Hotel Kastel 1700

I give this place about a 2.5 star rating. I will start with the positive - the location is excellent and the staff were wonderful. I also liked the private parking space. However I could not get past several issues we experienced. The first was with the air conditioning. It was only in the upper 70s while we were there but yet the air conditioning struggled to keep the room cool. It ended up being sufficient, but never great and when we tried to turn it down more it would freeze and not really work at all. The second issue we had was we had to keep the bathroom door shut at all times to avoid the sewer smell that leaked from there at random times. It was never a constant smell, but it was unbearable when it did smell like that. The third issue was that the wifi would randomly not work. It got to the point where it was unusable for hours at a time with either an extremely poor speed or just drop entirely. Pay a little more and stay somewhere else in Old Town.

The annex building is close to the main building and it is very well located and spacious.

The location of the hotel is great if you want to right in the thick of it. It's also on the waterfront promenade so ideal for accessing the ferries and boat excursions by foot. Entrance is a bit shabby as it's at the back of the building but didn't really present an issue. It is a bit hard to find but if you follow the instructions provided you won't have an issue. Check in was friendly and efficient and we had help with our bags up the stairs from the street. We had a good sized room for three of us but the bathroom was the size of a postage stamp which would have been more frustrating if we were staying for more than the two nights. Our room was opposite reception which was convenient but a bit noisy at night when other guests returned. Surprisingly noise from the street wasn't an issue which was good. I wouldn't necessarily call this a "boutique" hotel, its fairly traditional but it is clean and tidy and very comfortable.

This was the perfect hotel to stay in while in Split. It’s conveniently located and the service was excellent! Highly recommend it!

This is a nice hotel in a great location. The people are fantastic and if you're here to be right in the middle of the party then this place is for you. That being said we would use a different hotel if you're flying out early the next morning as we were just because it is a little noisy.

This property was amazing and in a great location. We came off a cruise and a 5 minute walk were t the hotel. The entrance is a bit difficult to find, but the accommodations were amazing. The air conditioning was a plus, as it was extremely hot and humid outside. Great location because of shopping and dining just a few steps away.

Location Location. Right in the old town area, with our window looking out at the marina. Definitely took us a few minutes to find it as the entrance is "around back", kind of down an alley. But that was really our fault. The rooms were great. The location was great. And the staff were super helpful. Finding this was really one of the many unexpected surprises of this trip.

This is a very dated property and definitely could not be described as a boutique hotel. It felt like I had beamed back in time to the 1980s and was in a guesthouse. The location was good for both the old town and the sea front restaurants, bars and shops and whilst the external sound proofing was pretty good to block this noise (through the the extensive use of UPVC doors and windows) the internal sound proofing was not good and we could hear everything going on in other rooms - especially above us. There were two windows in the room and neither of them blocked the light well, so we were awake at 5.30am each morning when the sun came up which was annoying. We tried to put towels up but there was nothing to hang them off. Ultimately, this is not really a hotel and more of a B&B/guesthouse level. Looking back at the traveller photos on Trip Advisor (which I wish we’d done first) it appears it was a B&B until recently and they have ‘upgraded’ themselves to ‘Boutique Hotel’ and increased the prices without doing much else’s. Beware that the room photos you see are all of their premium rooms and not consistent of them all. We paid more to have a sea view which was a joke as you had to actually be standing looking through it to see the view as it wasn’t a huge window which you’d expect when selling a sea view! Ultimately this is a clean and functional place in a good location (though the entrance is difficult to find) but should be cheaper for what you get.