Valamar Tamaris Resort

Spiaggia di ciottoli fantastica. Camera non grandissima ma con vista stupefacente e comfort altissimo. Mangiare eccellente.

Lo staff parlava poco italiano, pur essendo l Istria bilingue. Quindi le info non mi sono state chiare. La colazione era buonissima ma troppo "continentale". Comunque veramente tutto strepitoso

The aparrman is amazing, well equiped,

Great beaches (sand, pebbles, cliffs; although don't go there if you have a preference for sand beaches). Great buffet (great choice, good quality, reasonable variation, reasonable queue lengths, attentive staff and good organization/hygiene standards, good serving hours, including good afternoon snacks. Minor criticism: one large queue for everything could be broken up into one per item to save time). Great staff (all interactions friendly and helpful). Good beer and good enough wine on tap through 23:30, no fuss about taking drinks from the bars back to the villas or anywhere else. Good bikes to rent for free (although they have to be rented and returned each day within 2hr slots in the morning and evening). Good shows.

Lots of things to pay for even with all-inclusive: fresh orange juice at breakfast for €3.7, sun loungers and umbrella at the beaches for €20/day, trampoline for around €10/10min, tennis for €28/hour (much less if you bring rackets), inflatable water park for around €15, restaurants on the premises other than the single all-inclusive buffet for regular restaurant prices without discount. Rooms (Two bedroom seaside villa) looked and felt quite small and dated, and had tons of ants (we didn't complain about those during our stay, because we didn't want toxic treatments and eliminating any food sources reduced the amounts) that were able to enter the building through various cracks. "Towel reservations" at the pools are occasionally tackled with a tag system, but this should be done even more aggressively. Too much smoking everywhere outside, including at or near the pools, restaurants, play areas, beaches. Bed sheets were only as large as the mattress surface and weren't fitted sheets, accordingly the naked mattress was often visible in the morning. Cocktails in the all-inclusive offering were almost all cheap ready-made mixes with a lemon added. Signage and orientation maps throughout the premises not adequate.

The pool and seaside

They charged me 401€ extra by mistake. I have proof of payments and I sent it to them. I contacted them several times, I am still waiting for reimbursement.