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Reviews of Bluesun Holiday Village Alan

3 out of 5
Bluesun Holiday Village Alan
Dr. Franje Tudmana 14, Starigrad

Reviews

8.2

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 25 out of 69 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 31 out of 69 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 69 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 69 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 69 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Osma

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This is a brilliant hotel, there is so much to do at the hotel and around the National Park. The staff are also very friendly!
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Cameron

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ridiculously good value for money. Great spa and food.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

JURIJ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
very nice surroundings
good food, kind staff

8/10 Good

Ruth

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Convenient clean and friendly hotel
Really good. Hotel staff very friendly and helpful. slightly inefficient e.g. beer seemed to be kept in a different location to wine and different to spirits, but a laid back atmosphere where time didn't matter meant it didn't impact. Only bad point of an otherwise great stay for customet service and food (all inclusive offer good rather than a Michelin star type restaurant - the food was great value for what we paid) it was quite noisy at night. We could hear next door having phone conversations at midnight, and probably heard every door on our floor shutting as people went to bed. Otherwise this place is fab and in a great location.

8/10 Good

Ivan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Great family option
Nice hotel, right at the waterfront, just adjacent to a national park. Amazing service!!!! Very attentive staff. All-inclusive is quite a good deal for the money (five meals a day + open bar). Ideal for families with small kids: outdoors pool, children entertainment activities twice a day (two hours each). Hotel beach is some 100 meters away. Decent gym. Good food, with occasional nice surprise. Nice selection of fish. Interesting choice of local liqueurs. Convenience store on site. Pharmacy just a walk away. Free parking provided. Lot of field trip options. Limitations. Rooms are quite basic (okay if you are with kids). There are only two (small) elevators serving the hotel and you should expect to queue for up to 15 mins during peak hours. Indoors pool is just a marketing teaser, so be careful (minors not allowed; admission fee most likely applies, unless explicitly stated otherwise at the time of booking). Popular destination for retirees.

8/10 Good

Larry, New Hampshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel with family activities
This a a large, bustling hotel in a fairly small town, convenient for mountain activities in Paklenica National Park but with a very different ambience. It seems especially popular with families, who enjoy the large pool area and many organized activities. You can purchase an all-inclusive package that includes all meals (a decent large buffet), free drinks, activities for kids, and discounts on other things. That might be overkill for couples with lower expectations.

10/10 Excellent

Kris / Barbara, Poland / UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good hotel location, Great staff
We would like to start our review from saying big THANK YOU to such a great people we met. Cleaners, waiters, reception staff was absolutely amazing!!! They did everything that was in their hand to make our stay at Bluesun hotel comfortable. The first night after our arrival was a little nightmare to myself as I’m very light sleeper and every noise would make me awake The bed mattress was so uncomfortable I could feel every spring. First thing in the morning we have requested room change far away from lift and with more comfortable bed. Reception staff did everything to help us to find the best room for us so the other nights were much better. Rooms were cleaned everyday… The food was very good with lots of different choices for breakfast, lunch, dinner… We have used wellness and spa to relax our body. There is pool, Jacuzzi, saunas etc. as there was not many guest in hotel we could enjoy spa facilities even more I would recommend this hotel to everyone who is looking for good place to stay as is not far from Zadar, close to Paklenica National Park The hotel is very busy during summer time therefore I would recommend to go there before pick time unless you don’t mind…

