Terme Olimia - Aparthotel Rosa

We were not sure what to expect when we booked for a holiday in Slovenia but boy, what have we been pleasantly surprised! We went by car and the (main) roads in Slovenia are in good shape, driving across the mountains always gives this special feeling and they have some amazing green mountains and hills. The countryside is just very beautiful to wonder through. Slovenians also use the Euro and prices for most products are very reasonable, the people were friendly and most of them speak English. We stayed for 10 days in Terme Olimia (Rosa Apartment) and had great time, we actually checked our booking papers again after a few days because we started to doubt the offered hotel and aquapark were really offered for the amount we paid :-) Maybe the low price has something to do with the work on one of the buildings on the resort, which didn't cause us any irritation we even got 2 free entrance tickets for the sauna's because of the work in progress. This is an ideal place for whole families, especially the amazing Aqualuna park brings joy for young and old. The Aqua Jungle for the smaller kids and slides like the Black Cannon and King Cobra for the bigger kids, there must be over 20 different slides in total and there is a wave machine in the big pool, more then enough beds/strechers and baby pools. Our daughter enjoyed the mini disco in the evenings and it was very nice to sit at the Luna restaurant with live music each evening, maybe it lacks a bit of entertainment for teens in the evening. The surroundings are very nice, with green hills, ponds with fish and playgrounds. I think this resort has done a great job in the difficult task of combining two opposite wishes into one place. You can stay and have a great family holiday as we did, but at the same time it is an idyllic place with relaxation, peace and quiet. Come to think about it, it is even an excellent place for sport-teams looking for a place to train. Nearby there is the Olimje Castle/ Medieval Pharmacy we visited together with the deer farm and the funny fairytale woods attraction. We considered to do a daytrip to Croatia, which is just 5 minutes away but it didn't come to that (this time). We had 1 rainy day and enjoyed ourselves in the indoor pool and for the parents the superb sauna's and steam-baths in the Orchidelia part of the park. Our room in the Rosa apartment was very nice and clean, air-conditioned and had everything that we needed. There even were 2 flatscreen tv's and a dishwasher! We had a private parking space which was a bit narrow. The food in restaurant Lipa was very good and I can recommend to try all the different local beers that are on the menu. There are also some supermarkets, a gasstation and a kebabhouse nearby. This was our first time in Slovenia and we have been pleasantly surprised by this beautiful country (we visited some local places, did a day trip to Ljubljana and visited lake Bled on our way home) and this luxurious resort. Thanks for bringing us a great holiday, we wished we could have stayed longer!