Valamar Parentino Hotel

Lovely spacious room with great bathroom. Very clean well maintained throughout. The food was excellent such a great choice with something for everyone. The quality of the food is one of the best we have visited. The choice of breads was unbelievable, loved the cornbread. Everything freshly baked. The staff were very helpful & pleasant. Ideal for families & people in wheelchairs.

The staff were all very friendly and pro-active. The staff at the March Club in particular were very dedicated and my children loved going there. The food was varied and very tasty every day, 2 out of 3 pools were heated and the whole complex was always clean

We booked a holiday through Mistral Holidays, with this Company using the Valamar Parentino Hotel for our 7 night stay. We were very pleased with our room, which had a sea view. A bonus was having tea and coffee making facilities. Our room was kept in a clean and tidy condition each day - thanks are due to the housekeeping team. There was an excellent choice of food at breakfast time and in the evening - all tastes are catered for - well done to all who work in the kitchen and restaurant. Once we were aware of the number of people using the restaurant in the evening we timed our meal for a quieter time. Our holiday company organised some trips and on our free days we found enough to do in Porec. We made use of the Hotel's Concierge Service (Marija was very helpful) to book a boat trip to look for dolphins. The trip was good value (we paid a similar price for a dolphin spotting trip in Wales) and the dolphins put on a great show. Given the time of year not many people used the pool and at times my cousin had the pool to herself - another bonus. If you like cycling then bike hire is available and there seem to be many cycle routes available to explore. In conclusion, the team at the Hotel are to be commended for all their hard work and we would highly recommend the Valamar Parentino Hotel, either for a relaxing or active holiday.

I’ve given a five star rating for the Valamar Parentino in Porec but there were a couple of annoyances to be aware of. The good bits 1. Great location in Porec (and having travelled to Pula and Rovinj, Porec is definitely the best of the three to stay in). Nice walks up the beach to Spadici or down towards Porec town from the hotel. 2. Lovely rooms. Really comfortable beds, spacious rooms, plenty of storage, great bathroom, free safe, kettle on request, fridge plenty big enough for large (1.5litre) water bottles, beers and milk. Large balcony too. 3. Staff (except for a few in the restaurant) were very friendly and happy to help with any request. 4. Pools - nice , warm big pool. The other pool with a small lazy river wasn’t heated so didn’t try it. The small water slides were great fun (even for adults). Plenty of sun beds, outdoor jacuzzi and relaxation area. 5. Small pump track for bikes if you or the kids like that sort of thing and the bike shop where you can hire some really top spec bikes. 6. Food - generally really good and tasty. Always something there to choose from. We stayed 9 days and it was getting a bit same-y but that’s to be expected. 7. Kiddies zone. Didn’t use it but kids play and PlayStation area looked excellent 8. The bar area was ok. One pool table (which is free to play), table tennis table and table football. Not bad but seemed a bit cramped with so many residents. Obviously less of an issue in warmer months with the outside area more usable. Not quite as good. 1. The restaurant. We were a party of 6 and struggled every visit to get a table for all 6 us. And never, in all my holidays have I ever come across such rude and oblivious residents. Barging into you when sat down, pushing into (very obvious) queues for food or drinks etc. Perhaps customs vary in other European cultures but surely being polite is something everyone should do? 2. Also the restaurant - the time allotted to the evening meal (2 hours) not enough to feed everyone so it became a cattle market (see above), especially if you wanted to eat early. Our first meal was awful until we got used to it.

Having read previous reviews and stayed in Valamar hotels we were excited for our 6 night stay, but have to say we were left pretty underwhelmed. Starting with the positives: - location is great. Right near the beach where there are a few chilled beach bars and restaurants. Also just a 10-15 min walk into Porec which is beautiful and loads of great restaurants, bars and lovely views. En route was a fairground which was fun. - Room is clean, fairly spacious and beds comfortable - we opted for a room with sliding partition - Quite a good number of sunbeds and cabanas and never struggled to find somewhere to sit. Saw staff removing ‘reserved’ towels around 9.30am a couple of mornings, wished they had done that more often! - Kids facilities are excellent. Slides in the pool are fun, no long queues and lazy river is good. Indoor soft play area, kids club and PlayStation/switch area with beanbags for the older kids. - Good app with details of the hotel and menus for each of the bars/restaurants However: - Aircon in the room was pretty poor. We left it on all night and didn’t really get cool. Fridge is tiny - couldn’t get a water bottle in there. Our balcony looked onto a building site so was unused - You have to pay for many extras, including sunbeds at the beach which was very frustrating having spent €250 a night already - Food was the biggest let down. We’d read great reviews but found it mediocre. Breakfast was pretty standard. Had to queue for eggs to be cooked on demand which took ages and lots of items were not replenished often. Dinner also involved a series of queues and options were repetitive. No themes or variety - same food each night. Long queues for the water/juice machine especially given some were regularly out of service. We ended up walking into Porec for food some nights - Again long queues at the pool bar. Quicker to nip to the shop over the road - Not much entertainment - there were no real shows. For this reason we tended to walk into Porec where we could find live music - Checked out on the app to save time but was told we still needed to queue at reception to hand in our keys Would we return? Probably not. But Porec is lovely

Wonderful place- clean comfortable room, very nice kids Maro club, great selection of food everyday. The service provided from our booking until the end of our stay was excellent. Our children particularly love the kids club- Sandi, Anabel, Tanya all made a big impression to their stay and they are already asking for another holiday so they can spend time at the kids club. Room was kept clean and comfortable daily. Swimming pool can be busy (which is expected) but always clean and we managed to find sun chairs most times. The location of the resort was great too- there is a tourist train outside the hotel; bike club available to rent bikes, tennis courts outside, and by the beach too where we would go out for a nice evening walk after meal. Overall a very positive experience for a family of four with young children. We would be happy to return to the resort.