Valamar Tamaris Resort

Absolutely gorgeous resort and hotel, brilliant grounds in a very green woody peninsula, almost like Croatian Centre Parks. Food is fantastic, and drinks are typical all inclusive offerings, but I would not go back to this hotel. Unfortunately we went for 2 weeks mid September, unaware that this is the end of the season. Restaurants, bars, tourist train and water taxi had all closed early so there really wasn’t much to do at all. It’s a very remote resort so there wasn’t anywhere to go of an evening other than sit in the lobby bar, which can get very tedious after a few nights, especially as there aren’t many other UK guests, it is predominantly German tourists. The 2 water parks locally had closed early for the season on 12th September so weren’t able to visit those which we had been looking forward to. The excursions advertised as available from the hotel weren’t able to be booked, as due to the remote location the travel agency have to book taxis for guests to get them to the pick up location but will only do this if there are more than 6 people booked onto the trip, so we missed out on activities we had looked forward to all year. The local town of Novigrad is a 35euro one way taxi so not feasible to visit often further limiting options of what to do. Don't get me wrong, if you want a lovely relaxing holiday where you chill by the pool all day and get an early night, or are happy to sit on the same bland bar every night then you will love it, but for a younger couple who like to enjoy the evenings as much as the days it really wasn’t for us. I feel TUI should make this clearer on their site so people can make a more informed choice.

What can I say. Absolutely loved the time here. Accommodation is good rooms clean and everyone has a balcony. Lots of amenities within the complex. Easy stroll to the beach. Food is plentiful and freshly cooked. The staff are welcoming and very friendly. I recommend a trip here and sure you will enjoy. Thankyou to everyone

The hotel is very very basic. I have never been on an all inclusive holiday that excludes so much of the basics. Including water. Or should that be excluding water. The restaurant is open to the enormous campsite that surrounds the hotel. So the 300 seat restaurant tries to accommodate 2000 people. Very long queues for the food and then to find a table to eat from. Croatia is beautiful and there are much better hotels that cater for their guests and provide a genuine all inclusive holiday. Avoid at all costs. The only accessible toilets is down two steps and then has no lock on the door. And it’s in the women’s toilets. We would never stay in another Valamar hotel even it is was free.

The resort is big but no shops or bars outside, our room was small, food not bad but seemed cold a lot of the times and abit of a nightmare with people queuing when you only wanted to look what the food was. Not much entertainment could of done with more, we had some heavy rain which caused leaks in parts of the roof