Vvf Alsace Orbey Colmar

“Great Staff!”

We were here for a conference (mostly Americans) and I must say the staff was incredible! Very attentive and helpful! The room we were in could use some new wallpaper (there were several tears) but other than that it was a great property!

“Lovely place to stay in the Kaysersberg Valley”

VVFs are family-oriented vacation spots that go easy on the wallet. This one is a notch above what one usually finds at a VVF. It has both remodeled older lodgings in the historic wing and new apartments in the new addition. Staff is attentive and helpful. The cuisine during our stay was fantastic.… more

VVFs are family-oriented vacation spots that go easy on the wallet. This one is a notch above what one usually finds at a VVF. It has both remodeled older lodgings in the historic wing and new apartments in the new addition. Staff is attentive and helpful. The cuisine during our stay was fantastic.Indoor pool. Summer hiking, winter skiing. Near WWI battlefield of Le Linge, Orbey was on the front lines during the Great War. Half an hour from Colmar, an hour from the German border,less than an hour from Strasbourg.

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“Not great for individual travellers/families - aimed at coach parties”

Hesitated about the stars to give this as there is a huge amount of good at the property but in the end, would I recommend it to my friends? No, I couldn't. First the good - free parking, just by hotel Great location - well, for us anyway. A stopover driving North through France and close enough t… more

Hesitated about the stars to give this as there is a huge amount of good at the property but in the end, would I recommend it to my friends? No, I couldn't. First the good - free parking, just by hotel Great location - well, for us anyway. A stopover driving North through France and close enough to come back to after spending the day at Riquewihr. Very good bar in the village 5 minutes walk away with superb food.(Au Chasseur Alpin) Great facilities - sauna, steam room (closed for repairs when we were there but these things happen), fantastic large indoor pool. Free pool table, table tennis, fussball and indoor gym Excellent staff - efficient helpful barman (who sorted out noise problems - more on him later!), warm, friendly and helpful reception - they opened up the bar to make us coffees for a quick start when we were leaving, rather than having to go to restaurant for breakfast. Sounds idyllic right? Unfortunately it is a hotel really aimed at coach parties rather than individual families. 2 coach parties were there whilst we were there and dominated the place. I don't blame them and they were having a whale of a time but it was wasn't really for everyone else. We had already chosen not to eat in the dining room and were very glad we hadn't as we came back to the hotel to see that it was rammed and there was a party going on in there - they had moved on to what sounded like drinking songs and were bellowing them out. Again, more power to their elbow but not for individual families. The bar had been taken over by a coach group and a disco - again they were having a fantastic time but unfortunately our room was directly overhead and there was no sound proofing. When we realised this we wanted to change rooms but found that there was no-one on reception or managing the hotel after 7pm. The noise was incredibly loud and meant that no-one other than the coach party involved felt welcome in the bar as it was obviously a private party. The barman originally told me it would finish at 11pm but eventually we went to complain at nearly midnight and he made the DJ switch off at that point. (not willingly) Our rooms were 241 and 242 so avoid the corrider from around 230-250 to make sure you're away from the noise! I got the feeling that this is most nights from what another guest was saying at reception.This is all fine but we should have been warned - reception didn't tell us that there was a disco that night directly below us. Rooms not huge or in best condition but we knew that we weren't getting the hotel's best rooms as booked late. Wifi only in public areas - not a major problem for us but upset the teens!

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