"Plush rooms, faultless service and the glass-roofed indoor pool are the main attributes."

"It was a red-letter day in May 2005 when the early-19th-century Hotel Imperial was reopened, no matter who was responsible for its renovation."

"When we've had enough of "quaint" and "rustic," in Dalmatia, we head for the Hilton Imperial, the international chain's first hotel in Croatia." Full review

"The former Imperial Hotel, just outside the Pile Gate, reopened its doors after a long wait in 2005, as the Hilton Imperial."

"Occupying a grand, fin-de-siècle building near the Pile Gate, the Hilton has location without the beachside grace of other five-star venues in town." Full review

"This is no bland corporate affair but a sensitive renovation of a grand 19th-century Hapsburg mansion, and located within a few steps of the Pile Gate."

"The 147-room Hilton Imperial Dubrovnik is an upscale landmark hotel set in a grand, late-19th-century building on the edge of the city's Old Town." Full review

"Built in 1897, this property is in a great location, on a scenic bluff just outside the old city walls, 100 meters from the Pila Gate and near the bus terminal." Full review

"They don't make hotels like this anymore, but they can still renovate them." Full review

"The Grand Dame of Dubrovnik hotels." Full review

"The hotel feels like a mini city complete with a strip of shops and restaurants on one side of the shaded promenade and pools, cabanas, park space, and fountains on the other." Full review

"With a 37,000-square-foot Anne Sémonin spa... three swimming pools, and its own market selling local fruit, the Radisson feels less like a resort and more like a small Adriatic Coast village." Full review

"This relatively new destination resort is a rambling seafront complex composed of a central hotel and full-service apartments." Full review

"Family-friendly beach retreat with three pools, 14 restaurants and a spa, near Dubrovnik’s old town." Full review

"A family-friendly seaside resort and spa, with a beach and wonderful sunset views over the Elaphiti islands, just a 20-minute drive from Dubrovnik." Full review

"Ten kilometres north of town, sprawling across the seafront just below the pleasingly rustic village of Orašac, this is a self-contained resort with rocky beach." Full review

"With its hillside setting outside Dubrovnik and seafront position, this resort – which features hotel and private residences – includes the imaginative Explorers’ kids’ club, offering children aged four months to 11 years fun-filled and action-packed days ranging from treasure hunts to making dough animals"

"Its interiors are sharp and contemporary, with just enough bright Adriatic blue to make a point without belaboring it...hotel’s spa is the region’s largest, the swimming options include three pools" Full review