We have just returned from our holiday at the crystal,so here is my review of the hotel and Porec.

BAD POINTS.
1. Hotel prices expensive.39kuna for a beer and coke. Add another 5 kuna tip and thats nearly a fiver for a small round.
2. Dining arrangements. Tables are together so you normally end up sharing you table with someone else.
3. Limited parasol cover near the pool. So the usual problem of people putting towels out early then not using their spot for some hours later.
4. bathrooms not upgraded as well as the rest of the bedroom area, but still clean.
5. Porec itself had quite a number of similar shops, selling caps bags and the usual tourist tat.

GOOD POINTS.
1. Absoloutely everything else.
2. Food excellent
3. hotel clean
4.Staff friendly
5. Pool brilliant
6. Rooms air conditioned
7 Porec lovely, great architecture and some lovely restaraunts.
8. Boat taxi back to the hotel for 40 kuna



Altogether a great holiday and I would definately go back to the same hotel again.
so if you have booked or are thinking of booking, it's a good standard 3 star hotel in a quiet area but a 10 to 15 minute stroll into Porec or get the tourist train, and treat yourself to the water taxi back.

In feb 08 we booked 7 night half board stay for May 2008. The details included free wine, beers and soft drinks with evening meals. On the first night we ordered red wine and beer and were presented witha bill for 46 Kuna. The restaurant manager
(quite a rude man) avised that they stopped doing it-no date given-and we should take it up with Thomas Cook. He also insisted that we pay him there and then for our drinks and that if we wanted water this would be 25Kuna a bottle.
Thomas Cook reps were new to the resort and hotel and whilst sympathetic did nothing to help.
This spoilt what was otherwise a very pleasant holiday. Hotel room excellent, food excellent, entertainment average,weather very wet but thats the chance you take going early in the season.
I would be interested in hearing from any other guests that booked half board with drinks at dinner and then had to pay extremely high prices in the hotel restaurant and bar

Unfortunately our initial room allocation had an ant problem, we were moved to another room and after this everything was fine overall. The hotel is located in a lovely green area surrounded by woodland. The hotel is very clean, staff friendly and helpful, food is of good standard but nothing special....entertainment is average and the same every night!

Walk into Porec takes around 15mins by quick route, or 30 mins by scenic wooded coastal route.

Would definately recommend a day trip across to Venice if you have never been as we had a lovely day. Porec is nice and has plenty of places to eat and drink....went to Pula to see the Roman ruins, and apart from this not much else there.
Rovinj is worth a visit, the old town is pretty with narrow cobbled backstreets leading up to the hilltop church.
The public buses are not very frequent at this time of year which can be a pain...and not that cheap either.

Overall our holiday was lovely but unfortunately was tainted by awful weather....we went in mid May and 5 out of 7 days we had rain!

We stayed at this hotel for a week.We had noted previous comments about the outside view of the hotel and do not agree.It was of good appearance. The cleanliness was very good and the food excellent with a very large selection.The only down side was the prices in the Bar which were very high.Id advise going outside to nearby bars.We had an excellent holiday and would definately recommend this hotel