Blue Waves Resort

The hotel is equivalent to a three star hotel. The best feature is the outdoor swimming pool which fits 10 to 12 people at once and the view from some of the rooms. The beach is not swimmable for children under the age of 12 because of the steep sea surface terrain, rocks and sharp edges. The main center of Malinska is 2,3 kilometres hike away. The hotel restaurant offers breakfast and dinner buffets that are decent but repetitous. Half of the staff were helpful. The other half gaves us misinformation about dining possibilities or did not react at first asking to our requests of getting a waterheater or having the cars blocking the driveway removed. We stayed here for two nights and I think that was well enough.

We had booked an ocean view family suite and while yes, it is a view of the ocean, you look out over a cluttered view of their restaurant roof-top. A family suite is essentially 2 separate hotel rooms with two doors and locks but with a single door beyond those two. A buffet breakfast is included in the stay but when we went down for breakfast, almost all tables in the restaurant were reserved for people on bus tours. Even though those tables were empty, we had to wait a long time for one of the few tables that wasn't reserved to free up. The beach is rocky so take beach shoes if you go. There is a walkway to other beaches that aren't so rocky so that is an option. The outdoor pool area is nice. For the indoor pool, you must make a reservation in advance in order to use it. Overall, the resort is average. There is nothing particularly outstanding, nor awful. It's just an okay place to stay.

We enjoyed our time at the resort. The play area near the pool was great. However, the kids club was a little disappointing as it was located in the hotel bar on cool or rainy days.