Hotel Villa Emma

Had a great week there via Crystal Ski and had been a bit worried by some reviews. But with no need! The hotel really added to the experience, it was spot on. - welcoming and ever so helpful staff, really made the stay - cosy and warm room: comfy bed, always hot water - great food. Plentiful breakfast inc cooked options. Dinner great. Soup, then Three fresh pastas to choose from, then three mains, and several puds every day. AND a plentiful salad bar to supplement or as starters (suspect this is where the review comments re cold veg came…. They are there as starters) - great bar. Beer very good value and so handy to have it in your hotel, was a nice place to be. You get credit on a card, don’t worry about that, top up what you need and it pays for extra drinks and tourist tax (& remaining funds back to you in €) - bus stop out of door and turn at top of drive. Very handy. 1 mins walk (and hotel helped with €9 week bus pass - get one - lots of inspectors). Five mins bus ride either way to Alba or Canazei Belvedere Boot room warm but small. A few boots may not make it onto the heaters but doesn’t seem a big problem We would book again we were SO impressed. No it wasn’t once of those stylised modernised new look alpine hotels - it is as the pics so take a look - perfectly comfy and we’ll maintained.

It is our second holiday in this villa,we returned because the staff is very friendly,from reception to kitchen staff,the waiters and both cleaning ladies are amazing,very helpful if you need something. All our family loved the food,plenty of choices,the kids enjoyed it too. The location is great,close to the ski lifts. Overall we had a very good experience,I highly recommend this place,we’ll be back next year! Thank you for making our stay so pleasant!

I’m surprised this is the first English language review in 2024. As there’s quite a few brits that stay at this hotel. Let’s talk about the positives first - plenty of food at dinner time and a good selection and a little free wine. We never went hungry. Though, as others have said, you do need to use the microwave as the vegetables are served cold. Also the portions given to you by the servers are those you might expect in prison. You have to ask for more each time. Not too sure why they’re so careful with their portion sizes. Breakfast was okay though. Of course, the sausages and bacon are European in nature and wouldn’t perhaps be suitable for those of us who are brought up on British food. This is a hotel that is mostly Italian and therefore it’s fine. The showers are very small. And if you try and shower after 6.30, the water is tepid at Best.. so be careful with your apres-ski. The rooms we were given are very small and the storage facilities are very limited. On the positive side, the beds were very comfortable and the temperature in the room generally acceptable. I would suggest the hotel rooms haven’t had a makeover since the 1980s. The bar area was very pleasant, and the prices not too bad . As others have mentioned, you do have to buy a prepaid card. This made a lot of sense in taking cash out of the equation. All of the staff were very pleasant indeed. The hotel was generally not noisy and so one that could be enjoyed by families . However, if you wanted some nightlife, the local town was a good 15 minutes walk away and buses stop at 8pm. Mind you, the local town isnt a hive of nightlife - this is not apres-ski central! With the restaurant timings it is good to be down reasonably on time as arrival anything over 30 minutes later than opening means that the food left is pretty much what you are left with. Sometimes this means no bread and other items, like desserts. Really disappointingly, and this is nothing to do with the hotel, we booked with Crystal who couldn’t be bothered to turn up at the hotel and also didn’t advise us on the resort/buses/ski hire/ski passes/ timings or anything else . We’ve had amazing holidays with Neilsens, including to the same town, and were amazed that Crystal pretty much got you on a bus at the airport and left you to it. No customer service whatsoever. The boot room is small and tends to be taken over by large groups. The spa facilities have to be pre-booked and are only free for one hour per week. The rest of the time it’s £15 per hour per person. There is no evening entertainment at this hotel.

We went here for a fortnight from Jan 7th 2023 with Crystalski (They are a separate issue!) Overall the hotel exceeded our expectations. Plus points:- Very handy for Alba or Canazei lifts via bus stops within 100 metres. However watch the hotel drive slope for ice! Buy your weekly bus ticket at reception (IF they have them!) Lots of ticket inspections. Our room 200?? was plenty big enough and with storage space but heard others were small. As ours was on the main road side we felt the need to close the shutters at night to mitigate road noise. The food was generally pretty good with plenty of choices. Always a soup, 3 pastas, then 3 mains. A few desserts/fruit. Always salad options. As others mention some dishes could do with being warmer! And cold plates never help that. Breakfast was OK. More continental than "Full British." The coffee drinkable. The screech juice not for me personally! The staff were generally very engaging. Not so plus points:- WiFi limited to reception area. Boot/ski room is too small when hotel is busy. That's especially at weekends. They look for you to take out a prepayment "extras" card which not everyone is happy about. They don't always have the full week bus tickets available! The food could be warmer but there is a microwave available and I did use it. Even for the coffee! Very popular with Italians also. Being gracious to say that they have their queue and ski room etiquette. Not a "mark off" but be aware that it is for families and not adults only. On a separate observation this is not an "Apres ski" type hotel. It is a +10 minute walk to town if you want the nightlife. We'd happily return as it represents better than decent value for money. The area and Dolomites overall are absolutely stunning and the skiing ample and varied.

I was very surprised at how good this hotel was. Okay, some of the rooms need a refurbishment but they are fine for a skiing week. Food was very satisfactory, with a good buffet breakfast and a buffet Evening meal. There was an extensive salad buffet, followed by soup and a choice of three starters, three mains to choose from and a dessert buffet. The house wine was very reasonably priced and of a good quality. Drinks from the bar were well priced and we were given lots of nibbles to go with them. The staff were extremely friendly and the two bar staff had a great sense of humour. The Wi-Fi was a bit intermittent while we were there but this wasn't really a problem for us. The heated ski room was fine, with enough boot heaters and enough space in and around it to get ready for skiing. The bus stops for Alba or Canazei were about 50 metres away and service was regular and on time. The path from the ski room to the main road can be tricky in ski boots when icy. Some of our party left skis and boots in Zondra Sports in Canazei village and highly recommended doing this.