Faraon Hotel

Perfectly located hotel in the pretty town/village of Trpanj, facing the sea and small harbour. The tourist season and warmer weather hasn’t quite started in early May so that does limit activities a little. A rental car is a must, not only to travel from the airport at Dubrovnik but also to visit other places of interest. ( The road into and out of Orebic is a little hair raising if you’re unused to steep mountain roads). The road surfaces are generally excellent and towns and areas well signposted. There are a number of walking trails through the town and along the coastline which are delightful and with fabulous views of sheltered coves. One of the coves is apparently well known for its‘medicinal mud’ with its healing properties. The interior of the hotel is clean but somewhat dated and would benefit from some additional touches which shouldn’t be too expensive but would give that extra element of comfort to guests. For example, on cooler evenings, there is no indoor area to relax after the evening meal and the provision of rugs or light blankets on the terrace outside the cocktail bar would encourage guests to relax there and purchase drinks. All members of the staff team were friendly, polite and helpful and the all inclusive menu selection was adequate, although often the hot food could have been hotter. If visiting the area again in the future, I would be happy to stay at the hotel but would be keen to once again have a room on the lower floors, as there are a number of stairs and no lift.

An establishment like "big cavalry" without any charm. Good breakfast buffet, to enjoy in off-peak hours to avoid the flow of hungry.

A hidden gem of a view surrounded by Mountains and the sea but 2 hours away from Dubrovnik and expensive if you want to venture out. It really is beautiful here in a quaint village but it was very far to do activities especially if you want to be in Dubrovnik. Food is meh, a little boring and basic. Room is basic, dated, went for the family room as two friends the single chair is a pull out, not much room to walk around. Tiny toilet with shower and a bad hairdryer. There are a couple of bars/cafes but these were used by the locals. The 2/3 restaurants near us were closed could be due to early season. You do have your own small private beach but there are no sun loungers and it’s pebbles no sand. You can fish here if you get a licence. Pool is quite small but hotel is small. On arrival we were met by a coach full of 40 Kids on some sort of trip. They were very loud, rude no manners whatsoever, thankfully we were told they were only here for 2 nights but the fact you can’t group book here but allow 40 loud mouthed kids is ridiculous. Bar is self serve, you get a small handful of liquors, beer and soft drinks. Upstairs there is another bar with more drinks but you have to pay, still affordable. They do “cocktails” for an hour only per day very strong and not much choice. The snacks are for an hour per day these consist of fruit that’s been left out for a bit too long and biscuits. Definitely do your research about either renting a car etc if you plan to go to other areas if you are coming here even going by bus is a good 2-3 hours and ferries don’t seem reliable as they only run a few times a day to do things to go from Trpanj to Ploce cross the way. Ploce has numerous coffee shops and maybe 2/3 restaurants but that’s it. You can take a walk to the lakes but that’s as much as it has to be honest. No lifts are here, you need to go up about 4 flights of stairs outside before going up 3 more stairs to 2nd floor. I wouldn’t say this was rated as 3 stars more 2. For the view it’s worth it but everything else it is a let down. They advertise that you can do kayaking out the front or rent a boat but when asked at the hotel they said no. This could be due to the fact it was the middle of May but still. Hotel desperately needs an update. Water taxis would be a good idea rather than just a ferry now and again. I found that the locals would be not very welcoming unfortunately, it’s very clearly not a tourist place to go but at least make visitors feel welcome instead of making comments and making you feel uncomfortable. In the hotel restaurant terrace, everywhere in fact they allow smoking so you could be eating dinner with someone next to you smoking. The 2/3 bars and cafes they chain smoke in there, it’s very smoky and uncomfortable if you have asthma. You will come out stinking of cigarettes. I didn’t think you could smoke inside anymore but this area doesn’t seem to mind. If you enjoy a hike there is plenty of routes but they are unmarked so not the safest. I really didn’t want this to be a negative review but the only highlights for me were it was a dog friendly hotel so whilst I couldn’t do anything I could see cute dogs which made me happy and the views were absolutely incredible as we were up in the mountains.