They call themselves Croatia's finest resort hotel. Travel bulletin board reviewers call them the 11th best hotel in Dubrovnik. So they may not be quite as good as they thought, but the Dubrovnik Palace Hotel is not a bad place to enjoy some luxury accommodation in (we think) Croatia's most gorgeous city.

MORE]]> amandak 2007-06-27T10:58:57-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/13/103358/352 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Le_Meridien_Lav.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>On the spectacular Croatian coast, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Le+Meridien+Lav%2C+Split/local/536"><b>Le Meridien Lav</b></a> near Split has now been open in its new renovated form since January this year, and so far it's getting good feedback, rocketing to number 3 on the TripAdvisor rankings out of almost 30 Split hotels.</p><p>The biggest downside is that Lav's Le Meridien is a fair way out of the town of Split, and you either need to use a taxi, the three times daily courtesy bus, or have your own car or rental. But if you plan to stay in the hotel for most of your holiday, there are plenty of plus points: a great gym, indoor and outdoor pools as well as the private beach, amandak 2007-06-13T13:03:11-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/12/6038/05193 <![CDATA[<p><p> <i>Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>.<p> In this episode, Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/amandak/stories">Amanda K</a> picks out her ideal summer getaway. Enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/pucic_palace.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>The European summer is on the way (I'm thinking positive). Time to start amandak 2007-03-12T09:35:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/25/42127/6530 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/lemeidien_split.png" class="imgborder"/><p>Le Meridien has hit the Mediterranean with the opening of the <a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/lemeridien/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1956"><b>Le Meridien Lav Hotel</b></a> in Split, the largest city on Croatia's Dalmatian Coast. Right on the beach and with access to ferries and yachts going all over the Croatian coast from its busiest port, the newest Le Meridien resort features nearly 400 guest rooms and suites, eight restaurants and bars and even a casino. If you want to get active, they offer tennis, water sports, rock climbing and abseiling. </p><p>Opening specials are available now: with buffet breakfast and dinner for two, you can get a double room for $160. With a seafood restaurant, several international cafes and restaurants and even a health food and exotic cocktails amandak 2007-01-25T09:45:16-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/9/7/1080/88363 <![CDATA[<p><p><i>You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.</i><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/antiview_dubrovnik.jpg"><p>A tipster pointed us to this Anti-View from the <a href="http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=DBVHIHI"><b>Hilton Imperial Dubrovnik</b></a> in juliana 2006-09-07T10:08:00-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/