Hotel, ki na vsakem koraku kriči »masovni turizem«
Blue sun Alga hotel se nahaja v srednji Dalmaciji, na Makarski rivieri, v mestecu Tučepi. Gre za velik hotel iz verige hotelov Blue sun. Nahaja se na odlični lokaciji, v bližini centra tega očarljivega obmorskega mesteca in tik ob čudoviti plaži s prelepim morjem.
Tudi, če si ne želite le kopanja in poležavanja na plaži ali ob bazenu, so Tučepi lahko odlično izhodišče za različne aktivnosti in izlete. Lahko se podate na krajši izlet po Makarski rivieri, ki ponuja čudovite morske razglede in prijetno atmosfero v majhnih obmorskih mestecih. Raziskujete lahko lepo gorsko pokrajino v nacionalnem naravnem parku Biokovo ali se podate na vratolomno vožnjo z avtomobilom do tamkajšnjega najvišjega vrha, Sveti Jure. Če ste željni kulturnega turizma, imate samo kakšni dve urici vožnje do lepega, vendar precej dragega Dubrovnika ali zgolj kakšno dobro urico do enega najbolj opevanih hrvaških mest, Splita.
Blue sun Alga hotel naj bi imel 4 zvezdice, vendar bi mu sama pripisala največ 3+. Gre za precej velik hotel, ki na vsakem koraku kriči masovni turizem. Plaža ob hotelu je sicer naravnost veličastna s kristalno čistim morjem čudovite barve in z obilico sence, ki jo nudijo dišeči borovci. Hotel se prav tako ponaša z relativno velikim zunanjim bazenskim kompleksom. Tu pa se tisto najlepše počasi konča.
Prijetne obnovljene sobe
Soba, v kateri sva bivala s partnerjem, je bila sicer lepa, obnovljena letos in tudi relativno velika, vendar je treba poudariti, da sva, kljub temu, da sva bila samo dva, rezervirala družinsko sobo, iz česar lahko sklepamo, da je standardna soba precej manjša. Sicer je bila soba relativno čista, z ne ravno veliko kopalnico, ki pa je imela precej veliko tuš kabino. Klimo sva uravnavala sama, v sobi pa je bil tudi mini bar. Ponudba prigrizkov je bila precej domiselna, z denimo karameliziranimi mandlji, s slanimi mandlji in čipsom z okusom tartufov. Postelja je bila kar udobna, v sobi pa je bilo dovolj prostora za odlaganje oblačil in ostalih stvari, vendar brez obešalnikov v »veži«, kamor bi na primer lahko obesil jakno.
Tudi balkon ni bil pretirano velik, pogled, ki sva ga imela, pa je deloma gledal na parkirišče pod nami, deloma na bazenski kompleks sosednjega, prav tako Blue sun hotela, imel pa je tudi stranski pogled na morje.
Povprečen hotel
Hotel sam po sebi ni nič posebnega. Klasični veliki hotel, namenjen masovnemu turizmu, brez mnogih estetskih detajlov in s povprečno prijaznim osebjem. Takšen, da nate ne pusti posebnega vtisa. Dvigal je bilo premalo za tako velik hotel in bila so zelo počasna. Za razliko od zunanjega bazenskega kompleksa, je bil notranji bazen precej majhen. Hotel naj bi sicer imel tudi savno, vendar sem tja le na hitro pokukala skozi na pol priprta vrata in zazdelo se mi je, da gre zgolj za majhno sobico z eno savno. Opazila sem tudi fitnes.
