The Baladura is absolutely fab. It's about 8 miles inland from Rovinj, in a very rural situation. Easy to get to, quite near a road, but this is not in any way intrusive. A beautiful range of buildings, excellently presented & finished. Very nice people, friendly & helpful. The owner lives in a cottage, which is part of Baladura. Very spcious and well kitted apartments. Lovely terraces, places to sit and pool. A brilliant restaurant, very good food. Great walks around and about. Villages and lots to see nearby. Rovinj is an easy drive (it's fab too).

Overall this is about as good as it gets, if you want peace, good service & surroundings, a lovely place nearby and more. No village or town within walking distance, so you need a car, but it's easy.

We spent a week there and loved it.

Stayed at this beautiful small hotel for a week. The staff were very friendly despite their lack of english and our lack of croat!
Every single member of staff came to say goodbye to us on the last day - even the maids- and the owner refused to accept payment for our last round of drinks.
Our double room was small but clean and had great bathroom. Air conditioning worked well.
The hotel is like a large tuscan villa , with a terrace covered in vines and figs trees. We ate dinner in the hotel a couple of times and food was good, with a germanic slant. There are so many places to eat in Rovinj that B and B is a good choice.
Only down side was the hotel is basically in the middle of no where. There is no local shop or village to walk to. Infact we could find no walks from the hotel as it is off a recently built express road. The roads are good so car hire would be a good option.
The hotel is 20 mins from Rovinj which we went to daily. We used the local bus which runs til evening and was always on time.
Rovinj is a magical place very very romantic and picturesque. Cobbled narrow streets with wonderful resteraunts and cafes tucked away. We watched the sun set in the evenings over the habour from the many bars along the front. Cannot wait to return.
With the pound so weak against the euro it also makes croatia great value for money.

We have just returned from a stay at this hotel. We planned our holiday staying in Slovenia for 10 days around Lake Bled and then drove ( about 4 hours) for our week at the coast in northern Croatia. We found this hotel on the internet and booked directly. As a family of four ( two children - ages 16 and 8 years) we stayed in a two bedroom appartment for four and would really recommend it. Rovinj is beautiful particularly around the old streets near the church. The marina area was a bit too busy for us.

Dva Baladura is a great place to stay in to visit this area. Very peaceful but easy to access all the areas of interest. With temperatures above 30 degrees we really appreciated returning to the pool at the end of a day sightseeing or indeed spent some days just lazing by the pool. We ate in the restaurant a number of times and found the food to be of a very high standard.

Staff were very helpful and made us feel welcome. The appartments were excellent. Seperately regulated air conditioning for each bedroom and the living area. Good beds and good shower. Kitchen facilities limited to a fridge and two plates on an electric hob. Occasionally we supllemented our own food with additional items deleivered to our appartment by the restaurant.

You do need a car to stay here and visit Rovinj as nothing in immediate vicinity but this is part of its appeal. We did wish at some points that we had our own balcony or terrace for our rooms but in fact this was a very minor issue as there were so many shaded seating areas around. There was plenty of shade by the pool too.

All in all would thoroughly recommend it!

We wanted to fly direct from Edinburgh but not be restricted to staying in one of the many hotel blocks that litter the Istrian coast. We wanted somewhere quieter, somewhere that had a bit of character and style. We found Dva Baladura through flyglobespan. They offered a package of a week's stay with flights and transfers.

The night we arrived, as the transfer coach dropped others off at their hotels, we breathed sighs of relief as none of these appealed to us. Then the coach turned off the main road, in the middle of the countryside, up a beautifully lit long drive. Despite the fact that the man who showed us to our apartment (you can have a room or an apartment) couldn't speak English, he succeeded in making us feel really welcome. In the morning, we opened the shutters (traditional shutters on all windows) to see gorgeously converted farm buildings and a clean, beckoning pool. Breakfast was good and simple although after the first day, we ensured we had plenty of fruit and bread in so we could eat when we wanted.

For this hotel, a car is essential. There is a bus service into Rovinj but the only time we used it, we were less than convinced that we'd boarded the correct bus. It got us there but I'm not sure that it wasn't just a local bus driver being friendly! And there are lots of little villages in Istria so it's worth being able to take off and explore for part of the day then come home and chill out by the pool before dinner. In fact, dinner was the only part of this hotel that wasn't perfect for us. There was choice and what we had was fine but certainly not good enough to entice us to dine there every night.

The apartment was stylish and modern, with a small kitchen area, a dining area and a living room as well as separate bedroom and bathroom. The TV had English speaking channels, including football coverage.

The staff were all extremely friendly and welcoming although only one spoke fluent English. She was there every day on reception so there was never a problem and with the others, between us, we managed to muddle through.

As the nearest main town, Rovinj is perfect. A real picture postcard Old Town with cobbled lanes and a commanding basilica at the top, it has character, charm and plenty of eateries. The one thing I wouldn't miss out on if we were to go again was sitting on the rocks with our cocktails at Valentino's, watching the sun go down. We also had a delicious, upmarket meal at Monte's, near the top of the Stari Grad. A special occasion sort of place.

The hotel can book you on day trips and we decided to take advantage of the opportunity to see Venice. We only had a short amount of time there but I'm so glad we've seen such an amazing city.

If you're thinking of rural Croatia, go to Dva Baladura. It's lovely. Just hire a car so you can get out and about too.