Myself and my partner stayed in the prestige apartment in mid September. Flying into Split airport from the UK. We arranged to be collected from the airport by the owners of the property, at a charge of 12 euros this was good value and we were collected promptly following our arrival and taken straight to the villa.

The drive was around 15 minutes, passing through Trogir and meant we could start our trip straight away without a worry rather than struggling to find the place, and I think it would have been fairly hard to find without the owners.

The prestige apartment is on the ground floor and is the largest in the block, it enjoys a direct access from the patio doors to the pool, and there is a nice view from the living area/front room over the coast to the other islands, I think the views on the floors above must be even better. The pool is large enough for a dip and a few people, it is clean and fairly private and the direct access from the prestige apartment was a bonus.

The living area was very well equipped for a holiday and had all of the equipment/furniture that you could need. There was a small kitchen with a cooker, hobs, fridge and kettle etc. The living area also had a large 6 seater table, two sofas, a plasma TV wall mounted and air conditioning. We really liked the apartment and thought it was very well presented and equipped. It is ideal for 2.

The bedroom had a large bed, some storage and air con, pretty basic but as required. The bathroom was quite large and had all the usual plus a washing machine. All in all there is pretty much everything you need to stay on a short or longer break, and the owners are keen then no matter how long you stay, you see the place as your home and feel comfortable in it. For that reason, no one enters the apartment during a stay, clean towels etc are left on the door for you, and dirty ones taken away. It was nice to not be woken by cleaners in the early hours every day like some places.

The apartments are located in an area of Ciovo which was quiet and around 10 minutes away from the main harbour of Okrug with the few restaurants and bars. It is from here that the water taxi runs to Trogir, which takes around 20 minutes. The taxi runs every hour and is the best way to get to Trogir unless you fancy the 40 or so minute walk. The final return from Trogir was at 10pm when we stayed in september, but I gather it may run later in high season.

There were a couple of shops nearby, but we found it best to take the walk half way to the harbour where the bigger stores are located.

When we were there we visited Split and Hvar, both times by getting the water taxi to Trogir, then the bus from Trogir to Split. To get to Hvar you must then take the catamaran to Hvar Town, but this does mean an overnight stay - It is definately worth it though. Hvar is lovely. To split from the apartment it took around 2 hours, to Hvar it is another hour on the catamaran. You can get by without a car, as we did, but I think hiring a car would be a bonus, especially if you want to explore some more of Croatia.

If you have a late flight, it would be worth seeing if you can arrange something with the owners in advance, we had to depart the apartment at 10:00 am as there was another booking straight after us, but didn’t need to be at the airport until 18:00, so spent a lot of the last day milling around really, just waiting for the day to tick away.

When we stayed, unfortunately we were cursed with 3 or so days of grey and rain, but the last few days were hot around 27 degrees and the forecast for the week or so after was very good, so just unlucky but worth bearing in mind if you plan to go for just a week when the weather is less consistent in September.

All in all, the apartment was clean and had everything you could ask for a break we felt really comfortable and enjoyed staying there. If you don’t mind a little journey for a variety of bars and restaurants and a nice quiet base to explore then this is for you. If you prefer to be in the centre of everything and have a lot of bars and restaurants on the doorstep it’s maybe not for you.

A couple of other points not related to the apartment – as you often find in such places, prices vary quite a lot in bars and restaurants and it is worth looking around rather than just jumping into the first place. A 0.5 litre beer varied in cost from 15 – 25 kuna (£2-£3) in Ciovo/Trogir and food was the same. We got caned when ordering some fish by the Kg in Trogir, really caned, and were left with a big bill for a scrawny bit of fish, so do be careful about that. On the whole food was similarly priced to the UK.

If you are looking for somewhere very close to the apartment, try the ‘mali raj’ on the hill down to the harbour, we found it the best place locally.

Hvar town is very expensive for drinks, but worth it for the atmosphere.

We have stayed in Villa Sunrise for two weeks and were lucky enough to have excellent weather.Althought we had a plans to make a lot of excursions during our stay, such a good weather changed our plans and we spent a lot of time laying by the pool,enjoying in bird songs and reading some of the books from private collection of Villa that we found in our apartment.Pool was cristal clear and quite big for Villas standards.Pool has a L shape so we have had a chance to use sun beds on one side of the pool and to not be seen from anyone from another side which was another good thing.

Villa has amazing open seaview that we have enjoyed every morning when we woke up.

