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the macdonalds from sunderland travelled to Punta Verudela Apartments with
flyglobspan
on a family holiday.
There were 4 adults and 2 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 08 2007 |
rated the Punta Verudela Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness |  | | Location |  | | Staff |  | | Food |  | |
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| said: we stayed at these appartments in august. Our only grief was they had no air con. (The newer same named resort next to it did have air con). But as soon as we climatised it was ok.
studio was small but apt, we only slept in it and had breakfast. No sheet change while we were there but towels were. Restaurants on site we great all sold relatively the same and the same pricing and cheap, steak and egg plus extras £7.50 which we thought was good, thought the drinks were expensive though.
Pool was great my kids were never out, althought sunbeds did become a bit scarse there are plenty of chairs. this is the only holiday i have paid for sunbeds around a pool.
There is not really a beach but they have what i would call a great prom, all different levels of walk way were people laid. I would definatley recommend beach shoes as when you get into the sea it is very rocky. The sea was great and warm.
You can walk quite away around the coast using the prom and there are restaurants on the way.
This was a very cheap holiday, and well worth the money Croatia is beautiful.
Would go back for a week and for a second holiday but not for our main holiday.
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David, Lisa and Jonathan from Seaham travelled to Punta Verudela Apartments with
Flyglobespan
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 1 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 08 2007 |
rated the Punta Verudela Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We've just arrived back for the Punta Verudella Apartments in Pula and we were mainly unimpressed with this complex, although to be fair - It was incredibly inexpensive to get here so I guess for that reason it wasn't too bad.
The complex is about 2.5km from the city centre (70 kuna each way for taxi) and is built up of self catering apartments with a 3 star hotel and a 4 star hotel all in it. The studio apartment we had was quite small and very basic. The beds weren't that comfortable and there was no air conditioning.(found out later you can rent fans for 5 euros per night) The shower had only half a cubicle which meant that the floor got soaked everytime someone showered and the kitchen was very basic with two cooking rings (only 1 worked), a small fridge and basic utensils. There was no kettle or toaster, so very restricted to what you could cook.
The pool area is lovely. One large deep pool, one medium sized slightly shallower pool and a small dipping pool with a water slide attached. There is also another pool near the waters edge with a big hydro slide (inexpensive and good fun for kids)
You need to be at the sunbeds before 915 am (pool opens 9am) to get a lounger or chair. After that, there's not much room around the poolside. Loungers are payable (15 kuna each per day) but usuable all day so free to leave towel on them for lunch etc. There's an inexpensive restaurant and bar near the pool and good for snacks. This is where the main day and evening entertainment programme begins and ends, however everything is repeated in about six different languages and can become tedious at times during the day !
The entertainment team worked hard but I likened it to Butlins... Animation team doing nearly everything with few acts brought in. If you don't go to this, you aint missing much ! We'd rather find a good restaurant and make a night of it there. Plenty around the complex, our favourites were the day and night bar and the Sirena Taverna (part of Hystria hotel) There's also another fish restaurant along by the marina which was very good although expensive. Everything finishes by 11.30pm latest! so if you like to party hard, avoid this place like the plague! If the quiet life is what you prefer, then this is ideal as hardly any disturbance after midnight.
There are very few English here. Most are Italians, Croations, Russians or German. There's plenty of sports to do, if you're inclined (we found it too hot!) and the sea is lovely and warm to swim in.
We never saw a maid once during our stay although our towels were dumped in the room on two occasions (once without locking the door after them!) No change in bedding or a quick sweep/mop during the entire week. Prepare to have to do this yourself!.
There's a good supermarket on the complex which was reasonably priced and caters for all needs.
We took a taxi into Pula and was impressed with the city. Lots of nice shops and the amphitheatre is amazing and not expensive to enter and have a look around. You can get the local bus (2a or 3a)from outside the resort and near to the barriers but we chose a taxi as it rained hard the day we decided to go.
Overall... not a bad holiday for the price we paid, although we won't be rushing back!
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nobby from weston-super-mare travelled to Punta Verudela Apartments with
balkan/easyjet
on a friends holiday.
There were 4 adults and 5 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 05 2007 |
rated the Punta Verudela Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness |  | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: 3 storey apartments, Quite small but OK for 2 adults + 2 children. Would not recommend for 4/5 adults.
Cooking facilities and utensils abysmal, very basic. As for the cleaners they were non-existant in our apartment although they were there. We had to ask at reception for a change of towels and got them on day 5. Also asked for toilet paper and told "first one free, rest you buy".
Wheeley bins were at the end of the block so we put rubbish in them after getting overrun with ants.
Also be careful with your washing when on grounnd floor as we had towels and shorts stolen first day.
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Kevin from Smith travelled to Punta Verudela Apartments with
Balkan Holidays
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 2 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 08 2005 |
rated the Punta Verudela Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: The worst resort I have ever stayed except the fact we could use the 4 star hotel facilites next door. When I complained basically it was tough.
It's a shame because if the resort spent a bit of money it could be nice. And make sure its for families. The resort had lots of noisy teenagers.
The rooms were awful with the shower being the worse. I was concerened what I could catch if I didn't have shoes on in the shower. The provision of pots and pans etc was OK.
Just thought we did have a broken stair banister (nails showing) which took 2 days to fix after a heated discussion with the reception in which I felt any more complaints I was out.
Entertainment not for the British I'm affraid, if you get my drift.
Shops OK although typical self catering facilities. I was warned that I should not of gone but seeing the report in the brochure and having a young family thought it was ideal.
The holiday rep was superb having to put up with lots of complaints from several famiies.
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Marie Giles from Brookville, Norfolk travelled to Punta Verudela Apartments with
Golden Sun
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 09 2004 |
rated the Punta Verudela Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We stayed at the Punta Verudela Apartments in September 2004.
It was very much like a rundown holiday camp, and the whole complex needs major refurbishment. We were lucky enough to be upgraded to a superior room over looking the bay as the complex was fully booked. Had we not have been upgraded, we would have spent the week cramped into the smallest studios I've ever seen.
Apart from the accomodation needing modernising and some cosmetic work, the cleaniness was also very sub-standard. Dirty crockery in the cupboards, crumbs in the fridge and hair in the shower.
The staff were not particularly friendly either, with the exception of one receptionist.
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Smith from Pula travelled to Punta Verudela Apartments with
Thomson
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 2 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 06 2002 |
rated the Punta Verudela Apartments as follows:| Cleanliness |  | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: This is a wonderful hotel. We were very pleased when we arrived and saw the vast array of shops and resturants to choose from.
The apartments were furnished to a very high standard and were spacious. The pools were large, clean and good fun for the children. There were lots of other people for the children and us to meet. However the facilities were never stretched and we never felt that it was crowded. The only downside was that the resort was a little bit out of town.
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