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Cortina Italy hotel problems.
Just wondering if the Bellevue hotel in Cortina Italy has been replaced with another. It is my understanding that guests have been dissatisfied with the accommodations. Does anyone have any comments on this hotel or possibly a replacement hotel by Tauck.
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I have the same concern. Will Tauck staff please respond?
Thank you for your reply. This is my first trip with Tauck although I had hoped it would be the first of many more to come now that I am retiring. One reason I chose them from other high end providers was what I heard about their excellent customer service. It is dissappointing that two customers have posted concerns about an upcoming trip on their website and a third has made specic allegations about a recent trip and yet they remain silent. Do they not monitor these forums?
Sometimes we Americans can not just enjoy the experience. In Europe sometimes they are not the same and they should not be. Not sure about others, but I can stay home if I don't want to experience how others live. I do know in the summer in Europe they do not crank up the air conditioning to the point that some are freezing, which I am looking forward to. And If you go to Italy in spring and fall, even if it is hot they will not be allowed to turn on the air until a certain date and not have it on after a date that the government tells them.
I'm sure an answer to your question is just a phone call away.
Rod
Hello Nexttrip,
Apologies for not responding sooner. According to the information that I have, this tour is still staying at the Bellevue in Cortina Italy. I have been waiting to hear back from the tour managers to see if this is being changed and be able to get you folks some rationale behind Tauck's decision making and also to make sure specific concerns are properly addressed. However, sometimes getting an answer can be a bit tough. Please bear with me as I try to get you an answer.
Hope this helps,
Emily
From Our Tour Management Team:
We will Cortina hotel for the remainder of 2013 and 2014. Please note that Cortina is a world known winter resort town. Our hotel is a 4 start hotel, and is centrally located in the town, which is why we selected it.
To help understand...please try to picture in your mind what a 4 star winter resort hotel in an Italian skiing town feels like. You might envision dark wood tones, warm cozy fireplaces, regional folk prints on the beds and windows…….all which plays into the ‘picture in your mind for a charming winter resort’ in the snowy cold of wintertime. It plays out much differently during the summer, when the weather is warmer, all that winter charm comes off a the hotel rooms being ‘dated’.
We have had very positive reviews of this tour. I’ve attached a link to Bellevue Hotel as well:
http://www.bellevuecortina.com/en/hotel/camere-a-suite-incantevoli.html
Hope this helps,
Emily
Emily,
It does indeed help as do the comments posted immediatly afterwards. Thank you very much for your prompt and excellent response. My wife and I look forward to starting our tour next week.
Cortina itself was very pleasant and the recommended Italian restaurant on the esplanade was great.
Those tours that mentioned that mention Hotel Alaska was for two departure dates in June 2013 because the hotel was closed. We are still using the Bellevue through out 2014.
Hope this helps,
Emily
It was very clean and the staff was wonderful. The hotel is a few minutes walk to the town with lots of shops and restaurants. Our room was up and down stairs with two bedrooms, two baths a small kitchen, fireplace, etc.
I agree with others that it was a little dark, but again clean and very comfortable. This was our second tauck tour and we would stay at this hotel again. The view of the dolomites from our hotel room balcony was simply beautiful at 7 a.m. with the sun coming up. Great for picture taking!!! No worries about this hotel, ENJOY!!!!!
If you do the same, I think you'll find the Bellevue Hotel comparable to other 4 star hotels in Cortina d'Ampezzo (our Small Group departure is scheduled to stay in the very similar Hotel Europa). Cortina lodging is used year-round (in the summer by tours like Tauck, Ford Cortina enthusiasts, bikers, you name it), but its big claim to fame is that it is a ski area so heavily used in the winter months with skiers as the hotels' target audience.
After reading quite a few reviews including negative ones, it appears there aren't many, if any, better options and I think it will be just fine for the one night we are scheduled to stay there. Not every location has lodging equivalent to a US five star hotel.