Hotel Parentium Plava Laguna

Very friendly Staff, Food was excellent nothing was missing. Great location will go back again. Great vacation.

We cancelled other booking at a cost to extend our stay here. Loved our stay.

This hotel is top class, the location is perfect, and the wider resort has well-kept grounds and is very clean. I have visited this hotel with my family four times now, and it has always been maintained to a very high standard. Some families may not like the absence of a sandy beach, but we much prefer being around a pool, so this is not an issue for us. The staff are great. Room cleaners are always quick and efficient, and they do the rooms up nicely each day. Waiters and bar staff all have a positive attitude and are very friendly, making you feel at home. At some hotels, you feel like you are being served by robots, but the staff here are thorough and attentive. They often strike up conversation, which creates a great atmosphere around the hotel. It was nice to be recognised by some of the staff we spoke to during our stay last year. The maintenance team is also very good. We had a couple of very minor issues, both of which were sorted out right away. Reception is helpful as well. The resort is a little bit out of the way from Porec and other places, so keep that in mind if you are not a pool dweller like myself. A taxi into Porec is usually the best option or you can hire a car if you want to explore. We have done this in previous years but just wanted to relax this time. You can also get a speedboat taxi, normal taxi boat or the road train. We still enjoyed a couple of nights in Porec, but the hotel buffet is very good, probably one of the widest spreads I have seen at any hotel. There is always pizza and fries at dinner for picky eaters too. There are plenty of shops and cafes around the resort and within a short walking distance to grab lunch if you are on bed and breakfast or half-board. SOME SLIGHT CRITICISMS Both pools were closed for maintenance at different times during our stay, but only one at a time, so there was always somewhere to swim. However, this work should be done during the off-season. The pool bar tends to play exactly the same music every day. I would prefer if they could put on a mix for some variety. The bottled water price felt excessive at €5 for a 0.75L bottle of Jana, while the nearby market sells 1L for €1.30 only, significantly less. While a markup is expected, wanting bottled water with a meal makes you feel cornered into paying an excessive price. I am generally tolerant of children, especially during peak season, but staff seemed too lenient with disruptive behaviour. Kids riding scooters indoors in the lobby and restaurant (yes the restaurant) at night was noisy and unsafe for elderly guests and waiters moving quickly with trays full of drinks. It felt like an accident waiting to happen, yet no intervention occurred. Some parents seem okay with, which is to be expected, their children behaving disruptively without teaching the basics of mindfulness towards others. I also saw young children climbing on gym equipment, which is distracting to older teens and adults trying to exercise properly. The indoor sp