Valamar Pinia Hotel

The overall liveliness of the hotel. The regular little train into Porec town. A large, modern hotel catering for inclusive holidays but nevertheless a pleasant place to stay. Very large dining with lots of people eating together but with good quality, fresh food and very well organised.

Nothing.

Anytime we needed help with something we were easily able to ask and get assistance. There were good vegetarian options available also.. it was generally quiet and didn't invade on the relaxing feel. Dinner desserts were AMAZING. Healthy snack options were also really good between lunch and dinner. AquaFun was actually pretty fun and lots of people got involved, i thought that was a really cool part of the morning.

Only issue was that despite the signs saying that people should not reserve pool chairs with their towels, there were almost never chairs available because they were all covered in towels when there were hardly any people actually at the pool. Most were inside eating. This isn't a fault of the hotel but it was a bit annoying to turn up to use the chairs and none were available but none were being used.

A very laid-back and friendly place. From our initial welcome, the front-office staff were always cheery and attentive. We used the beach of the adjacent sister hotel (two chairs and umbrella just 110k / day). Warm water and challenging floating obstacle course. We all enjoyed the food and found the overall ambience ideal. It was not a glass box ‘luxury’ hotel. Yes, the rooms are basic but they are certainly comfortable. It was remarkably good value. Free bikes and good trails nearby (thanks to Danny and Dominic, who somehow created a dog basket for a bike out of a plastic shopping basket). Also a pleasant walk by the sea, through some fir trees to Porec; an attractive old port town. Mostly Austrian and German visitors; no need to dress up for dinner; just relaxing, family-oriented and convenient. Thank you.

The beds could be a little better.