Palmon Bay Hotel & Spa

The most perfect hotel with the most amazing staff. The hotel was impeccable and super clean. The location is so handy, just outside the hotel are tons of shops, souvenir stalls, restaurants, the palmon bay beach club and more. The spa and massages in the hotel was so good and cheap we couldn’t get enough. Two pools ( one main one and one on top of the roof like a small dipping pool) cat lovers heaven, as loads of little cats/kittens are around who are super friendly and cuddly (bring a bag of treats to feed them as they loved this). The breakfast was again delicious, so much variety what to choose from again welcomed by lovely staff. I would 1000% return here, and recommend it to anyone travelling to Montenegro!

Montenegro and the Palmon Bay Hotel felt undiscovered, under advertised, and definitely under appreciated!||The whole experience was far more than expected for the following reasons:||1) The private beach that is attached to Palmon Hotel is incredible, the view when you’re on the sun lounger is spectacular, and with the sea being so clear it was unexpectedly one of the best beach spots Iv ever been on. If you’re looking for some peace and quiet definitely look for a good spot on the beach, as the 1 pool on offer was often used by families.||2) The Roof Top bar is also a massive highlight as it provides views over the bay, a spectacle particularly at night when the bay is lit up and live music is playing (see attached image). We often finished the night there with a final drink and a game of UNO before bed!||3) Another big highlight is the extremely long strip of restaurants and bars just outside of the hotel. The food was of great quality, with a variety of family friendly and romantic settings overlooking the lit up bay. The food was very cheap, my favourite being the shared Mixed Meat Grill for €19 at llijada Restaurant (our favourite restaurant).||4) The hotel itself was extremely clean, the staff were attentive but also left you alone to explore the site (which we liked). Breakfast was also a great experience, with plenty of variety (hot and cold) and although it was busy, it didn’t affect the chilled out atmosphere.||5) We booked the Side Sea View room as an upgrade on the initial booking, which had a balcony overlooking the sea and beautiful hills- well worth it! (Image attached).||The very few improvement points (if we’re being very harsh)||1) The hotel is not an Adults Only, meaning you did have quite a lot of (to be fair very well behaved) children. This didn’t affect our stay, but would have been a preference to have access to the pool also.||2) The room was a little bit small and we didn’t have anywhere to store our cases so they were a bit in the way. This wasn’t too much of an issue for us and we could look past it, but could imagine it may not be ideal for others. ||3) You generally have to cross the border from the Dubrovnik airport (if travelling via BA), so expect this delay on your transfer. The transfer was a 1 hour journey to the hotel, and 35 mins back to the airport (so not too bad considering). This of course wasn’t anything to do with the hotel however, so is not a criticism of them!||Advice for this holiday & hotel:||1) YOU MUST do the boat tour to Kotor Bay that the hotel provides. This was only €50 each for a 6 hour excursion. You get to see different towns around the bay, with time allocated to walk around 3 different locations. The highlight was the Old Town of Kotor, with lots of small streets to explore, a vast amount of history and plenty of restaurants (similar to Rhodes Old Town).||2) Transfers can be booked via the hotel, which was €105 each way, £150 cheaper than the British Airways option.||3) Definitely buy your own waters, drinks and snacks throughout the day from the local market (a 1 minute walk away from your sun lounger).||4) If you can buy some Whiskas cat food from the same local market, as there’s a few homeless cats and their babies that need feeding! 🐱

Nice hotel, but do upgrade your room if you can. We're in a deluxe room with an apparent garden view. (Bottom floor in a stuffy corner and fir trees directly in front, can see about 10') very disappointed. Rooms clean thou, great bathroom, nice bed etc. Pool areas are very nice and neighbouring beach. The spa is nice and the staff in there are amazing, staff all round very helpful and friendly. Breakfast is OK, but food not hot, including the dinner we ate and did not finish. Great restaurants just outside thou.

