Art Hotel Tartini

Excellent hotel and location

The staff spoke multiple languages and were friendly. We had a balcony with a superb sea view and the bed was very large. Super location with the square for people watching on one side and ocean on the other. Breakfast was great with a large selection.

Everything was great except the hotel instructions on parking, which were a bit of a nightmare. We tried to explain what needed to be corrected for future guests but the hotel insisted their instructions were accurate. The hotel will tell you to park at the Fornace Garage if you have a lot of luggage. DO NOT follow your GPS to the Fornace Garage. Your GPS will take you to a Residents Only entrance and you will have residents honking at you as you try to back up since you won’t be able to get in. If you get to the bottom of the hill, you’ve gone too far. The garage you want says “Garazna hisa” in huge letters (this is actually the Fornace garage but a tourist would never know that). Parking method 1: follow the above instructions then take your luggage with you on the shuttle. To find the shuttle, take the garage elevator to the bottom floor and walk with your luggage quite aways to the bus stop by the sea. Parking method 2: The best thing to do involves entering the old town for the 15 minute free entrance to drop off your luggage. Here are the instructions: park at Garazna hisa garage, leave your luggage in your car then take the shuttle to the hotel and ask the hotel to show you where to park with your emergency lights on (there’s really only one spot and you won’t be able to find it unless you’ve been shown), then take the shuttle back to your car, pay for parking and exit the lot and go to the hotel, put on your emergency flashing lights, dump off your luggage, then return to the garage. Parking method 3: park at Garazna hisa garage and make multiple trips on the shuttle if you have much luggage. Be aware that every time you mention parking the hotel staff revels in telling you that you didn’t read the emails. They are extremely proud of their emails about parking and it’s irrelevant to them that the emails are misleading. The hotel is really funky (in a great way) and very modern. We had room 413 which didn’t have much of a view but that was fine as it also didn’t have the noise that the Seaview and Square view rooms get. It was a very quiet room. The A/C worked great and this is important in Piran. The bathroom is big by European standards and recently remodeled and very modern. The shower is SUPER slippery and there is no shower mat, so be super careful. We moved the shower soap to the floor in the front of the shower. The hotel has it in the back of the shower so it squirts all over the floor making it even more slippery. The room was large and had plenty of storage and places to put things. The bed was king size and medium firm with a bit of a soft top. It was very comfortable. The front desk is there 24/7 which is nice. There was hand sanitizer on every floor at the elevator, which was appreciated. The breakfast buffet was great. It was varied and plentiful. The woman who takes your room number at breakfast is very cheerful and welcoming and always has a big smile. As far as beach towels, you have to