Dubrovnik Hotel Reviews

Mljet is a beautiful island. Very rugged coastline, so no beaches to speak of but there are plenty of locations to lie under olive trees around the 2 fantastic saltwater lakes just a short walk from the hotel in Pomena in the national forest end of the island. Pomena is very quiet (we went in August) as is the rest of the island. It's a bit of a millionaire's playground; lots of very expensive boats in the little harbour and, to some extent this is reflected in the cost of the meals in some of the small number of restaurants, but the prices weren't that bad. Our cheapest meal - pizza and beer, came out to around £15 between the two of us, and the most expensive was £50 which included house wine and only one of us eating fish, the other ate pasta. Try the restaurant furthest from the hotel; Konoba "Barba Ive", the food is excellent, the house wine is very good and the service is also very good. Like everywhere on the island, the choice is fish or meat and not a lot of choice for the veggies, but at Barba Ive the fish is great and comes with vegetables so that it is a meal - try their fish stew (but they need 2-3 hours notice) it's an experience!

Beware, the car hire just outside the hotel in Pomena has some dodgy vehicles; we hired a very basic Fiat and didn't expect much, but the thing gulped the fuel, stunk of petrol in the cab and stuck in gear when you eventually got it to stop! One morning we saw the agent rent out a car that had a rear wheel seized - they eventually got it to rotate by bumping the car up and down a curb!

We had a wonderful time, relaxing under the olive trees, reading and swimming; very few people around and gloriously hot - a real chill-out zone if ever there was one.

We went across from Lopud island to visit the old town. Caught the bus from the harbour which took us right there. It was very very busy. Unfortunately I slipped on the paving stones, which were really dangerous and hurt my knee, so wasn't able to walk around much. I would think it would be very interesting and loads to see, our visit was very short which was a shame. If you go there be very careful it was like a skating rink.! My review on Dubrovnik is not very fair as we weren't there long enough to appreciate it.

Dubrovnik really is exceptionally beautiful. We only had a couple of days here so didnt really get to see it all. Some great restaurants, great bars.

There arent enough words to sum up how beautiful Dubrovnik is. Everything about it was amazing. The Croatian people are very friendly and there are lots to see and do. A walk around the walls was brilliant and views out of this world!!! Would definately recommend a visit!!!