Hotel Athena

It provided a base for our skiing although we would not have chosen this location ordinarily, it was a last minute change.

The hotel is basic as is the decor, heating and telephone in one of our rooms did not work. The walls are paper thin and you can hear everything in other rooms. There was no fridge or tea/coffee making facilities. The website claims that the main gondola is only 400m away when it is more like 800m and this matters when carrying ski gear up and down hills. The TV in the other room worked intermittently, there was only 1 set of towels and the toilet paper was not replenished on one day. The ‘magnetic’ keys were irritating and kept being rendered inoperable for no particular reason even when they were not near a phone. The parking facilities are limited and very difficult to park in. Although the rooms were generally tidy and the cleaning staff were pleasant, the floors were not always clean. The safe is not easy to access and only partially opens.

Location

A bit run down and common areas are not very nice and cosy