Name: Villa Dalmatino
Address: Biskupa Bijankovica 1a, 21322 Brela, Croatia, Brela, Brela, Brela, 21322, Croatia
Rating: 8

Air conditioning

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Cable TV

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Ironing

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Snack bar

Kettle

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Free Wi-Fi

Internet

German

English

Italian

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Bike rental

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Free parking

Parking

Next to the beach

Pool and beach

Cycling

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Pets Not Allowed

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Brela Beach

Maestral Beach

Brela Soline Beach

Punta Rata Public Beach

Punta Rata Beach

Loznica Beach

Podrace Beach

Ikovac Beach

Podluka Beach

Split Airport

Villa Dalmatino

Brela

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safe

mini-bar

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breakfast-for-2

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wi-fi

kitchen

Brela in mid May is a very very quiet beautiful village with many 'soft' pebble beaches along which there are attractive paths set along the coast amongst the pine trees.   In the summer season we were told it is a great deal busier.  Villa Dalmatino is a little way up the hillside near the centre of the village just a short walk to the harbour.   
We booked the top floor 'comfort' apartment which is somewhat larger than any of the other apartments and has two large balconies with stunning views.   It was very clean and well equipped with a large comfortable double bed [and two convertible sofas which we did not use], a kitchen alcove with a large fridge, four electric hotplates, coffee maker and sink unit.   Plenty of cutlery, crockery etc but no electric kettle, oven or microwave.   The bathroom has a very powerful electric shower with 'massage' sprays from the side as well as the normal overhead sprays.   It did take quite a long time for hot water to appear but this could have been because we were on the top floor and also the only guests staying at the property at this time. Towels were provided but not dish cloths or any cooking consumables [Salt, cooking oil, washing  up liquid etc.]  WiFi was available but the signal was somewhat erratic.
A small supermarket and a chemist are just outside the villa and two more supermarkets, post office and bakery with a handful of other shops further down by the beach.  There are a number of small restaurants by the pretty harbour - Konobo Feral was recommended by the helpful owner and we agreed with his advice.  
Weather was perfect for our stay but imagine it would be much hotter in the season and then the noise from the air conditioning units belonging to a nearby hotel might be a nuisance if one was on one of the lower floors.  Our only annoyance was a bulldozer re-arranging the pebbles on the beach for a couple of days!
It was well worth paying a little extra for the top floor apartment for the extra space and for the amazing views from the balcony.    The downside is the number of stairs to climb to the third floor.   Also be aware that there is a choice of a very steep or a slightly longer and less steep  walk down to the beach [and back up again!] so anyone with mobility difficulties might have problems.
We loved this apartment and would recommend it to anyone who wants a relaxing 'do little' holiday on a very pretty part of this coast.   One might find other cheaper places nearby - but for us, this was perfect.

Stunning views

We read about Brela in Lonely Planet and once we arrived, decided to stay two nights instead of island hopping to Hvar as the town is lovely and quaint, not too big and the beach is one of the best on the coast.  We used Booking.com mobile app to find a place to stay and chose Villa Dalmatino based on its modern clean look and price.  When we arrived in Brela we called the number on the sign outside the apartment and asked if they had any vacancies (we knew there was space via booking.com).  The polite and helpful manager advised by phone that they didn't have any vacancies but when I mentioned booking.com he explained they couldn't sell us that room as it was exclusive to the reservation system.  I suggested that perhaps I could I book it on my mobile and he agreed.  It was a strange way to acquire a room but it worked!  

We booked a one bedroom apartment on the ground floor for $59 euros per night.  It was perfect!  Modern, clean and all the amenities.  Two lovely Croatian ladies arrived minutes after we completed the booking online and helped us with the paperwork and keys and although neither spoke English it all worked out great.  We were provided the parking spot right beside our unit which was really nice as it has been mention parking is very difficult in Brela.  

All in all a wonderful experience.  Booking an apartment instead of a hotel room was a different experience, but was handled very professionally by the staff.

Only complaint is that free wifi is advertised but it is actually accessible in the cute cafe above the apartment.  Coffee in the morning overlooking the sea and checking email was not a real inconvienence however.

Great little apartment a minute from the beach

We lived in a room with a large balcony overlooking the sea. Nice views of the sea, the ability to lower the canopy if you want shade. Comfortable room. Minute walk to the beach. Not the first line, but the sound of the sea heard. Parking, internet, everything you need in stock. Of small flaws - the noise from the air conditioner of the neighboring large hotel (slightly interferes only if it is on the balcony) and delicious smells from the restaurant in the same villa))

Convenient location.

Stayed four nights with my wife and small child. The hotel is well situated a bit higher on the hill together with the Soline hotel. Brela-Soline beach is just 5 min walking although we quickly discovered much better beaches walking 10 min further on the right.

The house is quite new, no more than 10 years, and very well maintained. It contains several apartments with kitchen and toilet, and one or two rooms (didn't see any of those). The rooms are functionally design, nothing fancy, but comfortable. A big minus is the terrible noise that comes from the nearby Hotel's AC installation, this makes impossible sleeping with the balcony's door opened!

Our first intention was to see the village and choose some place to stay, but there is literally no place to park in Brela, all of them belong to private houses. We asked someone where could we park and the owner of the "Vila Dalmatino" kindly offered us to see their apartments and to park in their parking. We agreed in the price, 65 EUR night, and we decided to stay.

The full experience has been a bit bitter, we have soon discovered there are nicer and more comfortable houses near better beaches further on the right of Soline and even cheaper! less than 40 EUR night.

Nevertheless the worse has been the owner's behavior. She did not return to us the passports after the check in, after asking for them at least three times, she just returned two of them saying that "we would get the third after we pay on our departure for she had vary bad experiences in the past"

Last day I expressed her my disappointment for she is none to judge people and she is stealing her own's guests freedom. Maybe ridiculous feeling but she made me feel kidnapped at the "Hotel California" After that ugly detail and the fact that she extended us a bill in EUR (!), Croatian Tax Agency for sure gets no tax from that I guess..., I am very sure I am not coming back.

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