Največje razočaranje v hotelu, pa je bil zajtrk. Težko je reči, da je bila izbira majhna, vendar so zagotovo pozabili na tiste, ki imamo radi za zajtrk tudi kaj sladkega, kot so denimo različni rogljički ali žepki. Prvi dan sem celo naletela na štručko, ki je bila stara že nekaj dni. Sokovi, ki so jih ponujali, so bili narejeni iz praškov, nekateri zelo brez okusa. Vroče čokolade, kapučina ali drugih tovrstnih napitkov niso ponujali, na voljo sta bila kava ali kakav – slednjega si si naredil sam. Izbor čajev je bil zelo boren, kar je me je, kot veliko ljubiteljico čajev in nekoga, ki ne pije kave, zelo motilo. Največji problem zajtrka pa je bila »hitrost« osebja. Čeprav naj bi zajtrk trajal do 10h, so že nekaj čez 9h bolj ali manj nehali polniti »postaje«, pa tudi sicer so zelo počasi, če sploh na novo polnili postaje z živili, ki jih je zaradi velikega števila gostov hitro zmanjkovalo.
Se bom v hotel še vrnila? Najverjetneje ne, verjamem pa, da se bom še vrnila v Tučepe.
Ocena: 4 / 6
Hotel, that screams »mass tourism«
Blue sun Alga hotel is located in the mid Dalmatia, on Makarska riviera, in a little coastal town Tučepi. We are talking about a big hotel from the Blue sun chain. The hotel is located in a great location, near the town centre of this charming little town and next to a beautiful beach with a magnificent sea.
Even if you don’t want to spend your time only lying on the beach or next to the pool, Tučepi can be a great starting point for various activities and trips. You can go on a short trip down the Makarska riviera, which offers beautiful sea views and a nice atmosphere in the little coastal towns. You can explore a beautiful mountain landscape of national nature park Biokovo or take a crazy drive to the highest top of the destination, Sveti Jure. If you like cultural tourism, you have only a two-hour ride to beautiful, but very expensive Dubrovnik or one-hour ride to one of the most distinguished cities of Croatia, Split.
Blue sun Alga hotel is supposed to have 4 stars, but I would give it 3+ at best. It’s a pretty big hotel, which is screaming »mass tourism« on every step. The beach next to the hotel is truly magnificent with a crystal-clear sea of a beautiful colour and a lot of shade given by the big pine trees. The hotel has a relatively big outside pool area too. But here the nice things slowly end.
Nice renovated rooms
A room in which I was with my partner was nice, renovated this year and relatively big, but I must emphasize that we booked a family room, although we were just two. We can assume that standard rooms are much smaller. The room was relatively clean, with a not really big bathroom which had a big shower, though. We could manage the air-condition ourselves and there was a mini bar in the room too. The offer of small bites was creative, with caramel almonds, salty almonds and chips with truffle flavouring, for example. The bed was rather comfortable and there was enough of space for putting down clothes and other things, but without the hangers for jackets in the doorway.
The balcony wasn’t very big either and it had a view partly on the parking lot, partly on the hotel nearby and a view on the sea on the side.
Average hotel
The hotel itself wasn’t anything special. A standard big hotel for mass tourism, without many aesthetical details and with average staff. It didn’t make a big impression on you. There wasn’t enough elevators and they were very slow. The indoor pool was small. The hotel supposed to have sauna too, but from what I managed to see, when I looked through the partly closed doors, the sauna was just a little room with one sauna. I noticed a fitness too.
The biggest disappointment of the hotel though, was definitely the breakfast. It’s hard to say that the choice was poor, but they definitely forgot about those of us who like sweet things for breakfast, like various croissants. The first day I even got a bun that was a few days old. Juices were made from powders and many of them were without flavour. You couldn’t get hot chocolate or cappuccino or similar beverages. You could only get coffee and cocoa which you made yourself. The variety of teas was very poor, which was a big disappointment for a tea lover like me, who doesn’t drink coffee. But the biggest problem was slow staff. Despite the fact that the breakfast was until 10 a.m., they more or less stopped filling up the stations of food a few minutes after 9 a.m. and even when they were still filling up those stations, they were very slow, which was a problem, because there were a lot of people there.
Will I stay in this hotel again? Probably not, but I believe I will visit Tučepi again.
