Turmhotel Gschwendt

“Nice stay”

Very nice hotel looking like a little castle, even if built only 20 years ago. Everything is spotless clean, the room is large and so is the bathroom. Warm welcome from the owner who brought us to the room. We highly recommend the half pension as the hotel is situated in a valley outside the usual … more

Very nice hotel looking like a little castle, even if built only 20 years ago. Everything is spotless clean, the room is large and so is the bathroom. Warm welcome from the owner who brought us to the room. We highly recommend the half pension as the hotel is situated in a valley outside the usual main road but it is worth the little detour. The difference of price between room only and half pension was only 10 Euos...for two ! And for this price we had a multi-course dinner that, even if not high cuisine, was enough to stuff our stomachs until the great breakfast.

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“Very beatiful and familiar”

A good surprise, good price, warm and clean acomodations, very good and atenciously service. To sky just cacth the skybys to monguelfo station and than a telepheric.

“+ spacious cozy rooms, - partially inconvenient service, - in the middle of nowhere”

We chose the Turmhotel because of its good reviews by other guests and promising website but are a little bit disappointed with our choice. - LOCATION Although I love to travel of the beaten path, this location is too remote and in the middle of nowhere. Compared to scenic dolomites the valley is… more

We chose the Turmhotel because of its good reviews by other guests and promising website but are a little bit disappointed with our choice. - LOCATION Although I love to travel of the beaten path, this location is too remote and in the middle of nowhere. Compared to scenic dolomites the valley is quite unspectacular and restaurants so far away that you either have to take the car or eat at the hotel. If you at least want to have some choice in the evening I recommend staying in Dobbiaco. Even Welschnofen is a sleepy town. Be warned if you are planning a stay on a Monday night, because all restaurants in the vicinity are closed!!! +/- ROOMS The rooms are as cute as they are looking on the website. Rustic but quaint and spacious. Each room has a balcony from where you either overlook the mountains or the village. However, you cannot regulate the room temperature yourself and have to ask the manager for assistance. This seems to come along with the hotel’s focus on seasoned travelers, e.g. the bathrooms come with a bathtub, extra handles and adjusted faucets. - STAFF The manager is super friendly but tries to take advantage of the hotel’s remote location, e.g. he tries to sell you his dinner menu during check-in. This one includes 5-courses but comes with a weird choice and steep price of EUR 20 person. Instead I recommend having dinner at the Durnwald Restaurant (closed on Mondays) down in the village or driving to Welschhnofen. - SERVICE Although the hotel’s interior and exterior is cute its location and service was a little inconvenient for us. Instead of a common free Internet usage you have to pay for the Internet per minute (1 hour is EUR 2). Due to the weird pricing I don’t understand why you have to pay for it at all but it seems that not many other hotel guests are using Internet at all. The external regulation of your room temperature was another point that I thought was inconvenient. Another weird thing is that you can exit the hotel over the stairs but cannot enter it the same way. What really bothered me was that the hotel comes with a restaurant but doesn’t offer an a la carte choice. You either have to buy the menu, which wasn’t attractive at all to us, or eat elsewhere - due to the hotel’s remote location this means using the car. BREAKFAST The breakfast had a choice of rolls, bread, jam, cheese, cut meat, joghurt and fruits, which is in summary typical for the region. Compared to other hotels we stayed at during our tour through the dolomites the quality and choice was ok but not above average. In summary I would stay elsewhere next time although the rooms and exterior are quaint. The hotel is too far off of everything and the fact that I didn’t have much choice for dinner bothered me. I also love to explore a village and its vicinity but there is nothing to explore by feet. Instead of Valle di Casies I would recommend to go with Dobbiaco, which appeared to be more interesting and busy. + spacious cozy rooms - partially inconvenient service - in the middle of nowhere

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