valamar club is a 3 star hotel, but in my mind its better... me n my friends stayed there 9 nights and 10 days. Location of hotel at babin kuk region; excatly reverse side of the old city. Old city or walled is the turistic area of the dubrovnik. There is a bus stop near to the hotel but, you have to climbe very hard hill!! tickets are one way and 8 kuna at hotel 10 kuna if u buy it from bus. if u wanna go to pile(old city) you must take the buses number 6 or 6A. For new port you must take number 5. By taxi it takes around 65kuna to the pile(old city) from hotel and it takes 260kuna for airport. If u wanna vist montenegro and mostar hotel can help you for tour to that areas. Staff of the hotel is very good and helpfull. We stayed as a all inclusive but its not means that you can eat when ever you want! that means that you can only eat during break fast(from 6 up to 9), lunch(from 12 up to 14) and dinner(from 19 up to 21).. Without that times you must pay. Hotel has tennis, handball, beach volley and ping pong facilities. If u wanna swim in sea just next to the hotel there is a beach its not sandy but in croatia they have not sandy beaches. If you want sandy beach you must go to lopud island. That beach has special infrastructure for disable peoples but hotel has no. Rooms are wide and fully air condittoned. Meals are very tasty but they are serving same things everyday it started to be boring after 3 days. In Dubrovnik life is very cheap, 1 euro= 7.11kuna... trip to mostar 380kuna, returned ticket for lokrum island 35kuna, trip to ealfity islands around 200 kuna( sipan and kolacep has same but lopud has very nice sandy beach you can take boat taransfer from new port its cost 120 kuna for returned ticket.

Myself and my boyfriend stayed for two weeks last year:

- Room was poor. Fan was so loud we could hardly sleep. Walls were very thin. Wasn't very clean. Found a filthy blanket in the wardrobe.
- Staff not very friendly.
- We are in our late 20's and we didn't see anyone our age in the hotel for the whole two weeks. 99% of guests were over 60.
- The pool and it's location is great. steps from the pool bring you down to a small beach which is beautiful. However, daily poolside 'entertainment' extremely annoying.
- All inclusive food was very poor. Free beer and water was good.
- bus to the old town takes about 10 mins and is very frequent, however very very very steep hill from the hotel to the main road/bus stop.

Overall wouldn't recommend this hotel especially to anyone under 60. We laugh about it now, but never again!!

Mia - Dublin, ireland

This hotel is an absolute gem! We went in the October half term and although it was the last week of the season, we were well looked after by the staff and the facilities were wonderful. The situation of the hotel is stunning with the most amazing views from the poolside - it looked better than the pictures in the brocure!

We went all-inclusive and there was loads of lovely food, varied well and plentiful alcohol if wanted. We had a packed lunch from them the one day which was lovely and too much! The surrounding area was quiet and peaceful, with a bus stop right outside for access to the centre of the (much busier) Dubrovnik. The local harbour has the most breathtaking views and the surrounding villages are well worth a visit (we managed to get there on the local buses, despite no-one speaking English!)

I cannot sign the praises of this place high enough!! GO!

We had a great time a Hotel Minceta. Staff were very friendly. We were the only English there as no holiday company from England go there so it was great, (hotel next door had bingo for entertainment!) French and Germans very friendly and Veronika of the animation team made time to talk to us. Food very good for the money and we had plenty of choice. We were eating 3 four course meals a day! With plenty of wine and beer of not bad quality. Rooms basic but we were hardly in them. Bed comfy. Location is superb and well worth upgrading to a balcony with a sea view. You can take drinks up to your balcony and watch the cruise liners and fishing boats coming back of the evening. You can see the lights in the villages in the hills at night. Pool is great with plenty of sunbeds but is cold. There is is very pictureque walk from the hotel all along the coast to where the cruise liners stay. Well worth doing but you must be sure footed! We missed our flight home and Smilja, manager of the reception sorted everything out for us. She then upgranded us (out of sympathy!) to a room with a balcony where we spent the remaining two days. Buses easy to use to get to the main attraction, Dubrovnik. We will definately be taking friends back.