2/10 Terrible

Lucy, Nottingham

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible
Terrible experience. We left after just one night, managing to find an alternative hotel. We paid to stay at this hotel on an all inclusive basis, but this was unfortunately not honoured by the hotel. We were charged for beer and wine on the night of arrival, having been advised that these beverages could not be included because it was 10pm. The next day we went to the restaurant for lunch during the advertised time slot and were met with surprise, confusion, and an empty restaurant. After waiting for the manager to be called, we were offered "fish or beef" (I am vegetarian.) Attempts to acquire any beverage or food during our very short stay were an ordeal - the staff gave reluctant service, making it clear that we were a burden to them. We were informed that the hotel would be closing for the season very shortly, and were told that the normal all-inclusive services were not running. This begs the question of why our all-inclusive booking was accepted. The bed was pretty uncomfortable. The only plus was the beautiful scenery surrounding the hotel. We are still trying to get the refund promised via Expedia, who have also been extremely unhelpful and fail to return the promised call backs. All in all a very disappointing experience.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good choice for vacation
Great location near the beach, good food - buffet breakfast and dinner, friendly staff and very nice wellness (for surcharge). Many supermarkets nearby. We were staying just for one night in late oktober, so the price was really low for what we got. We will come back.

10/10 Excellent

Brian, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value hotel in lovely location
We stayed for 3 nights in early October in room 802, which is an 8th floor corner room with excellent views over both the sea and (partially) the national park, at a great rate on an all-inclusive basis. Very good quality food, with plenty of choice at both breakfast and dinner; packed lunches were also available if booked the previous evening. Very helpful and friendly staff. The hotel is situated between the main road and the sea near a bus stop on the outskirts of Starigrad and conveniently placed for the main entrance to the national park. Can thoroughly recommend.

8/10 Good

Alenka, Ljubljana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The hotel in which I will come back
It was perfect, very kind employees, delicious food, beautifull surroundings. Only a selection of TV programs is very bed. There are mainly German programs.

8/10 Good

James, Manchester

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
A good 3 star hotel in Croatia.
My wife and I traveled around Croatia during a week and stayed in 4 hotels while seeing all the site. We found Hotel Alan a good stop off for the National Parks of Plitvice. The hotel is 3 Star so wasn't expecting anything more. It was exactly that. If your expecting 4/5 star luxury this isn't the hotel for you. But you want a good stop over with pool, beach, games and all inclusive buffet and drinks then I would recommend. Personally there were too many kids for us but that was expected. I would recommend to family's. All in all one of the best 3 stars. To note we stayed in 5 star Le Merdien in Split...and 5 Star Falkensteiner in Zadar so can offer a good comparison. Blue Alan is a very good 3 star!

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location and hospitality
The location of the hotel is conveniently located near Paklenica National Park- about a 15-minute walk to the ticket office. As for the hotel itself, it has many great amenities, and the receptionists are kind and very helpful.

8/10 Good

Sandy J, Gold Coast

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet. Time
If you want a quiet time and love walking this is a great place, we were only there for one night so suited us, rooms are good size and view from balcony very good, the night came with a big storm and the lightening display over the mountains was beautiful.

10/10 Excellent

Tyler, US Virgin Islands

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great spot right on the sea!
Loved our room, the crowd was older, but it felt good to be one of the hottest at pool for a change. Just go!

4/10 Poor

Helen, United Kingdom

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disappointing for the money we paid
Very overpriced for a package hotel; very worn decoration throughout and poor service from the staff, who had allocated us one four bed room instead of the two triples we reserved, and took a good half hour to finally produce the required rooms.

8/10 Good

Clarke, Ontario, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A step closer to condo-style vacationing in Croati
We lived in Croatia for three years in the mid 2000's. During those years hotels were not a good option for families...we learned to stay in apartments which is still a great way to go but may be a little strange for North Americans. We normally vacation in condo-style facilities in other parts of the world. We were just quickly passing through the region and stayed at Bluesun. They placed us in one of their apartments that could sleep 6 (two bedrooms plus a pull-out in the living room). This provides a similar scenario to the condos we normally stay in...difficult to find in Croatia. Stari Grad was a favourite place for us while living in Croatia for hiking in Paklenica, being on the sea and visiting nearby Zadar and Pag.

6/10 Okay

Brandon, Grafenwohr, Germany (military overseas)

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value with some compramises.
Pros The hotel is in a great location on the beach. Had a great view from my room. The food was suprisingly not bad and the front desk staff were friendly.. Cons Bad service in restaurants. AC was brok and they would not switch us rooms. Hotel is old and getting a little outdated.

