This is the worst hotel in my 35 years of foriegn travel that I have come across.
If you are thinking of going here please, please don't do it. Please read my other revues and you will see that I do not expect 5 star luxury and gourmet food in a 3 star hotel and I do look for value for money in my holidays.
The Bellevue is not value for money nor is it a 3 star hotel, no stars is probably to generous an award. We took the all inclusive option, first mistake, the all inclusive bar which named " The Dungeon" had six bottles behind the bar Martini, Cherry brandy an orange concoction and three others which came from B&Q. A strange smelling lager was availiable and some post mix soft drinks all self service except the spirits which given out by three surly members of staff when they could be bothered to move.
You were allowed to drink these offerings beneath the dining room on tables with plastic coverings which were never cleaned so you stuck to them.
The so called appertif bar was off limits to anyone staying as an all inclusive guest and shut at 11 so you could not even buy a drink. I did'nt see the woman serving in there smile in the14 days we were sentanced to stay.
Any western european should not stay at the Bellevue it is set up purely for people from the former eastern block. The dining room was dirty and the staff unhelpful. If you wanted any food you had to get in early as the eastern hordes would go through like a swarm of locusts and dishes were not replenished on a regular basis. Vast amounts of food were taken but not eaten and even though they were useing the all inclusive option bags of food would be taken to the rooms. Coffee was only availiable from 7 to 10 at breakfast and again at 4 to 5 in the Dungeon none at lunch and none at dinner.
If you survived the stampede you could enjoy your coffee amongst the clients who had spent their day drinking themselves to oblivion maybe the only way to survive at the Bellevue.
I could go on and on but I hope you get the jist. Please do not even think about going here, if they gave me 2 weeks free I would give it back that is how bad it is.
Orebic is a really nice spot with easy access to Korcula but go self catering and enjoy the local bars and restaurants. In the end we ate and drank away from the Bellevue and only slept there






















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I stayed at the Bellevue apartments August 2010 with my husband and teenage son. The apartment was on the small side, old fashioned but clean. We had a nice large balcony which had a sea view. The apartment was adequate for our stay and the air conditioning was a bonus. The bed was a double, which is unusual and my son slept on a large sofa bed. The kitchen was very compact but had what we needed for our stay. It did not have a kettle but we always take our own. The bathroom needed a make over. The shower door was a bit tempremental but the hot water and power shower worked a treat. The grouting on the wall and floor tiles needed replacing. However, the maid came in every day and did a great job. We had as many clean towels as we wanted!

We did not eat in the hotel dinning room so can't comment. We heard mixed views from other guests. The pool was nice but too small for the volume of people staying there. It was used by all the people staying in the hotel as well as many apartments. Getting a sun bed was near impossible. Guests (English included) appeared to bag their sun bed and leave towels on for the duration of their stay. This meant you couldn't even get up early to get one. You had to be lucky and be around on the day someone was leaving. We are not ones to spend all day every day around the pool but missed the opportunity to enjoy a swim at the end of the day when we arrived back at the hotel. We did get friendly with an English lady and her son who happily shared her sunloungers with us! The hotel management should do something about this. We stayed in Bulgaria a few years back and the hotel manager used to come around at night and early morning to take any towels off sunbeds and throw them on the floor - this soon put an end to this bizzare obsession we all seem to have!

Location of Bellevue is brilliant. An ideal spot. You could walk along the seafront into Orebic where you could find a few shops, supermarket and restaurants. It is great that Orebic is unspoilt and has no "English pubs" . Croatia as a whole had an unspolit charm. The bakery in the centre was great for bread and cakes. Ice cream shops iare popular as puddings are not really big on the menu in most restaurants. From the centre you could catch ferry taxi over to Korcula. We did this several times during our stay. A must for all. From Korcula (which is like a mini Dubrovnik) you can catch ferry boats to sandy beaches and also the Cat to Split - once a day, early morning start but well worth it and much cheaper than the organised excursions. Restaurants in Korcula are pretty but you do pay a bit more.

