed set of dishes, and you will have to pay for alcohol, but you should not neglect this service.
Be sure to visit this restaurant when the so-called "klappa" performs there. This is a male quartet (and sometimes a quintet), singing Croatian, Italian, mostly folk songs to the accompaniment of a guitar and harmonica (and when a quintet, then cellos). Melodic songs, the skill of the performers multiplied by the super-acoustics of an old stone building - it's a pleasure!!!!
What else to write? Of course, this is not a resting place for noisy youth. This is a hotel for a calm, balanced public. No one loaded us with animation. But this is in September. Maybe in the summer, at the height of the season, they lit? But children without supervision will not be here even with a strong desire.
Where. The hotel is located on the Red Island near Rovinj. To the city 15 minutes by boat. The boat runs every 30-45 minutes. For hotel residents - free of charge. Very picturesque and romantic place. In fact, there are two islands and an isthmus between them, but on the second island there is only a bar and nudist beaches.
The island is really red. The soil is somehow with a red tint, and my beach slippers are slightly tinted. But then she sat down on the curb near the hotel in a white dress - and nothing!! ! Metut, however!
There are many other small islands around. But they are uninhabited. The exception is Katarina Island near Rovinj itself. There is also a hotel.
Hotel. The hotel itself was overhauled in 2006. All the pictures I saw on the sites before the trip do not reflect reality at all and probably belong to the period of developed socialism. Now everything is different!!!
The hotel has 5 swimming pools: 4 outdoor pools: 2 (adult and children) with fresh water and 2 with sea water, one indoor (unfortunately, I don’t know with what water, I didn’t get it), well, plus the sea !!! ! Near the pools, sun loungers, umbrellas - everything is free. On the beach, this business will have to be paid for: an umbrella - 10 kn for 6 hours or 15 kn for 12 hours; sunbed - 12 kn for 6 hours or 20 kn for 12 hours. The beach itself is small pebbles. But the people prefer not to crowd in one cultivated place, but to spread along the entire coast. And there are already more stones. In this regard, immediately buy special slippers for swimming. Better in the city, still cheaper (if you bargain). Slippers will allow you not only to comfortably wander along the shore, but also not to worry about sea urchins. If they are not visible on the beach of the hotel, then the bottom of the "wild" is simply dotted with them!!!
By the way, if you didn't bring a mask and a snorkel with you - buy it, don't be stingy! ! You will get a lot of fun! And in the end, save money: those who dived with a mask on their own do not have to go on an excursion to the “Glass boat” - a boat with a glass bottom to explore the underwater world.
In addition, you can rent on the beach: a catamaran, a rowing boat (like a canoe) for one or two (100 kn for 1 hour if you want to swim somewhere further, or 72 kn for 24 hours if you hang out 5-7 m from the coast) , an ordinary bike (20 kn - 1 h; 40 kn - 4 h; 70 kn - and ride from 8 to 19) or a motor boat (300 kn for 4 h; 500 kn for the whole day from 9 to 18); you can still take any ball (football, volleyball, basketball) 20 kn for 1 hour or table tennis (15 kn for 1 hour). I also saw badminton in the rental booth, but it is not registered in the hotel booklet. There is also a tennis court, so if you want... : )
The exchange rate of the local kuna against the dollar and the euro in September 2007 was approximately the same as that of the Ukrainian hryvnia. So it was very easy to count : )
From my own experience: take a catamaran for 1 hour (this service will be provided to you by the hotel free of charge); once ride around the islands on a bike; and give the rest of the time to the motor boat !! ! Here, as they say, and cards in hand - swim where your eyes look and swim where you want !!
The hotel also has a gym, wellness center, sauna, hairdresser and shop. Unfortunately, I didn’t visit any of the above, but I should have: 1 hour in the sauna will be provided to you for free.
And, of course, 5 bars and a restaurant (where everything is for a fee). And a restaurant where they actually have breakfast and dinner.
Nutrition. In general, nothing. Breakfast is rather monotonous, in the sense that the list of dishes on offer practically did not change from day to day. But the assortment was large, and if you don’t try everything on the first day, but “stretch the pleasure”, then you won’t get bored. Dinner is more fun: firstly, wine - red and white - local and very pleasant and without restrictions! Secondly, 3 types of meat and 3 types of fish (or seafood). It didn't happen again in a week. A couple of soups, and there is more variety in the side dishes.
Breakfast from 6 to 10, and dinner from 18 to 22. It is difficult to get hungry in between. But if this happened, then in the bar you can have a snack with a sandwich or a salad. And if this is not enough, then - to the restaurant!
The restaurant is located next to the hotel, in the old castle, in the courtyards and a huge hall with a fireplace.
One visit to the restaurant will be provided by the hotel in exchange for a standard dinner. True, you will be served a fixed set of dishes, and you will have to pay for alcohol, but you should not neglect this service.
Be sure to visit this restaurant when the so-called "klappa" performs there. This is a male quartet (and sometimes a quintet), singing Croatian, Italian, mostly folk songs to the accompaniment of a guitar and harmonica (and when a quintet, then cellos). Melodic songs, the skill of the performers multiplied by the super-acoustics of an old stone building - it's a pleasure!!!!
What else to write? Of course, this is not a resting place for noisy youth. This is a hotel for a calm, balanced public. No one loaded us with animation. But this is in September. Maybe in the summer, at the height of the season, they lit? But children without supervision will not be here even with a strong desire.
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