Porec as a town doesn't have much to do once you have walked the old town a couple of times ad done a couple of excursions. However, the hotel Pical is a great base, although slightly out of town it has a beach at the entrance. The beaches are not the traditional sandy beaches, they are rocky and grassy, however... More

We stayed at this hotel in October 2011.A little dated but very clean and the food was very good with a good choice and the people very friendly.A nice location, if a little way out of Porec but there is a land train nearby.Lovely coastline ,although no sandy beaches.Can thoroughly recommend a visit to Rovinj, so nice we stayed for... More

I booked a week at the Hotel Pical as a birthday suprise for my wife. We have been to Croatia before, two years ago, but this was south of Dubrovnik at Cavtat, this was also through Thomsons and was the perfect holiday. As in the other reviews it is correct to say that the hotel is in need of a... More

Very friendly staff, great food, amazing setting next to the sea in pine woodland and only a 20 minute stroll to the stunning town and harbour of Porec. Our room could have done with some updating and our 1st floor balcony overlooked a flat roof but it was comfortable. There were no tea/coffee facilities in the room which was a... More

Agree that hotel could do with a lick of paint. We have been spoilt over the years, staying in 5* accommodation, but we had visited 26 years ago, and were, well, hoping that things would be familiar. I am always impressed with the linguistic skills of our fellow Europeans. Unlike the staff at this hotel, I cannot speak any language... More

Spent a week with Saga on AI, second time in two years, great food, great clean well staffed hotel ( if a little dated as some reviews also state ) - the food and catering staff are what make this a great hotel. Always ask for Sea View on 4th floor. Would recommend to anyone for a week, town is... More

Have just returned from 14 days at Pical. The plus points: food great: staff very good: Thomson Rep first class: pool and garden areas never overcrowded even when hotel full: The negative points: many rooms allocated to Thomson are noisy, particularly from kitchen: much of hotel reminds one that this is an old communist country, lots of unpainted concrete (does... More

I recently stayed at the Pical Hotel for 2 weeks with my wife and two friends, and I can honestly say that we had a wonderful stay. As everyone says the Hotel could do with a coat of paint, but other than that the food is the best we have had in 30 years of going abroad and all the... More

It began very well with the Thompson flight on time, with very nice cabin staff and a lovely short 2hr flight over to Croatia. We were met by a Saga representative and were shown to our coach. On reaching the hotel our luggage was taken off for us and would later be left outside our rooms. As our rooms were... More