We had a good time at Resort Bufi. Let's just get one thing straight though: if you are looking for "package style" manicured sandy beach, buffet breakfast and days spent by a large pool/beach bar, look elsewhere - Bufi is "none of the above". But if you want a week away from it all in a good modern hotel and all basics taken care of, this is the place.
Resort Bufi is at the end of a curly pedestrian street, right on the sea front. There are just 5 rooms, we had the biggest one (Air), with extra living space but no balcony. Sea view is great, but you need to wake up early to see the sun rise. Fittings are all quite modern (e.g. touch switches), there is a safe box in the room in a secret location :) Plenty of hangers and drawers but no "close-door" wardrobe. Air con is good but we preferred to sleep with the window open, sound of the sea is quite relaxing!
Breakfast is served on the terrace (even better views!) and is fairly basic: they don't have a kitchen, so no "hot option": juice, yoghurt, fruit, pastries, prosciutto, cheese, boiled eggs - and coffee of course. If I were them, I would probably invest in a juicer to make them freshly squeezed and not from a bottle, but to be fair, even in the town they don't seem to serve freshly squeezed...We had a good time at Resort Bufi. Let's just get one thing straight though: if you are looking for "package style" manicured sandy beach, buffet breakfast and days spent by a large pool/beach bar, look elsewhere - Bufi is "none of the above". But if you want a week away from it all in a good modern hotel and all basics taken care of, this is the place.
Resort Bufi is at the end of a curly pedestrian street, right on the sea front. There are just 5 rooms, we had the biggest one (Air), with extra living space but no balcony. Sea view is great, but you need to wake up early to see the sun rise. Fittings are all quite modern (e.g. touch switches), there is a safe box in the room in a secret location :) Plenty of hangers and drawers but no "close-door" wardrobe. Air con is good but we preferred to sleep with the window open, sound of the sea is quite relaxing!
Breakfast is served on the terrace (even better views!) and is fairly basic: they don't have a kitchen, so no "hot option": juice, yoghurt, fruit, pastries, prosciutto, cheese, boiled eggs - and coffee of course. If I were them, I would probably invest in a juicer to make them freshly squeezed and not from a bottle, but to be fair, even in the town they don't seem to serve freshly squeezed juice anywhere, perhaps it is just not the way it's done here.
The beach is small (5 rooms only!) and pebbled but it is private, which is a privilege in Italy. (It is in the shade in the afternoon, so we went on the terrace upstairs to bask in the sun.) There are free rubber shoes which my wife used a lot to get into the water. "Free" is the name of the game at Bufi btw: everything, from drinks in the minibar to beach towels and sunbeds to fins/snorkeling equipment to parking, is FREE! amazing.
Staff are nice: helpful but non-intrusive. Ivano speaks perfect English and is there most of the time if you have a question or need anything. For the others, it helps to know a few basic Italian words, e.g., to greet them or order your coffee the way you like it, but even if you don't, they do their best to understand you.
We thoroughly enjoyed our week off, by the clear waters of the Adriatic. It was towards the end of the season and I don't think all rooms were occupied at any point, but of course, we did not mind that.
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