The hotel and rooms (floor 2) were excellent, staff were pleasant and efficient.
Situated on a shore, almost all parts of the hotel have a good view of the bay.
Food was very good, hot & cold buffet breakfast, but evening restaurants and menus were restricted, presumably for the winter season.

My wife booked a surprise holiday for my 50th birthday at the Rixos Libertas via Thomsons in mid-October. She selected it carefully based on the Thomson brochure, but disappointed to find that many of the facilities advertised were not available.

The brochure said:
"Three gorgeous eateries" - whereas one was closed for the season, a second a very pricey a la carte that nobody ate in all week, leaving just a buffet restaurant.
"Five bars" - there was only one open all week.
"Watch a glittering show" - there were no shows all week.
"Or dance the night away" - there was no dance floor open.

Given that this was a special birthday we were expecting, based on the brochure, to find some sophisticated evening entertainment, so particularly disappointing to find no entertainment programme on offer at all. We complained to both the hotel and the Thomson rep and both gave the same response - "there's entertainment available in the town".

We were also dissapointed to find the all-inclusive food package scaled back as the hotel was very empty:
- Instead of the normal buffet lunch, there was a very minimal snack menu at the bar with just 5 or 6 items on it, the same every day.
- The afternoon "snacks" advertised turn out to be a choice of 3 types of cake, the same as offered on the lunchtime snack menu.

I do appreciate that the season is winding down in mid-October, but nevertheless dissapointed at how far short the hotel was from our expectations, and the brochure.

The hotel rooms theselves were more 3 star rather than 5 star:
- 'Superior rooms' have just one chair in, so you can't easily use the room for eating or drinking.
- The bath with overhead shower is separated from the bed by a pane of clear glass, so wouldn't be suitable for some people.
- The cleaning standard wasn't very good, some days the glassses in the room didn't get replaced, some days towels were missing.
- The outside patio area never got swept, by the end of the week if had lots of leaves on it.
- The plug in the basin was broken, we asked them to fix but it never happened.
- A fridge in the room, but stocked with very expensive bottles of water and soft drinks. This doesn't make any sense at all for guests staying on the inclusive package.
- The all-inclusive package itself was confusing, you had to sign for all the drinks as if you were charging to your room, so you have to constantly check with the staff that the drinks you're ordering are actually in the package. On the very positive side the package does include a long list of branded spirits, but very odd and frustrating that you couldn't order any cocktails on the package even though all the components to make the cocktails were separately available.

I realise this all sounds very negative, I'm glad to say there were still plenty of positives which meant we still had an enjoyable week:
- Great view of the adriatic from the 'superior rooms', certainly worth the upgrade for the view.
- Most of the restaurant & bar staff extremely friendly and helpful especially the 2 guys both called Mario. (However a couple of notable exceptions, 2 of the bar staff who did their best to ignore customers and often delivered the wrong drinks).
- The turkish baths & spa and indoor pool were great, very relaxing, we spent 90 mins or so there every day.
- The buffet restaurant had a good selection of food, different main dishes every day. (However annoying that the wine for the all inclusive package was only served by the glass, not the bottle.)
- A good location, 20 mins walk along the coast to Dubrovnik or very frequent buses if you walk to the stop by the traffic lights at the end of the road. Buses good value - a ticket provides unlimited use on any bus for an hour.
- The town centre itself excellent, dozens of bars & restaurants, just a shame most of the tourists, ourselves included, are either in inclusive hotels or visiting from cruise ships. So most restaurants very quiet in the evening.
- A good walking tour around the town walls, billed as 90 min long, but actually lasted 135 mins. Got details from the information office by the town gate, tours starting from outside the office every morning.
- Good and moving to visit the war museum at the top of the mountain, via cable car which leaves just outside the town walls.

Overall, highly recommend the town as a holiday destination, and there was nothing really too wrong with what the hotel was providing, it just fell a long way short of our high expectations based on the brochure and the price.

My husband and I stayed at the Rixos Libertas for one week at the end of October. When we arrived at the hotel we were amazed by the beautiful scenery and backdrop of the Adriatic coastline. The check in staff were friendly and the service extremely efficient. Within minutes of checking in we were sat at the Agora Terrace bar sipping a glass of white wine, eating a beautiful lunch and taking in the fantastic views.
We had booked a superior room and these all have sea views, well worth the upgrade. The room was painted white and was contemporary in design. The bathroom was all glass and this seemed to be a problem for some couples however this was not an issue for us as we could look out at the beautiful scenery whilst having a shower. The room was cleaned daily. I have to say that due to the fantastic view every morning this was one of the best rooms we have stayed in and I'm still thinking about it now.
The hotel facilities were of a high standard yet unfortunately we stayed out of season and therefore it was too cold to use the outdoor pool; however we did have a dip in the sea. The indoor pool was very clean and had again excellent views of the coastline.
We stayed on the All Inclusive package and this was a good deal as the alcoholic drinks were all branded makes including bacardi, Jack Daniels, cointreau etc. The food was excellent quality but limited in choice due to it being end of season and so few guests staying at the hotel. The waiter and bar service was excellent and some of the best we have ever experienced. The Croatian people in general are extremely friendly and down to earth; this also made the holiday special.
The hotel was very quiet but we did not mind as we would often get the bus to Dubrovnik old town after dinner. Dubrovnik old town is magical and would recommend it to anyone who has not travelled to Croatia before. Make sure you take a trip to Lokrum Island as this is also an enchanting place.
I would definately visit this hotel again but during the summer time. I would have given this hotel 5 stars yet due to the time we stayed some of the facilities were not available.

While I was on a business trip I spent two nights in this hotel with my husband. The view from the hotel is awesome, and as long as that is what you are looking for, you found the right place. From the ourtside and in the lobby the hotel looks very nice. Breakfast is excellent, with huge buffet but also stations with omlettes prepared to order. Surprisingly they also served pancakes and waffles.
Those are the good sides, however there is many bad sides to the hotel. Rooms are designed in a mediterranean modern style, with glass wall separating bathroom from bedroom part. When we walked into our room the bottom of wall was full of mold growing, and a rug was tossed over it to hide it. We asked for a new room, we were offered two. both of them had some mold but was somewhat better.
Service is not even at a two star level. Waiters could not get orders for coffee or lunch accurate,did not know proper ways of pooring wine, dinner was below average.
Each room has a little porch big enough for two lounging chairs. On those wheels, armrests were missing. Parts of wired fence, of the porch were missing. During our stay maintenance work was being done on the hotel. While we were resting on the porch workers were walking through the porch like it is a public area.
The hotel is filled with humidity, some common spaces smell of it (like for example childrens room). So I would nit take my child there under no circumstances.
All in all for the price we paid (an extremly good bargain due to low season) breakfast and the view was worth it. However I would not reccomend it to anyone at the normal price especially people with kids, allergies!