Hotel Materada Plava Laguna

Super good hotel with activities at the pool. Nice garden with many different kind of trees.

We were having a group visit and the hotel got a list of guests, but they couldn't place us in the right rooms, and instead of that the underage receptionists have been very rude while their superior manager was standing next to them stiff as a tree, unwilling to resolve the situation. My colleague wanted to cancel his stay and get a private accomodation instead. As I was passing by, I have even heard some similar situations with other guests. So, if you can avoid it, my recommendation is that you do, or in case you're in a mood for arguing with the hotel staff lacking common basic culture which people normally get during their home upbringing, and not to mention the lack of communication skills, this hotel might be the right choice! 😃 I've been traveling a lot around the world, but still I managed to be taken by surprise here in Croatia...

The room was beautiful and clean. Everything else, however, was a complete disaster. The food was tasteless (never before have I been served pork liver, burnt fish sticks, etc., in a hotel), and the cutlery was dirty. Dirty sunbeds by the pool, dirty tables, non-functioning air conditioning, elevators. In short, I do not recommend this hotel.

My husband and I booked the hotel as a last minute cheap deal and on first impressions we were impressed. The hotel is in a nice setting with well tended gardens and a short walk to the seafront promenade, great if you want to lie around the pool all week but we found it too cut off. There are no local buses in the area at all and the small tourist train was 1km away and had very restricted times being early season. A taxi into porec was £20 each way. Hotel food was typical for a large tourist hotel and we always found something to eat. The bedrooms however are extremely small and very basic no storage cupboards or drawers for anything at all.the bathrooms are so small the shower door wouldn't open fully as banged into the toilet and the bathroom door couldn't open fully due to the towel rail behind it. You get bigger bathrooms on cruise ships ! The main down side was the constant stream of tourist coaches which used the hotel on a daily basis ( 8 full coaches on one particular day )which left the hotel more like a travel lodge motel and not like a relaxing away from it all holiday break. In all an OK hotel for the money we paid but not somewhere we would return to unless in a coach party.

Great hotel albeit a little out of the way. Very clean, good food except the coffee at breakfast was awful. The restaurant is a bit like a canteen and if you want a table outside be prepared for a 6:30pm dash! Free wine and beer at dinner but not the best quality. No problem with sun beds, plenty available without having to get up at silly o’clock. Would suggest you email the hotel to ask for a room overlooking the pool on a high floor. We were in room 452, which was perfect. Not many Brits at the hotel but wasn’t a pooroblem. Porec old town is fabulous, there is a little tourist train from the Valamar Marea hotel for 2 euros each way. Cuts down the walking time from 45 mins to about 20mins. Plenty of restaurants in the area to eat out. Prices very reasonable. Overall a great holiday

Check in strictly after 2. 3 lifts however only 2 go to dinning/pool. They also break down due to the amount of people using them. The rooms on both side are the same it's just the view that's different. Rooms are clean, bathroom is good, no tea or coffee in the room. We went to Lidl for a kettle etc. The pool is freezing but the sea is ok, however, it is difficult to get in if you have mobility issues. Night time entertainment is ok but not done by the animation team, they have local acts come in. Service for drinks is good, they would still like Kuna instead of Euro and I suggest you pay everything in Kuna as the exchange rate somewhat changes by the hour. Sunbeds can be a problem by the pool. Towels at dawn! The car park get very full and you will not get the same spot when you come back. The taxi firm is 13 euro into Porec we used Taxi Porec Marko, google and use messenger, lovely man. Parking in Porec can be hit and miss and is 1 euro p/h. Boat trips book on the harbour. The hotel is a lot of money for what you get, we drove and for the same price, 4 B&B on way down, 6B&B on way back, fuel, ferry, lunches and dinner, could have got Jamaica AI for 2 weeks. This is not the best coast line in Croatia, and it will be out last time, (we have driven 5 times).