This is our 10th time here for a 10th consecutive year and I only wrote a review in the very beginning so I thought I should write one again. We appreciate that we see improvements in this hotel almost every year. I can imagine that the Covid years were difficult (when we came in July 2020 only 8 rooms were occupied), but after 2022/3 since then they managed to improve and upgrade in almost every aspect. Unfortunately the prices have also gone up, but so did the prices for other similar hotels in the region. This is probably the best hotel in the vicinity for families with several young children. Superior rooms are spacious, food is good quality, people working in the hotel are exceptionally kind, everything is clean and spa is for free. The service & view in the restaurant on the 5th floor is fantastic, and dishes are more inventive (and not more expensive) than in the crowded & noisy restaurants on the seaside. We hope we can keep coming back again.

Palmon Bay Hotel & Spa offered a mixed bag experience, with some aspects shining while others fell short of a 4-star expectation. On the upside, the outdoor area was a definite highlight for relaxation, offering a private beach and a pool area with convenient restaurant/bar service. The indoor spa facilities were great, including infrared, steam, and Finnish saunas, a jacuzzi, and an indoor pool with complimentary tea service. We also appreciated the easy transportation service to the airport and found the hotel to be very clean. A major standout was the hotel's rooftop restaurant Olive Terrace, which we genuinely felt was the best dining experience in the region nearby. The balconies on the rooms were a nice touch too. However, there were notable downsides. The rooms were surprisingly small, making it quite difficult to comfortably fit our luggage. Sleep quality was affected every night by loud club parties and crowded streets/restaurants/bars nearby that continued until 1-2 at night. The breakfast was unfortunately below expectations, particularly the poor quality coffee from the machines (likely instant coffee), and the food selection was not great, focusing heavily on meat and egg-based options. Overall, while the spa and dining were exceptional, the small rooms, noise issues and breakfast kept the experience from being consistently enjoyable. Still, I would say that the resort is likely among the best ones on Igalo/Herceg Novi, based on our 3 night stay from Wed to Sat on June.

We stayed at the Palmon Bay for the last week of June and it was simply wonderful. The hotel staff cannot do enough for you. Special mentions to Uma, Marija and Ruslan who worked the restaurant and the pool bar. They were so warm and friendly and it felt hard to say goodbye to them. |Only thing I would say is we had a room with no tea and coffee making facilities (us Brits do like a cup of coffee in peace before we face the day!) so that would have been nice but not a major thing at all. Montenegro is a beautiful country full of lovely people and it deserves more credit than it gets. Thank you very much for a wonderful stay and we look forward to returning in the future.

I thought that I submitted a review, but obviously didn’t happen?|My wife and I, went from early June 2025 for ten days. I’m a wheelchair user. The private transfer, …. quick and efficient. . Well done to Jet2. |Hotel was overall really nice, all staff we encountered, fantastic. Special mention to Milos at one of the reception areas, who along with colleague, Sandra , and two other folks, who I can’t remember name(sorry) fixed a puncture on one wheel. |Breakfast was good. Evening meal(half board) was hit and miss. |Location was good. Outwith the hotel, a promenade that went on for something like 7k, predominantly flat, good surface, wheelchair friendly . On promenade various bars, restaurants….dotted a long the way. Had unpleasant experience at place with Bristol in their name. The waiter charged 3.50 Euros on the drinks menu for a beer….fair enough. Second beer……..same beer..DOUBLE.|I’m obviously stupid. Not. |Other than that, lovely hotel, friendly and efficient staff, in all aspects of their service delivery, on the door step of bars and restaurants. Private beach, pool. Bar, towels supplied. Beautiful Bay…..|Go to the Roof Terrace in the evening. |They have a great singer, not karaoke…..

I am only able to say that our standard side sea view room on floor 5 was really nice. Two single beds were pushed together. A mini fridge was big enough for six cans of beer 🍺. The bathroom was nice and big with a great shower. The hotel is on the sea front with a large pool and a small beach to choose from.