Excursions are very expensive. The only tour we took was to Dubrovnik by hydrofoil. Dubrovinik is a MUST. What a fantastic place.

Beaches in Orebic were pebbly. Buy or take swim shoes as there are little sea urchin's on the rocks whih apparently sting. We bought shoes and had no problems. Many people mentioned this. Sandy beaches can be found at Lumbarda (by ferry taxi). The sea is fantastic.

Highly reccommend the Babilon Restaurant in Orebic. Fantastic fish/seafood and the best quality.

All in all a great holiday. Would go back to Croatia but would try another part. Other visitors reccommended Cavtat and Trojir.

Having just returned from this hotel, I have to say the location and views of Korcula are absololutly breathtaking. This hotel is an average 3*, but the food is very repetitive. By day nine our children (aged 11 .5 and 7) were desperate for something other than dishwater soup. As we went All inclusive, there weren't many drinks and you can only get awful cakes and coffee at 16.00 - 17.00 every day. This is NOT all inclusive. The children couldn't have ice-cream on demand either. I would suggest half board at this hotel, until it improves it's cuisine further. The day trip to Mostar and Bosnia/Herzagovina was really good and value for money. I would also recommend a place one hours bus ride away called Stonn, which is where they have excellent mussels and oysters, which the likes of Tom Cruise, Brandgenlina and other celebrities have flown in to taste these gastronomic delights! These seafood can only be harvested in Stonn and can't grow anywhere else in the world, due to climate and conditons. All in all a very different, but very enjoyable destination and I'm sure we'll be going back to Croatia in the not too distant future. Dobra Viche. The Fosters & Leadbitters.

Just got back (11th Aug 2010) from a great relaxing holiday at Hotel Bellevue. Reviews are mixed but I can tell you that the rooms are basic but good, food is plentiful and we always had enough to eat. We went half board with Balkan Holidays who were most helpful with advice and picking which excursions to take. The downside for me was EasyJet, we were delayed going out and coming back, once on the plane the staff are very good indeed but for some reason they just will not inform you what is going on at the airports. What's weird is the passengers just accept it..oh well that's EasyJet. If you do decide to fly EasyJet make sure you pay the extra £25.00 per person for "speedy boarding". It means you get on the plane first which avoids the scrum for seats.

The weather was in the high 80's both weeks which was fantastic, it seemed to get a bit windy in the afternoon most days but by then we were glad of the welcome relief. The sea is beautiful and clear, warm once you get used to it, the beaches are all pebbly so bring those jelly shoes. We found a cafe about 200m from the hotel (down the steps, turn right) which had its own sunbeds which were free and of course very convenient for food/drinks. The chef there is really good, only a few items on the menu but worth it for value and taste.

The hotel staff were very helpful and speak a multitude of languages, we booked a sea view room with balcony and unfortunately got a tree view room. We tried to change but no others were available. I would say out of all the sea view rooms, only 107 and 108 have a tree in the way but we did book late.

There is a mix of nationalities, very few English which we were very happy about, a few Germans, some French but mostly Italian and Croation. The previous comments about the pool and sunbeds are correct, mostly reserved with towels although if you are that interested in getting a spot by the pool, watch for the change over days as that releases space. Pool is very busy but that provided our entertainment whilst relaxing with a Prossec (pronounced prozzec which is a Croation form of sherry) before dinner.

Dinner is or can be a bit of a bun fight, but the doors open at 1900hrs in the evening which is the very busy time. Avoid that and you'll be fine. There is free beer and wine with the evening meal which was a nice bonus. Food is plentiful but hey..this is a three star hotel, we were more than happy with it.

Overall, look for the best of everything rather than the worst, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay, nice thing about this hotel is the fact that it's on the edge of Orebic, so was fairly peaceful, if you want action, wander in to town of an evening.

Transfer time is 2hrs from Dubrovnic, excursions are excellent, worth a go.