Gava Waterman Milna Resort – All Inclusive

everything was fine with the accommodation, getting out of the island was a bit difficult

Food quality and choice is dire. Mini Butlins. No Croatian experience. Extremely disappointed. Drinks quality dire. Having to eat out!. Charges if lose key, towels, shuttle bus, even to park your car. No lifeguard, no safety equipment, NO THANK YOU

We stayed at Gava Waterman Milna Resort for 7 days. I’ll start with the good points: - the room was lovely and spacious, bed was comfortable, daily housekeeping, good working aircon. - the entertainment team! Especially Magix, Hugo and Dino. They really made an effort all day everyday to keep everybody entertained, involved and having fun. - the waiters in the restaurant, very quick to clear plates and tables, very helpful. - the views are absolutely beautiful - the pool barman and the pool ice cream worker were really friendly and quick at serving - although we arrived after dinner, they had made all guests a dinner for our arrival - clean pools, good use of inflatables and kayaks in the sea, no need to book. - really friendly guy working the shop, always happy to help. Some really lovely handmade products in there, especially the eucalyptus and lemon body butter. - we had a rainy day but the animation team kept everybody entertained with board games and activities - can get basketballs, vollyballs, footballs and tennis rackets from reception and use the court - giant chess, darts and table tennis in resort too - although not much around, there’s enough to keep you entertained and having fun in the resort Now the not so good points: - an awfully long transfer. We landed in Split around 16:15 and after a coach, a ferry and another coach we arrived at the resort just after 21:30, not ideal with two children. Too late to use any facilities, and then our last day was also spent travelling again, maybe book an extra day to facilitate travelling. - although the food was nice, it was very repetitive and got boring after a week, the same rice, potatoes, salad and different meals to do with chicken, pork or beef. - often a very strange sewage smell every now and then - no facilities in room to make a tea or coffee - junior suite, that was no different to a normal hotel room, just a sofa that was turned in to a bed for the children - sort of in the middle of nowhere, although there are shuttle buses, if you want to go exploring, you’re out all day and again spending a lot of time travelling Overall we did have a really lovely time and would recommend it to anybody looking for a relaxing trip away by the pool and sea :)

We have just had a lovely stay at this resort, despite the very long journey. We arrived late in the day. We were tired and hungry, so were pleased to be told to go to the restaurant. A cold chicken pasta salad had been made for us all. Very tasty and just what we needed. We were then shown to our junior suite, by very helpful and friendly staff. The websites are not very clear, so a bit disappointed that there was only one room to sleep in. It was spotless though, so we made do. We woke in the morning to the most stunning views. The kids loved the inflatable in the sea and the free use of kayaks and paddle boards. Variety of pools and plenty of sun beds. There were 10 of us and we all got beds together. Snack bar and ice creams were great for the kids. Entertainment staff were great fun and loved by us all. Big thank you to Deano and Hugo for teaching Ewan the tactics of chess. We also played tennis, table tennis, outdoor chess, so no boredom on the one rainy day. Found a pretty good running route, if you need a bit of exercise before you relax!! Shuttle bus was great and even picked us up at a later time when we went to Hvar. The food was plentiful and tasty, but often quite the same each day. The biggest thing we would like to say is thank you to all of the staff for making our stay special.

Overall okay experience. Hotel room was nice and clean. The Staff very friendly. The restaurant was a very busy place, food was not that great could have been better. The late night shows where okay, you could see that they tried to perform/sing but was not that great. But the salsa dance lesson where good.

Brilliant for children. Pizza anytime! Sea only accessible over rocks to a floating pontoon and a vertical ladder into deep water. Walk into the lovely Milna is 40 miutes, not pleasant in 28 degrees !! Stairs in room steel fire escape type up to mezzanine sleeping area. Food too repetitive and dining areas are like a Butlins camp. Kids will love it, tailor made for them. shuttle bus to Milna 4 times a day at 2 euros per person one way.

My wife and I arrived on 7th June as part of the Titan Tour. I will commence with the plus points: The complex is kept clean. The reception staff are wonderful / helpful friendly and polite. Our first allocated room was not in a great position (ground floor by a path where others walked passed giving little or no privacy also meaning you could not safely leave your windows open at night. (Added to which there are a great number of cats roaming the complex and we did not want to have one enter our room). The hotel staff were happy to change the following day and allocated a top floor room which was perfect with lovely views over the water. For those who are used to 4 star accommodation, take note - there are no 'vanity packs' in the bathroom / bathrobes etc. The shampoo / liquid soap provided is very thin (like water) and created little or no lather - highly recommend taking your own. There were no tea / coffee making facilities - travel kettle recommended! One side of our bed had a bed side table, the other, a stool was placed for use as a table - but it was convex - therefore you could not use it safely for liquid!! The air conditioning stopped working on the day prior to our check out. This could not be rectified, as we were leaving the following morning, this was not too much of a problem. The minus points - Titan / Saga customers are of a certain age. If you are happy sharing your holiday and hotel time with families with small children running around (often unsupervised) in the dining room / picking up food and putting it back onto the trays & two I witnessed giving an item a taste test before putting it back - then this is the perfect place for you! (I would like to point out, I am not anti children - just very anti parents who do not supervise their little darlings). The food itself (and I am being kind) was not good. Most of what you see for lunch, will be repeated at dinner but in a slightly different format. My advice is to stick to the hard boiled eggs for breakfast and salad for lunch and dinner. The fresh fruit was often past its best! The chicken was the only meat which was not tough. I tried the fish (mackerel served two consecutive days). You could not cut it. The fish had been cooked to death - very very dry! My wife and I walked into Milna and dined out at a local restaurant on a couple of occasions in order to have a decent (and quiet) meal. The one bar (open to the elements) was staffed for the most part by one person so be prepared to wait for poor quality spirits & beer (again advice - take some duty free with you or buy some drinks in the shops in Milna. Be aware - access to the bar is via a slope as is the pool used mainly by adults. There is another pool available but this is heavily occupied by the families with young children. The hotel is situated on a slope overlooking the sea - it is very pretty indeed, but ------if you have mobility difficulties (which thankfully we do not) a stay

Amazing animation team, interesting and fun program at the kids club and a lot of daily activities. The food is very taste, we really enjoyed the Mexican dinner at the restaurant pizza and ice cream also ,I like the infinity pool I spend a lot of time there with my kids