The down side first. Cannot get direct to hotel via a coach..Coaches have to stop at the towns coach station.Then people have to be transfered into small taxis with cases etc..This takes time ( Its hot etc..)

The noise from the dust carts at 5.00am every morning is a pain you sit & wait for it to start. Then with no air con the rooms are very hot.

Now the good side..Which out ways the bad..Staff very good. Food at both breakfast & evening meals great.. good selections
The hotel is right in the centre of the harbour & easy to walk to all parts of the town..some great eating places.

I was suprised by how clean & smart every were was..Far better than the UK !!!. Strange I think...

This 3 star Istrian Hotel lives up to its previous reviews as excellent. The Neptun hotel is now part of a small hotel chain and is right on the quayside in the town centre, so you are going to get some noise whether you are at the front or rear of the hotel.
If you are at the back on floors 1 to 4 then you get the binmen in the narrow street every morning at 5am. If you are at the front then your are paying for a sea view but you will get noise from the late night cafes and bars, although this is not excessive by any means.
The hotel rooms are going to be extensively refurbished at the end of 2008 and this will include double glazing, new shutters and air conditioning in the bedrooms for the first time. No building work is allowed anywhere in the town during the summer period.
I complained about the binmen noise and was lucky to get a move to a newly completed show room at the back. The new style room and bathroom was fabulous. The new double glazing and shutters meant that I did not hear the binmen from then on.
Food both breakfast and dinner is buffet style. There is a large choice to suit all tastes. Us Brits can have a full english breakfast if we wish and the service and smiles from the staff is probably the best I have ever seen. We are talking genuine smiles and service without servility.
You can have steak, roast pork, pizza, pasta, fresh mussels or literally whatever you like for dinner. The only meat I saw little of anywhere was chicken.
Prices are creeping up in Croatia as they get ready for the euro in 2010/11 so for value you need to shop around. Most of the outdoor restaurants along the quayside and in the back streets are italian based and their menus are pretty identical. You can only eat so much pasta and pizza and the quality varies. A seafood platter for 2 will cost between £14 and £20 and again quality and quantity will vary. I wonder where al those mussels go that are not in their shells on the plate when served?.
The hotel Neptun can not be beaten if you are on the half board deal. If you want a packed lunch the following day instead of the evening meal, you just ask at reception and pick it up at breakfast next morning.
My first visit to Croatia and Porec in particular. If you want a beach then go to the sister hotel (Fortuna) on the St Nicholas Island, 500 yards away. The boat is free to Hotel Neptun guests. If you want character and like the evening walks along the quayside then go to the Neptun. Spotlessly clean everywhere. What impressed me most? without a doubt.... the staff...... low pay, hard working but allways smiling. P.S. They love the Brits in Croatia, so lets keep the yobs out!

Right on the quayside, minutes from every featured highlight, great location. Immaculate small rooms,but very comfortable beds. In high season, staff run off their feet, and often appear frazzled. Not "small and friendly", but efficient tourist mill. Meals (all self-service) offer lots of choice (and good ones for vegetarians), but food is bland, although tailored to the health conscious. Terrace bar is attractive and comfortable, but food is routine. Hot water (for shaving) in short supply by afternoon. Not so much as a postcard for sale in the lobby.

We have just come back from a weeks holiday in Porec where we stayed at the Neptun. I think the first thing that struck me about the whole place, including the hotel, was the cleanliness of everywhere. Didn't even see a sweet wrapper on the ground! It was just immaculate. Our rooms were small and basic but again, very clean. The sheets were pristine and the beds very comfortable. The cleaners were very friendly and we had clean sheets and towels every day. Watch the shower though, you could get scarred for life - it's so ferocious! I had it sussed by the end of the week - you only need to turn it to half it's power otherwise you will get blasted against the shower cubicle and not be able to move! Staff there very friendly and the meals were fairly good although lots of strange stuff. I'm not a fussy eater but some nights, I would have died for just chips and a pizza. Only saw chips one night and mash on another night. Still, on the whole a fairly good choice.

Do the walk through the wooded area along the coast where a lot of the hotels are. It was my favourite day. You can walk for about 10 miles in all I think and it was beautiful. You can catch a ferry back which calls in at points along the way every half an hour so you can walk as far or as short a distance as you fancy. Cycle hire there which would be fun too as it's all fairly flat.

Went to Venice for the day from Porec. Really enjoyed it - we waited until we got to Porec before booking this trip to check the weather was going to be okay on the day we went. A really worthwhile visit. Wouldn't want to stay in Venice but pleased I've been there and seen it. The trip cost about £50 each. TAKE NOTE - we took a few Euros with us as we knew we wanted to visit Venice. However, on the boat, you could book a trip on a gondola, a trip on a water taxi and a meal off St Mark's Square. It all cost about £50 each and we thought we're only going there the once, so we'll book it all. BUT we couldn't pay by credit card - had to be cash (either Kuna or Euros). As we didn't take many Kunas with us, we had to pay by Euros which took all of our money and when we got to Venice we didn't even have enough money to buy a drink although we did take one with us. They didn't tell us about this when we booked the trip. Also, if you book the meal (and I wouldn't advise it) take your own drink - it costs and arm and a leg to get a drink in this restaurant. The whole meal was a bit of a rip off and I wouldn't advise booking it at all. Waste of money. Apart from that, the gondola trip and water taxi were good.

Despite what you read THERE ARE NO BEACHES IN POREC. We knew that before we went so we weren't disappointed.

Went to Pula one day on the bus - Trip from hell - nothing there. Waste of a day!

Done a boat trip to Rovinj. Loved Rovinj! Very quaint and lots of shops sellling unusual things. Bought most of our gifts there as Porec shops all seem to sell the same things - jewellery, t-shirts and bags!

We did the trip in May and it was very quiet there which is what we wanted. I believe June, July and August are the busy months. Weather wasn't great towards the end of our week, they seem to get a lot of rain there. However, enjoyed our trip loads and would go again but not probably for a couple of years.

Sue, Devon