Lovely hotel set in Pine Forest on edge of coastline. 3 storeys high with lift. Staff spoke English which was a great help. The hotel is not "repped" but you are left an emergency contact number and a number for the Rep and the staff will phone for you if you want to book trips - though we had to book at Kompas in Umag itself as Rep unable to do it. We booked for Postojnska and Lipicia and were really looking forward to it BUT no bus turned up for us and on investigation we had to go back into the Kompas Office in UMAG to be told that there had been a "computer failure" and the booking had not gone through - of course they hadn't taken our names/hotel which is why we never found out unti the day - very disappointing since we were only there for week and couldn't go again - and too far to try going on public transport - considering you are crossing the broder into Slovenia.
Food good in hotel - good variety for breakfast, lunch and dinner - like a huge canteen. All inclusive drink is local variety - tastes different! - but wine lovely! Rooms nicely decorated - you have a fridge which is great to keep water cold - TV but no British channels i.e. news, which is great if you want to get away from it all! Entertainment during the day includes stretching/pilates/water aerobics. Entertainment at night was quite good - tribute bands/dancing/singing - and there's an hour of entertainment for children, which is entertaining for the adults without children!
The hotel has a policy that you are not allowed to wash your "smalls" and hang them in the bathroom!!
The hotel is about 45mins walk into Umag. You can get the "train" for 15 Kuna single into Umag - takes about 15 minutes - lovely to see other hotels/bits of the countryside. Umag is quite small but beautiful. Make sure you explore the back streets and you will find the most beautiful restaurants looking out onto the sea - beautiful.
Local bus station about 10mins walk from main street - buses good but timetable limited - we did get to Novigrad, Porec and Rovinj - all beautiful and recommend a visit to these places.
- Sol Aurora Umag
- Sol Aurora Hotel Umag
