Прекрасное уютное место Great cozy place

Medena hotel, despite its large size, is convenient in terms of location, nature and recreation. If you eat together and you don’t need too comfortable living conditions, and you only spend the night in a room, then Medena will suit you. We booked a room on the hotel’s website, it turned out cheaper. different dishes in different places.
Language - Learn a few phrases in Croatian, because knowing the language increases the friendly attitude of people towards you. For example, "good morning", "good evening" will be so. "Good afternoon" - "Dobar dan". "Goodbye" - "Dovid'zhennya. " "Rachun" = this is "account".
"How much does it cost? " = "How much is the cost? ". Many Croats understand both English and Russian. can be bought in a shop in Trogir. Start changing money at the airport. In Trogir, a good course (they don’t differ very much everywhere, 2-3 kuna.

You won’t find a bus schedule from Medena to Trogir near the hotel (I can send it). It’s easier to get to Trogir by boat for 15 kn (multiply by 6 you get rubles). It runs every hour. There, walk around the city to the bus station (7-10min), center small town, where you will not go you will come to the market, where it is cheaper to buy fruits and souvenirs, and next to the bus station. There write off the bus schedule from and to the hotel. To Split from Trogir there are buses number 37 (every 20min). By the way, from the airport to Trogir and Split can be reached by bus, much cheaper than taking a taxi.
Excursions. My husband and I traveled on our own, and therefore, at the information stands near the reception, we found out when the tour operator met with tourists and bought excursions from her. The set of excursions is the same, the main thing is to guess the days of the week. The main travel days are Tuesday-Friday. On the rest of the days, operators meet and see off tourists, so on weekends, either drive yourself or relax on the beaches. It is worth a trip to Krka + Sibenik. Many cities in Croatia date back to the 15th century, these are old stone fortresses, houses with narrow streets and living history. Krka is a river with waterfalls. Tourists swim in one place. There is no beach there, everyone undresses in the forest, whoever finds a place where, toilets are paid. But the restaurant serves delicious trout and octopus salad. The next excursion to Plitvice Lakes is the most worthwhile excursion, where tourists walk along the paths past hundreds of lakes and waterfalls, with very beautiful views. Unfortunately, there is not enough opportunity to swim, but this is not on Plitvice Lakes. And if the day is hot, then watch on flocks of fish swimming in the cool water of the lakes is very enviable. A trip to Dubrovnik is only for those who love history very much. 5 hours in a comfortable air-conditioned bus with 2 stops, one of which is in Bosnia and Herzegovina, does not seem difficult . . but 4 hours in Dubrovnik, where 2 hours excursion and 2 hours walking by yourself. . is it worth it? The views along the way are very beautiful, you pass the Makarska Riviera (also a great place to relax), mountains and valleys.
You can make a trip from Split yourself, drive for 8 kn to Trogir from the hotel and for 20 kn from Trogir to Split by bus (pay at the entrance to the driver). from the bus station in Split, you need to go down the street to the port. And there you will see the old city yourself. clothing and grocery, prices are cheaper than in Trogir, you can bargain.
Trips to the islands (in a group or individually) are also interesting.

Water and food. Buy water in supermarkets. There it is cheaper - 6 kn mineral sparkling water, 1.5 l, called Jamnica. Non-carbonated - Jana. Water is more expensive on the beach, as are fruits. Very tasty peaches and watermelons (they grow in Croatia). Very tasty bread in the country. Ice cream: 1 scoop costs 6 kunas. But you can ask for "pala" - from the word "half", that is, you order different types of ice cream and they give you half of a regular ball. For an amount of 6 kn, you can take 2 types of ice cream. Coffee is called "kava", it costs 8 kunas on average. Fish and meat are expensive, when ordering dishes, specify the size of the fish "small" = "small". The dishes are large, you can order one for two, this is already customary in Croatia, do not hesitate. Salads they also bring in large portions, so think about whether you will eat everything.
Octopus salad - “Hobotnica na salatu” - “Hobotnica on lettuce”; trout - "Pastrva"; trout with garnish – “Pastrva sa prilogom”, “soup” – “juhe” (read as spelled), fish soup – “Riblja juha”
Beer 4 varieties: Karlovacko, Laš ko, Ozhujskoe and Pan (Pan)
You can try slivovitz or "travaritsa" - moonshine, but with the aroma of herbs, an interesting taste.
Maraska liquor is also made from cherries, but it doesn’t taste like cherries at all, and the color is transparent white.
Did not like. Every morning from 8.30 the maids put the key in the door and tried to enter the room. It's good that the key was sticking out from the inside. Not very nice. The water in the room was turned off on the last day of our stay. Turned it on half an hour later. It's good that we were not in the foam.
Well, the fact that the breakfast is average is in all the reviews. Nothing, you don’t really want to eat in the heat, but there are so many opportunities to try the local cuisine around.
Service. Restaurant on the ground floor, bar. The reception is huge, there is where to sit and relax. An Internet center with 2 computers, 2 souvenir shops (nothing interesting), a wardrobe where you can leave your things on the day of departure. Departure at 10 am. If the plane is later, you can pay for half a day (170 kn), or rent a cheap 2-star room. Take shower gel with you. The water in Croatia is very hard, the soap in the hotel is small, it does not foam.

The beach is pebble, stone. There is nothing to do without reefs - it’s painful and dangerous to go in without shoes (there are a lot of hedgehogs and lie everywhere). The sea is really clean and azure, transparent and you can see the bottom even at great depths (if the sea is calm). Morning and evening there were almost no waves, but they appeared at lunchtime. If you go from the beach through a pine forest, there are grottoes for those who love solitude. Silence, beauty, cicadas, you can fish and swim with a mask. There are many shops on the beach where you can find all the bathing accessories.