Maistra Select Family Hotel Amarin
Fifty metres from the sea, with four pools across a green peninsula
About this hotel
Amarin Hotel sits on a green peninsula just 50 m from the sea, with an outdoor swimming complex spreading across four separate pools built for parents, children and babies respectively, a genuine rarity in scale among Rovinj's family hotels. A main board restaurant runs a special children's buffet alongside its regular offer, and rooms and suites carry air conditioning and a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, private bathrooms stocked with bathrobes, slippers and free toiletries. Beyond the pools, the hotel runs a Wellness and Spa zone, playgrounds of the new generation, sports activities for all ages and a specially designed baby, mini and teen club structure. À la carte dining is available at the Lovor Real Grill and Marsea Restaurant, and Rovinj's Old Town is reachable in 4 km, with a bus stop 100 m from the property and Pula Airport 38 km south.
- Four-pool outdoor complex
- Green peninsula setting
- Baby, mini and teen clubs
- Wellness and Spa zone
Our take
Maistra Select Family Hotel Amarin is the family resort I would book first in Rovinj: it stands on a green peninsula 50 m from the sea, with four outdoor pools for parents, children and babies, a Wellness and Spa zone, and baby, mini and teen clubs through the season. A 9.5 score from 3,849 reviews is a strong, well-tested result. Rovinj's Old Town is 4 km away, so evenings in town need a short ride.
- ✓Match children to the right club, baby, mini or teen, at check-in to get the season's schedule
- ✓Try the children's buffet at the main restaurant before booking the à la carte options separately
- ✓Walk the 50 metres to the sea for a swim before the pools fill up mid-morning
Why we love it
- Four separate pools for different ages
- Fifty metres from the sea on a green peninsula
- Baby, mini and teen club structure
- Two à la carte dining options
Why guests love itFour pools sorted roughly by age group solves the usual family-hotel problem of one pool trying to suit everyone at once, and being fifty metres from the sea on its own peninsula means a beach swim is never more than a short walk away either. The mini and teen clubs run enough of a programme that the different age groups genuinely get their own routines, freeing up a proper adult dinner at Marsea Restaurant some evenings. Rooms are functional and family-sized rather than boutique, in keeping with the resort's scale.