My wife and I stayed for a couple of nights at Valsabbion, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It is basically a restaurant with rooms, rather than a full service hotel. We had one of the classic rooms, which is at the back of the hotel with no view, although it has a balcony. The rooms at the front all had balconies overlooking the sea and would be worth trying to get. The room was perfectly ok, with nice design touches. The hotel had a very relaxed atmosphere, the main hub being the restaurant itself, billed as one of the best in Croatia. Although it's quite pricey the restaurant was excellent. We ate in a tented pavillion on the grass on top of the small cliff above the beach, service excellent and food beautifully presented. The hotel has a few nice seating areas downstairs (but not many) and a small pool on the top floor, which we didn't use. Breakfast was well worth the money, lots of delightful treats rather than a classic buffet. The hotel is a few miles outside of Pula in a small bay with quite a lot of what look like holiday homes and a couple of other restaurants. Lots of people were swimming and sunbathing, although the beach is not sandy, and, although the area is quiet, it's not outstandingly beautiful. Overall, a great place to stay.

Spent our last night in Croatia here. It is just about the cheapest amongst the 'comfy nights in Croatia' options like the Milan, brioni, punta verudela, etc (coz we went to each one to ask!!) and i guess maybe that's why it gets the top spot in this list though when we went to the Milan on the first night for dinner, the place looked divine (but pricier) -albeit being pretty far out.

ALTHOUGH
- the check in desk is in the restaurant which is a little awkward.
- it was the waitress on duty who was also the check-in lady and she was not the warmest welcome you would want in a foreign place
- the heater was not working but luckily the air-conditioners in the room could go up to 30 degrees celcius
- there was NO hot water in our rooms so showers were COLD
- they have an indoor pool. asked if i can use it, said yes, but when i went to get the keys, 'SAID NO' and i was all changed and ready. excuse me?
- didn't matter they quoted you in Euros on the website, you have to pay in Kunas based on THEIR exchange rate

All in all, i guess for want for a better place or something......
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surprise for us!
We have visit Croatia and we have experience a very special small boutique hotel in Pula , Valsabbion.
We really enjoyed the atmosphere and peacfull souranding,
creative cousine &very interesting istrian wines.
We have aslo try a little bit of wellness
Nice!

We spent 2 days in a large room with a nice sea view from the terrace. The hotel is very quiet, away from downtown (bring your car!)
Even more attractive is the restaurant : told as one of the best of Istria, even croatia, which is true! Not so much expensive regarding service and food (approx 120€)
If one can't afford both hotel and restaurant, change your hotel and make a reservation for a diner.