The ad from the Croatian tourist board:"The Medeterranian Sea, as it used to be" is not exaggerated, but exactly to the point, when talking Dubrovnik and the Dubrovnik Bay, south of Dubrovnik itself.
While Dobrovnik probably needs no further introduction, Dubrovnik Bay certainly may. Just go there, the sooner the better, development will not wait for you. The area is not yet built up and is precisely like the Mediterrainain in the old days. If you stay at Plat Villas apartments or the Orphee Hotel in the same Plat complex, you will most probably be satisfied. The Plat complex is quiet, with several pleasant beaches within close reach. Tourist boats will take you to and from Dubrovnik and to and from other interesting towns like Cavtat and Mlini. Good restaurants in every town, fish and seafood prepared with respect.

Yes the airport is quite close, good, not really disturbing in Plat, but fine view of descending and ascending planes, yes.

And the local people: very welcoming, kind and English speaking, but not the kind to be kicked around, and why should you...

The Dubrovnik Bay area suffered unbelievable destruction during the attack on Dubrovnik in the early 90´s. Because almost everything has been restored since then, you´ll not notice the damage of the shelling immediately, but once you do, it will ad further to your travelling experience.

We had such a good holiday. The locals and staff are so friendly and very helpful, especially at the Plat reception. We stayed in Villa Barbara, which is one of the four apartment blocks that have been nicely renovated. Self Catering is basic, which we utilised during lunch, with a glass of wine on the balcony, listening to the waves in the background. We had taken food with us to eat some meals in, however there ae so many nice places to eat in Dubrovnik and Cavtat that we didn't bother. Self catering = 2 rings, a couple of pans, obviously cups, plates etc and a very small fridge. We would recommend eating one night in the taverna, as you get 15% discount and it is very romantic, as it looks over the Adriatic Sea. We spent alot of our time on the pebble beach right of the apartments, which is nice and quiet, however there is another beach to the left, which has it's own bar. You can walk up to the road to catch the bus, which goes past both ways Dubrovnik - Cavtat) every half hour and will cost you just over a pound each way. Note: There is a short cut up to the road, which you will find at the top apartment block on the right - saves you about 10 minutes walk. Cavtat is really nice - food is excellent, as is dubrovnik. We went on the 3 Island boat trip with the Adriana Company - such a lovely day - £30 each, with a free taxi ride to dubrovnik (boat taxi), free lunch and free local drinks all day :) We had a fab time. Have been going to Turkey for the last four years, but this was something different. Must warn you though, that there is a lot of evidence of the past war in the 90's - but that just reminds us of how lucky we are and how hard the locals have worked to rebuild such a beautiful country.

We have just had a lovely week away in the clean, friendly and relaxing location of the Vilas plat/ hotel Orphee accommodation.
The staff were friendly and very helpful the accommodation appeared to be newly refurbished and was cleaned daily.
We were self catering so only had several meals here which were all nice enough but we tended to go to Konoba King a small family restaurant up the hill towards the main road the food and service here was wonderful. We also went into Cavtat and Dubrovnik which is easy to do by bus 9( kunas) Yes the location is quiet but this suited us as trips out were really no hassle. The pool was great no sunbed hogging which was nice!!!!! the little beaches surrounding the hotel were also really lovely, Croatia really has alot to offer it is beautiful.

This hotel is absolutely not customer oriented. The rooms are nice but, the hotel personnel are not friendly, indeed they can be very hostile. They are just like SS soldiers. I filed my complaints several times; during my visit and after my visit. However the hotel management did not reply my complaints, they just ignored it. I won't visit hotel villa plat ever!