If you like to be in the middle of the action, this hotel is for you. If you like rooms that have enough space to walk around in, comfortably access to your luggage, easy access to power outlets, closets that don't impinge on your bed, lamps that work, and reliable internet connections, then look elsewhere. The staff is quite helpful most of the time and the breakfast buffet is okay, but there is nothing about this hotel that is outstanding except its location smack on the main square of Piran. I give them points for trying but they have a ways to go, which is surprising in a major tourist area where the competition must be fierce.

The position on the square sounds good, anyway, but it means a lot of noise at night until the early hours, especially from minibuses that constantly ferry people into and out of the centre and wait on the corner with their engines running. The furniture's tired - I suppose the same as it was before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Breakfast was disappointing, to me anyway.

On the plus side, it is in the centre, so you haven't got much walking to do, and the front desk staff can be helpful.

The hotel's location is great - right on the main square, and also next to the harbor/Adriatic. Make sure to have a sunset drink at the rooftop bar; we really enjoyed people watching at the square as well as over the sea. The rooms are a bit quirky and run down, and don't have lots of conveniences, but the sea view ones our party had included nice little balconies. The included breakfast buffet was nothing special but was adequate. Take advantage of the valet parking - the 5 euro saves at least half an hour if not more of hassle with the parking outside of town. There aren't a lot of choices in Piran, and we debated between Tartini and Hotel Piran right on the sea boardwalk. After staying at Hotel Tartini and looking at the competition, I think we made the right choice.

There is a multi-story parking structure as you drive into Piran. You need to park here, then either walk into town, or take the free shuttle bus from the ground floor. The shuttle bus drops you virtually outside the door of Hotel Tartini.

The front desk will charge you EUR 6 for a parking ticket to get out of the car park - cheaper than paying at the car park. I think they also have a valet parking system, but we had rented a stupidly large van, so we could/did not use it.

The hotel says "Guests can drive with their car undisturbed to the hotel on the Tartini square. You can leave the vehicle for a short moment near the hotel at the entrance to the Tartini square." But we were stopped at the entrance to the town and told to go back to the car park. Perhaps if we had confirmed reservation it would have been different.

Our rooms had a sort of view of the water, but we weren't in the room that much. And there is a deck where you can relax and soak in the view.

There is Free wifi in the hotel, but BEWARE. You only get one hour of free wifi per computer - I'm not sure if the clock starts ticking when you first log on or if it remembers when you log out.

The bathroom shower had a cheapish feel to it, but nothing to worry about.

The town is cute. We were told to avoid the seafood restaurants on the south side of the peninsular. However, the food looked fine, and we ate at one of the restaurants further along the street. We weren't cajoled to come in - a marketing gimmick we hate - the food was pretty good. I had fish, and the others had pasta with truffles which they said was excellent. The service was very good - no, superb - enough attention without being in the way.