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I don’t know about you but I rely a lot more on pictures than I do on prose when choosing a hotel. One person’s “modern” is another person”s “bland”. The hotel I find quaint you might find old-fashioned. Maybe because of the internet, I would find it nearly unthinkable to book a hotel now without examining a series of pictures.

But even pictures can lie, as anyone skilled in Photoshop knows. Videos are the latest thing and, on that score, Valamar hotels is leading the way. Croatia’s largest hotel chain Valamar Hotel & Resorts now has videos on its website of all 38 hotels, apartment villages and campsites. It’s a great idea and well-executed. Each video runs about two minutes and covers everything from check-in at the hotel reception to drinks at the bar, meals in the restaurant, available activities and, of course, the rooms. It’s amazing how much hotel atmosphere can be conveyed in a short video.

Take Porec, for example, known for its UNESCO-protected Euphrasian Basilica. Valamar Hotels and Resorts runs nine hotels and six apartment villages and in and around town apart from the all-inclusive Valamar Club Tamaris for active families. If you need to know the difference between staying at the four-star Valamar Diamant and the three-star Valamar Luna Active Resort, a few minutes watching the hotel videos will make it all clear.

Leaving Porec and travelling down the Croatian coast there are Valamar hotels in Rabac, Krk Island and, finally four hotels in Dubrovnik. The Argosy and Tirena are good-value three-star hotels; the Dubrovnik President is a splendid four-star establishment and the Valamar Club Dubrovnik is there for active families. Which to choose? Start with the videos at www.valamar.com

Valamar Club Tamaris

Hotel Dubrovnik President

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