Valamar Bellevue Resort

Perfect family vacation! All what one need for family during vacation with beautiful sea extra :) Food, pools, staff all great!

Go to Rabac and stay at the Valamar was the advice given to us by a Croatian friend. Searching for this city of Rabac, it seems to be a well kept secret. This hotel is one of the many that Valamar has in this corner of the Istrian Coast. I liked the all-inclusive option. You get to eat at their Buffet restaurant and use the bars at the pools and the lobby. The all-inclusive drinks are local Croatian beer and wine plus cocktails. (You can't order a branded alcohol) This is more than enough to enjoy with your meal or sip in the comfortable couches in the balconies and lobbies.Food at the Mediterranean restaurant has a lot of vegetarian options. This is because along with the meats, Croatians eat a lot of vegetables. Being originally from Asia, we didn't find any spicy dishes but that's not a disadvantage. I enjoyed the mangold, Olive bar, the fruits, different types of sauteed vegetables, yogurt, bread, chicken and fish cooked in front of you. Economically the all-inclusive works out cheaper. We rented a car and parking is plenty even if the hotel lot is full you can park outside the hotel. Rooms for a family had one kind size bed, and two sofa beds. The hotel is predominantly filled with guests with kids. From the car number plates, many of the guests drive from Austria, Germany, Sweden, UK. Very friendly hotel staff, liked our check-in with Chiara. You can walk to the town of Rabac on a nice promenade. There are 3 pools and the public beach is connected. The beach is a pebble beach but that is not a problem. Here are a few things the hotel needs to take care of: The service at the Mediterranean restaurant is very laid back. Some days it's exceptional with the lady supervisor joining in on getting the tables cleared, on other days the staff and managers walk by tables with dirty plates of the guests on the side to be cleared. May just need some operational tweaks to fix this. The kitchen runs out of the dishes within a hour and if you are at the restaurant at the last hour that it is open, you'll find the ice creams completely empty and no sign of replacement. Again an operational issue. The beds are very comfortable. There's a hot water kettle and instant coffee plus tea in the room. Communication is not a problem, hotel staff speak English. Entertainment can be used at the sister hotels and there's a nice crowd before the wine bar every evening with music. We used Rabac as our base and made day trips to Ljublijana, Slovenia, Trieste, Italy. Pula and Rovinj. A very enjoyable stay.

This was our first visit to Croatia, and we couldn’t have picked a better hotel. The facilities were excellent, especially for children for children . There are multiple kids pools ,kids clubs, a wide variety of soft play areas , gaming rooms and so much more. We will be back next year!