We have recently spent a week at this hotel in the village. These are small bungalows in parkland. They are clean and tidy and the decor is not an issue. They are cleaned on a daily basis with clean towels daily and the whole complex cleanliness cannot be faulted.
The food was fantastic we certainly didn't want to eat elsewhere. The choice for breakfast and dinner is amazing and does alternate. Dinner was a choice of two different soups, salads, pasta dishes, vegetables cooked in different ways then a variety of meats and fish including octupus on our last night. Dessert was fresh fruit cakes or trifle type puddings. Service was good and they were putting out fresh food until at least 15minutes before closing so never an issue of not having enough and go up as many times as you want as buffet style.
Last night we had follkore evening with traditional music and dancers and traditional foods.
Every one was friendly and helpful. I needed to see a dentist and they arranged this for me.
We went on three trips through Direct holidays and they used Kompass which I feel most tour companies used. They had very good guides who were imformative. The only thing I would say is time keeping on pickup was a bit lax and as we picked up from several resorts it could make a long time on the bus without the use of a toilet.
We did the Brijuni islands where Tito chose as a summer retreat and you get to go on a small train round a small safari. Also to Slovenia where we went to the Postojnske Caves which are amazing with their formations you go down on a train for 15 minutes then walk for about 50 mins before returning on the train. Lunch was a good meal, then off to see the Lipica horses. Our other trip was into the Istrian countryside where we went to a couple of scenic towns then had a typical lunch with wine included the on to Pula to see the Ampitheatre and some free time. All I would recommend.
Porec itself is a beautiful old town 1/2 an hour walk along coast and parkland. Where the ice cream is a must.
Thoroughly enjoyed our holiday, week not long enough. Everyone friendly and did not feel threatened.

Hi,

I thoroughly enjoyed my two week stay at Porec. I was disappointed with the hotel - I stayed in the village. The room decor is a 1980s timewarp! but that isn't too much of a problem as there is soo many other things to see and do! Venice, slovenia, Lake Plitvica etc etc!

I would definately recommend this area of loaction, sadly not the hotel (although the staff were great). I got the impression that many of the local hotels were in a similar state - very much in need of an update. As the location gets more popular, i'm sure the standards will rise.

Don't let this stop you, just make sure you have you expectation set for the hotels!

Regards,
A mid twenties young couple.

Have just returned from a one week stay at laguna park. we stayed in a village room which although basic was very clean and had the benefit of an outside seating area in a litle porch (very few of the hotel rooms have a balcony) You can hire a fridge for around £1.50 a day. The hotel itself is exceptionally clean and the staff are all very helpful and speak good english. The food is served buffet style. The breakfast is excellent with plenty of fruit and assortments of hot and cold dishes. The evening meal was very good with a variety of grilled meat and fish, pasta, pizza and salad bar. The terrace faces west and the sunset is stunning. The pool is a very good size but absolutley freezing, but the children did not seem to mind. The area is within an easy 30 minute walk of lovely Porec. If you dont feel like a walk or cannot manage that far there is a tourist train costing about £1.00 each way. The holiday exceeded all our expectations

We stayed in a room with a balcony, the balcony was very narrow, about 2 feet wide, with two chairs on it, no table. The room itself was spotless with air conditioning TV, mini-bar and hair dryer.

Every area in the hotel was very clean. Tthe staff were helpful and could mostly speak English. The buffet food was average. It was fairly plain and very similar every night. There was a pasta selection, vegetables, potatoes and plenty of choice of different meats, but all were very plain. Breakfast was good. The only food available to purchase at lunchtimes was ham and cheese rolls, but three days when we went to get them they had none left (at about 1pm). There are a couple of restaurants across the road and a supermarket very close.

The hotel guests were mainly German whilst we stayed here (and I get the impression that that is generally the case all year round) and whilst we laugh at the joke about Germans putting their towels on the sunbeds, this was certainly the case. The sunbeds were unlocked at 9am in the morning. From 8am onwards, they would queue waiting for them to be unlocked, they would already have put their towels in the area they wanted to sit, and then get the beds, put them in position and dissappear for two or three hours before they actually sat on them. I am not exaggerating this, I was amazed having never seen anything like this before. So be prepared for a this if you want to stay by the pool.

The alternative is the sea, the hotel is literally across the road from the beach, not exactly a beach, it is concrete crazy paving and swimming pool steps sunk into the concrete to get in the sea, you can hire sunbeds and umbrellas.

The only entertainment we saw was a duet singing from 8pm til 11pm, the same ones everynight and they were pretty bad. The hotel bar closes at midnight as does every other pub.

A train runs into the centre of Prorec regularly for about £1 one way, we didnt walk so can't comment on that but you walk along the coast and through pine trees and it looked a pleasant walk as we passed by on the train. Taxis are also reasonable to get home if you miss the last train (10.40 pm).