Hotels near Rajec

We had booked via booking.com and confirmed the price for 2 adults and 2 children by email. Despite this they charged 150 euros extra for the kids on arrival and spent almost an hour (of our spa-time) checking us in. This was an annoying start. The Deluxe room was decent but nothing out of the ordinary. We found the room to be short a couple of bath robes and towels which was rectified by staff. 

The spa was nice, albeit a little crowded, and there is a nudist policy for the natural spa (the nicest part) after 17:00. We enjoyed the Turkish bath in the general admission area and the Sauna World. The kids liked the main indoor pool.

After this, “welcome drinks” were enjoyed in the hotel bar, but the only two choices were Prosecco and “juice”.

The dinner buffet was quite nondescript. It can best be described as a cross between a Las Vegas buffet 20 miles from the Strip crossed with Eastern European hospital canteen food in the 1990s. Nobody really liked anything except for the pork cheeks which were excellent. The dining room is quite grand and might be considered instagrammable by some. 

The next morning was started with a breakfast buffet. We had high expectations after reading the reviews on TripAdvisor, but it was quite disappointing. Again, nobody really liked anything and we ended up eating some fruit and yogurt (the Muesli and nuts were decent). Windfall vegans can rest assured that no hanging fruit was harmed in the making of any of the “juices”. The taste was horrible though.

Again, the spa was great. The natural spa is lovely and Sauna World is very enjoyable. Strangely there is no water available for hotel guests except small bottles you can purchase at the bar at exorbitant prices. Day spa guest can fill their own bottles at the entrance. Beer is priced quite reasonably. 

The check out is at 11:00 despite the spa time lasting till 14:00. Check-out was almost as cumbersome as the check-in procedure and took away another hour of spa-time.

Great location, Clean and very helpful staff.

Nice and clean room with balcony, tasty traditional cuisine. Wellness included in price of the room. Extra activities as billiard and bowling.

There was very great reception. Nice location. We arrived to go to SPA Aphrodite and everything was really great.

I really appreciate how nice the staff was.

Clean, seperate bedroom for kids, very comfortable, great views. Food and drinks downstairs, exceptional breakfast.

The facility was clean and comfortable at very good location.

Friendly hosters (and dog too!). Large and comfortable beds, plenty of free space in rooms (good for children in case of bad weather), private terrace. Enough equipment in the kitchen. Private parking. Good start point for the hiking in Súľovské skaly, Strážovské Vrchy or Mala Fatra. A nice restaurant (Farma Bardy) nearby, also a playground. For people without a car, there's train stop close to the appartment so you can arrive here fom Žilina (train goes every 1-2 hour until 19:30).

The apartment is in a very convenient place in town. It was renovated, smelt great and clean. The apartment was kitted out with everything you could possibly need (such as cooking ingredients, shower and cleaning products etc.). The hosts were also very nice people and helped jump our car battery in the morning before we left :))