There is small market just a 100 meters from Villa that we have visited every morning for breakfast with very nice stuff.

Beach is 300 meters far away from Villa,in April the sea temperature was still low for our taste, some 18 С, but we enjoyed in walks and a few jogging tours.Island Ciovo is great place for exploring hidden bays and there is always some that is waiting just for you,with nobody else around.

Owners of the Villa are excelent, speaking a few foreign languages,well educated, helped us with some advices about our excursion plans.One of the excursions we have done is visit to Dubrovnik,it is 250 km far away from Trogir so we get up early in the morning and came back late evening.We have done also visit to National Park Plitvice,it is 3 hours drive from Trogir.Oboth places are brilliant and worth to be seen.Position of Villa is excellent for doing excursions,it is situated in the middle of region,close enough to all bigger attractions to be reached during one day excursion.Island Hvar is also close enough,it is only one and half hour drive with ferry.We were also in Split,capital of Dalmatia,spent very nice evening.

But after all this excursion we must say that Trogir is most beautiful small town from those we saw during our stay,we have enjoyed in a few great dinners in a local restaurants and romantic walks through this small town.

Villa Sunrise is great place to stay,very fair price for luxury two weeks vacation.We can only say,we loved it.

We stayed in Villa Sunrise’s president apartment for a one week. What we found extremely positive about Villa was the quietness of the building itself and the surroundings. On a few mornings there were a noise from the neighboring building which is still under construction, but it didn’t disturb us too much. Also the local beach was really tranquil and original: there were no crowds of tourists or loud music, just super clear water and bunch of local kids playing.

Nearby the Villa there were few restaurants (200-500 meters) and everything we ate at those places was delicious. Also small grocery store nearby was really good and we were able to find pretty much everything we needed from there. For other services, shops, restaurants etc. it was always longer walk or bus ride.

Busses from the Villa were bit challenging as timetables seem to be different everywhere and we weren’t always quite sure whether the bus would come all the way to Businci (which is some kind of extra stop, busses don’t always go there). For us it was most of the time easiest to walk two kilometers and catch a boat ride to Trogir, but for some, climbing the steep hillside in the hot sunshine back to the Villa could be too much.

The Villa and our room itself was pretty much the same as presented at the website. Only thing that we understood differently from the website was the size of the president apartment: from the site you get an idea that there is separate living room and bedroom but actually these were just one room where there was a bed and sofa-beds for one and two, and one small closet. For us, two adults, there was enough space but I guess it could get pretty cramped with more people. Otherwise everything was fine and we really enjoyed the pool, sea view and huge balcony.

Overall we enjoyed our stay. In the beginning some things felt bit confusing especially as we didn’t find much information or maps from the web, but locals were so friendly and helpful that in no time we felt like home.

First I can say about our stay in Villa Sunrise is that we felt like in our own home.And that is what impressed as more than anything else.It is not a five star hotel where you will have ll the services you can imagine, but this quiet and very private Villa has a quality that you will not find easy and you will want to go back again.

Owners of the Villa were perfect hosts, very well educated young couple,very friendly and with a prefect sense for our needs.They helped us with everything we wanted to know,even checked ferry lines to island Hvar and Brac and showed us where to buy tickets but when we did not need them we did not seen them for a days,like they were invisible, and still they came to check and maintain Villa each day.Everything worked perfect and we enjoyed in this top privacy.Even the gate of the pool has own key and nobody without it can enter in,same thing is with main door of the Villa.As we heard later,owners dont live in the Villa.

Bird songs in the morning is the only "noise" you will hear around.Apartment had big living room with a beautifull bathroom and big bath tube.Colours in apartments are very bright and we had a oportunity to see other apartments too and saw that each apartment has its own colours.Colours are based on feng shui philosophy and even as we dont know too much about it we felt good inside and that was sign for us that it is really working.

One wall in the entrance of the Villa is in red colour and it brings luck to people inside,near entrance is a small lake with golden fishes that makes people inside rich.That is a part of the story about the colours from my amateur view.Now I am getting started to think about doing some of that things in my own home.

Pool is quiet big and as Villa has limited number of guests,you can always find a moments for your privacy to be alone on the pool and enjoy.

Bus lines goes to Trogir cca 10 times during the day and it is usually enough to organize your excursions.From Trogir you can than go anywhere you want and visit any popular destination in Croatia.

At the end, I can only say that I can recommend this beautifull Villa to anybody.