Generally when we are travelling we like to book a mixture of basic and more comfortable hotels to balance the cost of our holiday. Hotel Sirena was described as being basic but clean, so we thought we would stay here whilst visiting Hvar. However, after our experiences at the hotel, we ended up checking out early.

Positive points about the hotel:
- It is a fantastic location. The beach is quiet, with plenty of places to sunbath and the water is undeniably beautiful.
- Next to the beach is a restaurant which serves lovely food for lunch and dinner.
- It is cheap in comparison to other accomodation in Hvar.

Points to be aware:
- The breakfast included in the price is inedible. It seemed the food had been left out for a long time, and cutlery was not always clean. We ended up walking to the local supermarket each morning to buy our own breakfast.
- The bedrooms are stiflingly hot, both in the day and night. There is no air conditioning or fan. Should you choose to leave the balcony doors open to TRY and get some air circulation, you risk mosquito visitors.
- The bathroom is VERY dated and can be quite smelly. You need to hold the shower head, of which the metal is flaking off.
- If you want warm water, you need to make sure you shower before 7 o'clock in the morning and evening.
- In the hills behind the main hotel are lots of abandoned and vandalised huts, this has a dampening effect on the scenery and appreciation of the location.
- if you choose to walk to the centre of town you are required to walk through a dark tunnel about 200m long. During the day this is okay, but it is not light up until well after dusk. This walk can be quite unnerving and dangerous. Take a torch!

Overall the best description I can give of this hotel is a 1970s University Hall of Residence which has not been updated or rennovated since it was built. I believe visitors of Hvar would be better suited to finding private accomodation, which would give much better value for money.

I'm 2 years late writing this review but couldn't let go of the bad memories so writing this to let everyone else know how bad this hotel really is. We stayed in a very hot end of july and there was no air conditioning anywhere in the hotel. Going to bed at night was torture as you lay sweating in your poky room with the balcony doors open to try and get some sort of a cooling breeze which never came!! Cold showers were the order of the day several times a day to cool us down.
Location of the hotel might be great if you intend to sit in your room every night because the hotel bar was appaling, little staff and closed once the sun went down. If your intention like ours is to explore the beautiful town with its many bars and restaurants bring a change of clothes as by the time you have walked into town you will be sweating again!! (min. 30 mins walk) With 2 weeks in the hotel ahead of us we decided to head for the 'local' supermarket for a few beers several nights but again it can be quite a walk.
I can't deny that the water is beautiful and the hotel beach is quiet compared to others but if you intend to get out and about in true croatia heat hotel location is terrible.

Stayed here a couple of summers ago with two friends. We were cramped into a very small room with not much space in a quite dated decor tower block type of hotel (its split into three buildings). The little bar downstairs is nice and friendly, reception staff were average and the main dining room was quite clinical.

But, the location is amazing. The hotel has its own secluded bay/beach which is lovely and therefore not crowded like the beachs nearer the town. This made it very relaxing and enjoyable. The hotel itself is just about 15mins walk to the mian port/town in Hvar, but it is a nice little walk in the evening.

This hotel was booked on budget so we were not expecting anything amazing but we were very pleasantly surprised with the hotel having its own little secluded beach area which made the break all the more enjoyable (you just need to take a look at other beachs and hotel beaches on the way into Hvar to see why; they are very crowded).

My girlfriend and I stayed in Hotel Sirena for 3 nights in June 2006.

The hotel is about 20-30mins walk to the centre of Hvar. Its a nice walk as it follows the coast. We hired mountain bikes, which reduced the journey to about 10mins (riding at a very very relax pace!)

The hotel is very basic. Our room didnt have a fan or air conditioning. But as our rooms balcony overviewed the hotels private beach, we weren't too bothered.

There is a small restuarant on site but it never seemed to be serving lunch when we wanted it! Although there was breakfast included with the room.

Clean and simple accommodation, but a little far from the action. Which can be a good thing if you enjoy and romantic stroll!