4/10 Poor

schneider, south africa

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice, modern place
Stayed at the hotel for one night, in one of the apartments. Possibly should have stayed longer, but is not in very good proximity to different places (Zadar is about 40km away).

10/10 Excellent

Danijel

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Sehr sauber, Personal freundlich! Andrea an der Rezeption war Top, sehr hilfsbereit, freundlich! Umgebung ist etwas langweilig! Zu wenig Animation am Hotel! Gäste sind teilweise alle aus England! Für Raucher ist das Hotel nicht geeignet, fast überall Rauchverbot!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Lianne

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Barbara

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
ACHTUNG HUNDEBESITZER!
Für den Hund zahlt man pro Aufenthalt 35-70 Euro (je Größe), dies steht jedoch im Kleingedruckten, was selten jemand liest. Bei unserem Aufenthalt von einer Nacht zahlten wir für den Hund gleich viel wie für eine Person. Die Relation ist sehr unlogisch.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kikki

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value for money
Great value for money and an amazing location if you are going to Paklenica
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Marco

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Camilla

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dejligt hotel med søde og hjælpsomme medarbejdere.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Molto gentili e molto pratico, lo consiglio
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
belle chambre, magnifique piscine
très jolie piscine - pas assez de transats pour les clients. Accès mer bien également. Chambre excellente avec une vue époustouflante. Bar roof top. bon buffet petit dej avec terrasse agréable.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent séjour
Séjour extra ! Points positifs : une chambre immense avec porte pour séparer l’espace enfants de l’espace parents / la qualité du buffet / la piscine avec vue sur la mer / l’aquagym / et vraiment le spa, avec mention spéciale pour Anita qui m’a fait vivre le meilleur massage de ma vie !!! Points négatifs : tout est en supplément, même le Ping Pong ! On s’en est sortis pour 200€ de suppléments pour 4 sur 6 jours, entre les boissons, activités et le massage / on était en rdc, et au dessus de nous une famille très bruyante qui gênait pour dormir le soir, manque d’insonorisation / une sensation de sol sale tout le long du séjour / serveurs qui pourraient mieux maîtriser l’anglais, pas mal d’incompréhensions ! On en retient tout de même 90% de positif !!
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Tea

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Dariusz

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bardzo dobry stosunek jakości do ceny. Obiekt oferuje bogate śniadania i kolacje (w formie bufetu). Pokoje małe, ale czyste. Malownicza okolica, wokół morze i góry. Możliwość uprawiania różnorodnych sportów. Na pewno tu wrócimy.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Mario

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

boris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
très bon hôtel
très bon rapport qualité prix, chambre calme et moderne. personnel accueillant et disponible. tres belle piscine et salles de fitness. le tout sur le littoral. Cuisine moyenne mais correcte.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Die Anlage ist sehr schön, besonderes der große Pool zum Meer hin ist ein Highlight. Leider gab es nur sehr wenige Liegen, die bereits nachts reserviert wurden. Die Rooftop-Bar ist für Sonnenuntergänge genial und es scheint als wäre das noch ein Geheimtipp. Die Coronaregeln wurden im Restaurant leider nicht ganz eingehalten.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020
Response from Goran Babin, Destination director on Sep 7, 2020
Dear guest, thank you for your kind review. Part of rules regarding COVID is minimizing number of sunbeds at all of our pools. We hope that we will be able to operate with all of our capacity in the near future. Best regards.

