"Beautiful, comfortable hotel with good service! I recommend it!"

"Making our debut in Croatia, our arrival at the Valamar Tamaris Resort began with a promising flourish. The entrance makes a solid first impression, complemented by a genuinely warm greeting at reception. Step through the spacious lobby and out onto the terrace, and you are met with an undeniably striking coastal panorama. Unfortunately, that initial gloss begins to fade once you settle in. Accommodations & Dining: Form Over Function The family double room is best described as functional—decidedly small and basic, though adequate if you plan to spend minimal time indoors. However, the true Achilles' heel of the resort is its main dining venue, the Mediterraneo Restaurant. While the buffet offers a decent variety, the cooking suffers from a heavy hand—rendering the meat options noticeably overcooked. Worse still is the restaurant’s chaotic logistics: * The Greeting Trap: Friendly smiles at the host stand give way to a chaotic free-for-all the moment you step inside. Unlike other resorts of a similar status that escort guests to open tables, here you are left to fend for yourself. * The Buffet Bottleneck: The serving area is hopelessly underdesigned for the sheer volume of guests. Trapped in a single, winding arc of a line, you are forced to shuffle past tray after tray of unwanted dishes just to reach the items you actually desire. * Self-Service Drinks: While draft options are self-serve, those hoping for proper table service or an curated wine list will be sorely disappointed. Poolside Dynamics: High Energy vs. Lost Tranquility The outdoor pool offerings feel undersized for a resort of this scale, and the sunbed situation requires careful navigation: * The Activity Pool: Lively and bustling, but sun loungers are snatched up almost instantly. * The Relax Pool: Nominally a serene sanctuary, complete with strict bans on inflatables and ball games. ＞ A Credit to Staff: Management deserves praise for strictly enforcing the "no reserving sunbeds" rule—a rarity in modern resorts. ＞ Regrettably, they fail to police the noise levels. By late afternoon, the Relax Pool inevitably suffers from the activity pool’s overspill. As an influx of young children migrates over, the tranquil atmosphere evaporates into elevated noise, shattering any illusion of a quiet retreat. The Verdict So Far The Valamar Tamaris Resort manages to deliver a pleasant stay on paper, but it falls short of true hospitality excellence. Between the chaotic dining infrastructure and misplaced pool dynamics, it remains a notch below expectations. Dispatches to follow as the stay continues."

"We loved this place, its just superb - yes basic in terms of the accommodation but honestly for the cost of what we paid for our Jet2 holiday I thought the value for money was brilliant. ACCOMMODATION: All I want as family of 4 (2 teens included) is CLEAN accommodation - yep perfectly clean and fresh towels came every day and, more than enough towels for us all and bedsheets on one of the days. The apartment (e had a 2 bedroom apartment with sofa bed in the sitting room) was amongst the pine and olive trees, nice and quiet but enough hustle and bustle about the place for it to be interesting to sit out with a cold beer and enjoy the setting. The apartment itself is a little small but actually for us we didn't really care about that, we like to be out exploring more than sitting inside for a long time .The bathroom is tiny weeny and i had to be careful not to catch my toes on the door as its so close to the shower cubicle but again we all got on fine in there. The aircon - works great and had the best nights sleep as it was so cool and dark in the room. it was perfectly fine for us to enjoy breakfast on the balcony, or for the teens to flop about the place before heading out or after a bunch of time in the pool. POOL : The pool is brilliant, nice and fresh, clean tidy, well looked after - kids loved it and it was a great relaxed family atmosphere. I didn't seen any mold or missing tiles, its was perfectly lovely. There is a big pool and little paddling pool. When you arrive you get a towel card so you get nice fresh towels by the pool which was great! ONSITE RESTAURANT: The restaurant by the pool is great - the chap that served us our drinks and food each time we popped in was SO friendly and smiley and happy and made us so welcome. The food was spot on, served nicely and we all enjoyed capri salad, pizza and icecream together. Breakfast there was great and prices were fine for us, very reasonable. LOCATION: There are a lot of steps to the apartments - yes there are steps but its on a bit of a hill so how else do you expect to get up and down - it wasn't an issue for us at all and my son loves to moan about stuff like that but never said a peep as he was having a nice holiday. We found the location great and it is literally right next to the sea! POREC: - so for us with a 15 year old and 13 year old they were happy to stroll along the flat coast path to Porec most days and walk back on an evening - it was quite exciting for them to see the little bars on the coast. It takes about 40 mins just strolling not rushing and is mostly the in the shade. The land train uses the same path - no probs with that at all. Porec is great, loads of hustle and bustle, markets all along the harbour, loads of cafes and little restaurants and heaps of shops with touristy stuff in. Night time felt really safe and the waiters trying to get your custom are polite and not intrusive so its all very family friendly and relaxed and welcoming. TRAIN TO POREC: The"

"We had an absolutely amazing stay. Hotel was clean, food was excellent, bar staff couldn’t do enough even when they were absolutely busy and had been working all day long. Senaid and Marisela in particular were super! English level was excellent and stayed bubbly the whole way through. 100% would come again"

"A holiday in Croatia is a complete nightmare. We have been going to Croatia for years and have never experienced anything like this. Football kids from Italy who had no manners, manners or respect. The noise level was worse than a plane taking off late into the night, insults were the order of the day, the hotel staff were disrespected and physically attacked with plates and cutlery, people spit from the balcony and had no manners at the buffet. That was just a small selection. The hotel staff did what they could but achieved nothing. What a pity. The hotel won't be seeing us again any time soon."

"It was our best holiday ever, just tu know we travel a lot The resort a perfect place for families and but its not to loud. So also on bad weather day you have enough leisure facilities for you and your familiy. We will come again for sure."

"Excellent hotel. Everything is clean, tasty, caring staff. The rooms are not very big, of course, but the beds are comfortable. The price and there are no robes"

"Excellent everything perfect"

"Large, well-equipped, and not overcrowded campsite. The location is extraordinary, and every access to the sea is safe, with various useful supports to prevent slips and falls. All bathrooms are spotless at all hours. Also convenient for people with disabilities. The only major drawback is the astronomical prices at the on-site markets and various bars (for example, a 2-liter bottle of water costs €4, or coffees cost €2.50, or even €3.50 if you order a long one). To get around this, just take the car and go to a nearby supermarket. Other than that, everything is excellent."