Hotel Excelsior Lovran - Lovran, Croatia 

My wife and I stayed here from the 3rd to the 10th of October 2007. What a good choice of hotel this was the room was very clean as was the rest of the hotel. The staff were very attentive,and spoke very good English. The food was more than adequate.And was buffet style. We had a sea view room. I would recomend this as the road was noisy. Would we return to this hotel ?. Yes.

We stayed here at the end of August for a cheap get away. We arrived with Easy Jet (late at night and an hour over due) and caught the airport bus into Rijeka. This is very easy and the bus waits until the airport is empty. It costs 20kr each and takes about 40 mins. It will drop you in the centre of the town opposite the taxi rank. The taxis are metred and at past midnight it cost us 90kr into Lovran which is pretty much what he had quoted. If you arrive in the day you can catch the local bus from another bus station about a 5 minute walk which will drop you outside the door for 36kr each and will take 45 minutes. The hotel check in is very efficient and all the staff on reception speak fluent German, English and Italian. Generally in the Lovran area if people dont speak English they all speak German. The area is very pretty and the hotel is at the top of the hill going into the village. It is next to the Hotel Lovran and the Bristol ( which looks from the outside pretty but inside the guts have been ripped out from what we could see) The decor is slightly 80s but is exceptionally clean. The rooms are large with modern bathrooms and strong showers. I would suggest a room facing the sea if you are a light sleeper. The breakfast is basic but you can eat as much as you want. We were 1/2 board and tended to see what the buffet looked like each day before deciding if to walk into the village. The buffet offers a good choice - better than local restaurants - and actually tastes better than it looks. Alcohol is fairly priced and there is a good cocktail bar. There is a kids club but to be honest I wouldnt recommend this hotel or area if you have young energetic kids. There is very little to do in the village except swim - off concrete slabs - watch the currents - or fish. The pools were very clean, the indoor one is heavily clorinated. You have to pay for sunloungers and umbrellas and bring extra towels. The hotel says it has a private beach - I think this is slightly misleading as its about 2 metres by 1 metre the rest are concrete slabs that you sunbathe on. We were the youngest in the hotel by about 20 years (36 and 43 yrs old) and there is a sing along with the hammond organ 2 nights a week!. The tourists there are maninly German and Italian You are next to a strip joint but we never heard or saw a thing so not a problem. You can walk to the nearest large town on a sea path in about 1 1/hrs. The quality of the restaurants in the village varied but they all effectively serve the same menu. I would say at times you pay for the view and most expensive definately does not equate with tastest food. I felt it was a fair price to pay for a quiet weeks holiday which is what we wanted.