10/10 Excellent

Tomislav

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Odlični dodatni sadržaji, idealno za djecu
Najbolji hrvatski hotel s 3 zvjezdice u kojem sam boravio. Dodatni sadržaji su zaista bogati: ogroman bazen, bar uz plažu, fantastični Sky bar na 9.katu, turistička agencija s izletima... Okoliš je vrlo ugodan, u borovoj šumici koja neodoljivo miriše, a sve to je nadomak plaže. Usluga i osoblje također su za svaku pohvalu, vrlo uslužni i ljubazni - od sobarica, recepcionerki do konobara. Jedina sugestija - produžiti vrijeme kad je dozvoljeno kupanje u bazenu, da se može uživati i u večernjem razdoblju. Bazen je vrlo atraktivan pa je šteta da navečer stoji neiskorišten.
Bazen, pogled iz Sky bara
Hodnici
Soba
Bazen
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2020
Response from Goran Babin, direktor destinacije on Sep 7, 2020
Poštovani, zahvaljujemo se na lijepim riječima i pohvalama. Nadamo se da ćemo se vidjeti ponovno. Srdačan pozdrav,

10/10 Excellent

VERONIQUE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
hotel très agréable
Hôtel style club en bord de mer .tres belle piscine .chambre avec vue mer balcon très bien .petit déjeuner varié et bon .possibilite de demi pension .buffet du soir bien cuisiné.belle balade le long de la plage .
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
Response from Goran Babin, Destination director on Aug 17, 2020
Dear guest, thank you very much for your comments. I hope that we will see each other again. Best regards,

2/10 Terrible

Niklas, Deutschland

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Wir waren für einen Aufenthalt von 4 Nächten in diesem Hotel. Der Zimmerservice blieb bei uns seit Tag 1 aus. Bei Ankunft mussten wir leider feststellen, dass die Bettwäsche schmutzig war. Auf Nachfrage wurde uns zugesichert, diese sofort zu wechseln, jedoch hatten wir bis zum Abreisetermin keine gewechselte Bettwäsche und mussten demnach 4 Nächte ohne schlafen. Wir mussten ebenso unzählige Male nachfragen, den Boden einmal durchzufegen, was trotz Zusicherung dies zu tun, nicht einmal getan wurde. Unser Balkon war komplett von Vogelnestern bebaut und dementsprechend nicht betretbar, da die Wände und auch der Boden mit Unrat beschmutzt war. Leider zog dies auch unzählige Ameisen an, weswegen wir nicht einmal die Möglichkeit hatten, zu lüften. Es blieb nicht aus, das ganze 3 mal Babyküken aus den Nestern fielen und von den Ameisen zersetzt wurden. Auf Nachfrage dies zu beseitigen, da sich alles vor unserem Fenster abspielte, wurde erneut zugesichert es zu säubern, jedoch nie beseitigt. Das Frühstück war leider durchgängig ohne Brötchen und nicht abwechslungsreich. Das Abendessen war ok, jedoch konnte hier niemand sagen, von welchem Tier jenes Fleisch stammt. Für einen so kurzen Aufenthalt war es leider sehr enttäuschend.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2020
Response from Goran Babin, Destination director on Aug 17, 2020
Dear guests, it is difficult to hear that you have had such a experience during your stay and we have looked in all of your statements in order to correct our business. We have a cleaning request log and it can be seen that cleaning lady has been to your room with change of linnen and moping the floor. I do not see how it was possible that you have decided to sleep with no sheets as every morning all our bed are all made, and everyday cleaning lady is in your room. Swallow nests and their chicks are protected by law, so it is difficult to demolish swallow nests on our hotel balconies. On the other hand, we are very sorry that your balcony was not properly cleaned. Regarding our meat choices in the restaurant we have trained additionally our staff to have full info on our our meats, although all our food choices are labeled in writing on two languages. I hope that you will find your next vacation better. Best regards,

10/10 Excellent

Alexej

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
naše zkušenost s hotelem ALAN Starigrad-Paklenica
Ani v nejmenším nemohu nic vytknout. Již jsem něco ze světa procestoval a bydlel v mnoha zařízeních, ale stejně, jako i naši přátelé, bychom hodnotili vše 11-ti z 10-ti možných bodů. Skvělé jen doufám a věřím, že to tak vydrží i nadále
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2020
Response from Goran Babin, Destination director on Aug 17, 2020
It is nice to have such a nice comment from a well traveled guests. Thank you for your stay!

