Hotel berhampiran Parkovi plus, Rijeka

Very nice hotel, friendly staff and very clean. Only negative is most tourists come here in the summer for the beautiful shorelines and amazing sea and the hotel should install a retractable laundry line in the bath/shower to hang the bathing suits and beach towels (which you must buy locally or bring yourself as the hotel does not supply them.) The buffet breakfast is utstanding. Now for the region of Rijeka, if you have toured Europe and many of its historical places, this industrial city that also caters to tourists (for the beautiful sea, shoreline, crystal clear waters and amazingblue skies) seriously needs to power wash every building as 95% of them have probably 70 years of industrial grime on them. This is sad because many of the really historic buildings are quite beautiful (not the communist block and industrial buildings, which unfortunately dominate this city. ) As for the gastro experience in Rijeka, truly outstanding food a d service every where you eat, from the pizza bars to fine dining. The people of Rijeka are truly pleasant and focused on being outstanding ambassadors for Croatia.

The overall experience was really bad. I will try to give as much details as possible, so that it is helpful to more future hosts. BOOKING. We asked information by email a couple of days before our foreseen stay, and we were kindly given all the information and a foreseen price (about 140€ for one night, two adults and a baby cot + parking). We were instructed to book on the hotel's website, where the final price was lower (about 118€ all included). I booked, and sent the receipt by email. The hotel replied saying that, baby cot was not incluided, so I would have to pay additional 7€/night. CHECK IN. We arrived at the foreseen check in time. Apparently there were some internal miscommunications on which room the baby cot have been set up, so we had to change room number... Minor problems, but we also discovered there that the bar/restaurant presented as a nice asset of the hotel was unavailable to guests for that day and evening, due to a private party. No communication whatsoever at the moment of the booking. For us, it was a bummer and a considerable discomfort. Other guests were also compayining but the personnel did not seem to understand, not to appreciate the fact that this should be communicated in advanced. ROOMS. Rooms are small, but it is part of the boat experience I guess. However, black mold spots in the bathroom should not be. NIGHT. The private party at the bar restaurant on the boat was very, very loud and would last untile 2 am. When I complained, the lady at the information desk just replied ”I mean, it is a wedding party, what do you expect!”. However, we were located on a deck that was not so affected by the noise, that in the end was tolerable. But, several of the rooms around ours hosted students is some kind of school trip. Between 9 and 11, they were roaming the corridors, totally usupervised, screaming, laughing... I mean, being kids on a school trip. off course, it was a problem for us, especially with a baby that is already sleeping at this time. We complained to the man at the desk several times, he tried to help but did not manage so much. The night manager was alerted and this character, with some kind of macho attitude, basically suggested that ”boys will be boys” and that we were the problem. Unpolite and totally useless, congrats man. In the end, around midnight they were able to locate the responsible adult (!!!) for the trip, that started shouting at the kids and so slowly the noise stopped... only to start again at 7, when they started to pack. When, the morning after, once again, we complained with yet another day manager, he said that the only thing he could do was to let us have the baby cot for free (that we were not supposed to pay). Again, very bad experience, never again Oh yes, BREAKFAST: food average, coffee and other beverages are machine made, so not that good.

His is a review of tow hotels: the one in which you sleep; the other in which you eat, drink, and watch the world go by. The first hotel is pretty dreary--a Titoesque relic from the good old Cold War days--spartan ill-lit, a place to hurry from. The second hotel--the ground floor where Reception nis, the restaurants, the outdoor cafe, the river running alongside the hotel, , the tree-shaded park, the people watching, the downtown bustle, and the server staff is delightful. . The kitchen is excellent (pastas, and seafood especially). the wait staff friendly, although their English is very limited. The hotel itself is a gorgeous relic of a 1880s Austro-Hungarian gilded age. I was an inadvertent guest at the hotel for 16 days while mu wife lay nearly comatose hospital with a brain injury. She survived. So did I.

Really outstanding experience exceeded all expectations. Great spa. Great breakfast. Excellent dinner in the kitchen and a true tour de force at their Michelin restaurant Nebo. Fabulous spa facilities including multiple sauna types etc. We also got massages which were excellent. Our trip was during the late September shoulder season and it was a true pleasure. We also enjoyed the walk along the water toward Opatia. The view from our room was a panoramic perspective of the Adriatic. So glad we stayed there.

Very nice two nights stay in this hotel. My love and I choose this hotel in Opatija, because it seems very nice and price for two nights stay whit breakfast was affordable for us. We had some event in Rijeka, and, like I wrote, because we never stayed in Opatija and Opatija is near Rijeka, we choose this hotel. Part of hotel is restaurant and ******, so if you want to double or loose some of your money you can, hehe. Room was very clean. Bathroom was clean too. The breakfast was excellent. You can choose to eat a fairly large selection of dishes, including some local dishes from the Primorje-Gorski Kotar region and the Kvarner region. And for the first time, we were able to take pancakes, which was not offered in all our travels and the hotels we stayed in so far. So we were very satisfied with the breakfast. Everything was fine. The first evening we had dinner in the hotel restaurant. The offer was not large, understandably considering that it is not the season, but the sea bream fillets we ate were delicious. The service was relatively slow, but I won't take that into account, since we had a really good time at this hotel. All in all, a good and nice hotel, with a nice view of the park across the street and, if you are on a higher floor, of the sea. Thumbs up from me. ​

Bra beläget hotell i centrala Opatija. Personalen är mycket trevlig och hjälpsam. Tyvärr är det svårt med parkeringar runt hotellet och man bör vara noga med att läsa texten om de olika rummen (lura dig inte av bilderna). Mycket bra frukost och nära till stranden.

I am a tour leader for South African groups coming to Croatia every year and we always finish our tours in Opatija. We have been coming to Hotel Istra for a long time now and I would definitely say, Hotel Istra is the best 3-star hotel in Opatija. After the hotel have been completely done over a few years ago, it has transformed and the stylish new rooms with a wonderful restaurant and swim area, makes this hotel great value for money without loosing out on quality. I want to thank the reception team on arrival for making it a smooth and effortless group check-in and I also want to thank restaurant manager - Mrs Milena for going the extra mile to accommodate my group and to specially make struki for our fairwell group dinner on the last evening......... Hotel Istra is well located, well maintained and overall a wonderfull hotel to stay in if you visit the beautiful town of Opatija...... Thank you Hotel Istra Team! Kind regards Renhard van Dyk (Tour leader) South Africa