Pansion Pirat — Hotel in Grad Zadar

My partner and I stayed at the Pansion Pirat during Love System Festival, at the end of May 2013. Upon arrival to the reception area, we were greeted by the friendly girls behind the front desk. They then took us to the main building where we were staying (this is separate from the reception area) with the help of a golf buggy!||||Once in the room, we were greeted with a very clean and presentable space. The weather was really bad when we arrived, so there was no hot water when using the shower as we were told the water heater ran off solar energy. Fortunately, this wasn't a recurring problem and after waiting an hour, sure enough there was hot water. ||||Anyway, for the price we paid, we couldn't really complain. The only negatives were the inconsistent visits from the cleaner, and, more importantly, the paper thin walls. At times we could hear 'everything' that was going on next door - which wasn't always welcoming when you were trying to get to sleep! Plus, noise travels easily through all the corridors so yeah, don't expect a quiet stay!||||Saying that, the location was great and it was cheap -...

We arrived on a Saturday evening. There was a lot of noice of the nearby beach bar. This was only on Saturday not the other days (we stayed untill friday morning). The covers on the bed were dirty. During the week we stayed, the room was not cleaned (although it was promissed). When we asked explicitly to clean the room, they rearranged the old sheets a little bit and that's it. Breakfast is ok if you come in early. If you're halfway the breakfast period (say 9am) fruit is brown or already taken. There is also no real coffee (only instant coffee). Complaining at the reception might be an option if you're willing to walk 500 meters. When we told the receptionist about our griefs, She told us to be more annoying and ask her colleauges to serve other coffee. Weird answer. In the end they offered us a discount. Overall this was the most expensive stay during our trip in Kroatia but it had the worst service of all and hygiëne...

These apartments were a really great find. We got a very good value deal from the booking.com website and given what we paid we really couldn't have got better. The apartments are really well situated two mins walk from the sea. The apartments were modern, clean with sat tv air conditioning good shower balcony etc. Nice breakfast terrace. Really nice staff. Check in was at Villa Nela which is about three mins walk away - they had a fabulous little beach bar by Villa Nela which was a fab place to chill! Right by the crystal clear sea - as in much of Croatia the beach is pebbly so take beach shoes and a mask and snorkel. They even had free bikes and canoes - brilliant. Petrcane is a pretty little village with a few nice restaurants and great sunsets. We'll...