BO hotel Palazzo

This is a gorgeous hotel in a fantastic location, right on the water in Porec with outside eating and drinking available. Rooms were big and very tastefully decorated, with mini bar and safe. ||We were very lucky with our room as it was a corner room so had a view over the old town from one window and a view over the sea and marina from the other one. The only slight issue is this area of the town is closed to tourist cars so you have to park about 2km away and phone the hotel to have a shuttle bus to pick you up. ||The only odd thing is the public car park was free with the barriers raised, but the hotel still charge you 10 EUR a day for the privilege ! Note though it would be possible to avoid the charge by unloading your passengers and luggage about 400m from the hotel where the barriers to the old town are, and then go and park and walk back,.

Rooms are far from luxury. There was not a porter to help us with our luggage. The first room we were given was subpar. The room itself was in pretty shabby shape - air conditioning did not work. Phone did not work. No mini bar fridge or coffee maker. We had to ask for bath towels. After having to go back down to reception (as the phone would not work), we were “upgraded” to a junior suite with a view. Which was nice - I will give them that. There was no phone directory in the room - so did not know how to contact the reception desk from the new room. No direction on how to open the safe that, according to the directions on it, it should have been open to start. Still, No in- room coffee maker. Towel heating bar did not work and the shower/tub was awkward to use as there was no shower curtain - water splashed everywhere. Breakfast waiters were indifferent and certainly didn’t rush to bus tables. If you’re looking for luxury- go to a different hotel.

Old room with limited facilities (no coffee, water boiler, …). Rooms seem a bit overpriced. Friendly personnel (the shuttle service to the parking lot however had a few flaws, we waited for more than 30 minutes…), very good breakfast! Very good location.

Good though average hotel. It gives a bit faded glory. Room was ok but very warm. Interior was outdated, airco didn't work. Breakfast was very good and plenty. Staff was overall friendly but not really overly welcoming.

Lovely hotel. Ideal location. Breakfast excellent. Had an evening meal at hotel very good indeed. Walking distant to old town and boat excursions. Staff lovely. We travelled by car and parked out of the town however we got lost and the hotel mini|bus came to our aid and get us to|the right car park.Downsides to the hotel are that Mini bar is very expensive. $18 for a small bottle of wine. Very small pool with cabanas and sunbeds but some selfish people felt it was justified to not only put their towels on a cabana but also on sunbeds as well. We were only there three days and in that time we saw people put their towels on beds by 7-30am then disappear for the whole day and come back at about 3pm to 4pm. New people arriving were having to sit on chairs at the bar due to no beds. We complained about this to the hotel reception but the same people did the same thing the day we were leaving so nothing was done about it. This is a big issue at this hotel. If not bothered about lying at the pool can highly recommend.

Very pleasant stay. Excellent location to access the beautiful Old Town. Lovely view over the water. Breakfast excellent and staff very friendly. Evening set meal was lovely and excellent value and served by a very gracious waiter ( sorry do not know his name.) Only downside was a somewhat dated room but generous size so did not detract from our stay.

The Bo Palazzo is a very special hotel, with a rich history and southwest facing location at the end of the marina jutting out into the harbor. It is lovely, impeccably clean, very stylish in a classic way, and very customer service oriented. It is within very easy walking distance of everywhere in the small old town and, although it is on the far west end of the peninsula that is old town Porec, it is not far (20-30 minutes) to walk through the Riva and marina area to reach the grocery stores, shopping mall, and shady park with walking paths and beaches (and the occasional WW2 concrete pillbox defense structure) on the far eastern side of town. The sunset views are lovely as are the views of the marina, riva, and sea.||Parking is offsite, at the large Valamar lot near the large community sports center about 10 minutes away. It is safe. Call about 10 minutes before you get to the lot and the hotel van will come to pick up and transport to the hotel. It’s about an 8 minute ride to the hotel. The hotel has a pool area but no beach, and there were no suncobrans (sun umbrellas) this year. The hotel breakfast is still a nice buffet but the offering has slimmed down noticeably in the past year. The bread is some of the freshest and most gluteny that we had anywhere in Croatia this year. The fresh cut fruit is particularly good as are the omelettes. The cereal selection is skimpy – mostly all nuts and muselix. Seating is both indoors and outdoors; watch out for scavenging seagulls outside.||The Suite in which we stayed was beautiful, with solid burnished wood panels, large picture windows on three sides, a large balcony facing the water, a bedroom with a sliding wooden door, a living room area, a large formal dining area with a very large table, an office area, and two full baths. The windows open, which is nice. The AC is individually controlled and works well. The window curtains do a good job blocking out light and sunlight. The lighting is very decorative and classy chandeliers, chandelier sconses, and lamps. There is a large empty hallway at entry that is wasted space in which some storage tables / chests of drawers would be very useful. There is a small frig hidden in a desk in the far corner of the dining / office room area; you need to take out the hotel’s products to make room for your own, The large master bathroom has good sink shelf space but we cannot use the shower ….it is a large jacuzzi tub with a shower head that is a hand held only (not mounted high enough to use as a showerhead) and there is no curtain or glass wall to contain the shower water in the tub, vs. on the floor, nor to shield the person taking the shower. The small bathroom off of the main door has a walk in shower which is a self contained unit. It has excellent water pressure and is easy to use, although it is dark. The pedestal sink in the second bathroom has no counter space. There is a built in storage closet with shelves and hanging area (need more hangers) with sliding wood doors. The safe is on one of these shelves but it is not set to use; you have to talk to the front desk reception people and one will have to come up to the room to open the safe so you can use it. ||Improvement suggestions: |1. Please add shade onto the balcony terrace with an awning that ideally is adjustable – can unroll to cover all of the balcony space – AND umbrellas (without a sun umbrella, you could really only go out there in early morning and late day). |2. Replace the jacuzzi tub in the en suite bathroom with a real walk in shower with a ceiling mounted showerhead and floor to ceiling glass doors. The tub is a nice idea but you cannot use it as a shower, so two people staying in the room lose the convenience and time saving benefit of the two full bathrooms and cannot get ready simultaneously.|3. Install an inroom safe that guests can use without having to call reception and ask a staff member to come up with the code to open it.|4. Add a counter of some sort in the smaller bathroom |5. Add counter / shelf space and luggage racks. Add more hangers.

My sister got married in Croatia last August and myself and my family and many of the other wedding guests stayed in this hotel. We had an amazing time here!! The views were great, the food was great but the highlight of my stay had to do with the ever so friendly staff. To name a few, in the dinning area, Emilio, Alexandra, their colleague from Bosnia I forgot his name. Jovana and from front desk, Maria helped me a lot with organising appointments and so on. And the night time front desk staff, I believe he's from Serbia, he was very friendly and helpful too. I wish to see them all next time I visit. I regret that I am leaving this review a year late but I have not forgotten all the lovely smiles and the great service in the 9 days I stayed at your hotel. Hope you are all doing well!!! :) Lisa