10/10 Excellent

Suchodolski

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Krótkie wakacje w Chorwacji
Hotel bardzo dobry w szczególności relacja jakości do ceny. jest wszystko trzeba potrzeba. Zachowany jest reżim bezpieczeństwa tak w czasie posiłków jak i na basenach. Bardzo ładne położenie. Polecam
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2020
Response from Goran Babin, Destination director on Aug 17, 2020
Thank you for a nice response.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
nicht gefallen hat, dass dieses Hotel nur auf eine englische Belegung ausgelegt ist und komplett von Juni bis Ende Oktober entsprechend vermietet ist. Schade, keine anderen Gäste treffen zu können.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Passt
- gutes Preis-Leistung-Verhältnis - Winnetou-Museum (winzig - aber gratis)
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Lucie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Susanne

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Schön gelegenes Hotel mit Bergen und Meer
Das Hotel liegt wunderbar am Fuß des Velebitsgebirges und dennoch am Meer. Somit ist es das richtige Hotel für alle, die Wandern möchten, aber dennoch nicht auf einen Badeaufenthalt verzichten möchten. Der SPA-Bereich ist sehr schön. Er muss separat bezahlt werden, ist aber preiswert. 3 Tage kosten insgesamt 199 Kuna, das sind ca. 27 Euro. Auch die Kosmetikbehandlung war professionell. Wir hatten einen seitlichen Meerblick im hohen Block, dieser war einfach toll, da man auf die Berge und das Meer geschaut hat. Das Restaurant ist bei voller Belegung etwas laut, da es sich auf einer Galerie über dem Eingangsbereich befindet. Das Essen war gut, in Buffetform, mit einer reichhaltigen Auswahl an Fisch. Es ist eine überschaubare Anlage, nicht zu groß und mit einem sehr guten Preis-Leistungsverhältnis.

8/10 Good

Therese

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fint hotell.
Ett fint hotell på en mindre ort utanför Zadar, lugnt och stillsamt område. Nära till havet, 1 minut från hotellet. Okej mat hela vistelsen för priset av all inklusive. Ingår gör bara vissa drycker om man beställer med all inclusive. Inte mycket affärer eller sådan i närheten, men några små super market finns. Hotellet i sig var fint, väldigt bra service med allt! Lite hårda sängar på rummet.

10/10 Excellent

jacques

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent hôtel
Excellent hotel en tout inclus avec un excellent petit déjeuner et dîner buffet avec plein de bon choix . Pour le lunch nous n'étions pas présent à l'hôtel on a eu droit une boîte à lunch .

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Tolles Hotel und super Preis-Leistungsverhältnis!
Wir hatten das Hotel für 4 Nächte gebucht. Ausschlaggebend war die Nähe zum Nationalpark und zu den Städten Zadar und Split. Zu dem tollen AI-Preis hatten wir nicht viel erwartet und wurden positiv überrascht! Das Hotel liegt in einer schönen Bucht in einem großen Garten mit gepflegtem Pool-Bereich. Drumherum befindet sich der Campingplatz. Das gesamte Hotel ist sehr sauber und ansprechend. Trotz AI habe wir nur gefrühstückt und zu Abend gegessen. Hier hätten die Speisen wärmer sein müssen! Ansonsten war immer alles ausreichend vorhanden und auch geschmacklich in Ordnung. Getränke konnten wir uns selber zapfen. Selbst der Wein schmeckte! Vor dem Hotel befindet sich ein kostenloser Parkplatz. Nach Starigrad kann man laufen. Dort war allerdings im September nicht viel los.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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Super hotel très bien situe pres de la Mer
Endroit parfait bien situe pres de la Mer. Service super et personelle très gentille. Chambre comfortable. Formule all inclusive très variër et bon. Un conseil essaye le vous aller pas le regretter.