Reviews of Cielo Blu Hotel, Passo Tonale, Italy

We stayed at Cielo Bleu for a...

Overall Rating:

10/10

Board Basis:

Half Board

Date of Holiday:

Mar 2008

Tour Operator:

First Choice

Submitted By:

Mrs J Mackay

Comments:

We stayed at Cielo Bleu for a week from the 29th March 2008, two adults and 1 child. We booked the holiday through First Choice, and flew into Innsbruck. The transfer time took 3.25 hours.



The hotel accomodation was perfect for us, we were given a room on the top floor, south facing, with a balcony. The room was small, but ample for a skiing holiday. The room was very clean, it was cleaned and beds made daily, and if you required clean towels, they were available.



The food was excellent, a choice was given, there was a lot of choice for the buffet salad, and different kinds of Olive Oils. We couldn't fault the food at all, or the service from the staff.



The slopes were excellent, with a good choice from beginners to intermediates, for the the advanced, we would recommend the Glacier and Pontedilegno. My daughter enjoyed her ski school, and really liked her ski instructor, Alice. I enjoyed my intermediate ski school with Erika, she made me think of my skiing technique. My husband had private board tuition, which he enjoyed very much, many thanks to his instructor, Alex. I also had an hours private board tuition on my last ski day with Alex, and I would recommend him for his patience, he had me linking my turns again within half an hour.



The resort is a small purpose built resort, with not much to do for the non skier, but it does have a few places for apres-ski, although, you could do the night skiing on a Tuesday and Thursday. People were very friendly, and most helpful.



We don't have any negative things to say about First Choice, and we were delighted with our resort rep, Fay Travers, who is very down to earth person. My daughter had left her DVD wallet in the minibus on the way up to the resort, we mentioned this to Fay the day before we were due to leave, and she had said that she would look into this. To our daughter's delight, when Fay turned up at the hotel with the coach back to the airport, she had the DVD wallet. Many thanks again Fay, at least we don't have to replace the missing films now.



We never got a chance to ski Madonna di Campiglio or Marilleva (where I learnt to ski for the first time) which is not too far away on the free bus from Tonale. We enjoyed our holiday so much, and couldn't fault the hotel or staff or First Choice, we have booked to go back next year, this time bringing friends with us. Roll on next year.

fantastic hotel definately...

Overall Rating:

10/10

Board Basis:

Half Board

Date of Holiday:

Mar 2008

Tour Operator:

First Choice

Submitted By:

Mrs K Dring

Comments:

fantastic hotel definately recommend this ,it was very clean, clean towels and freshley made beds everyday.food was lovely four courses every night and the staff were very nice,we didnt have far to walk very close to everywhere including main lifts and ski school was couple of minutes walk.

We've just come back from a week...

Overall Rating:

8/10

Board Basis:

Half Board

Date of Holiday:

Feb 2007

Tour Operator:

Neilson

Submitted By:

Mr L Jones

Comments:

We've just come back from a week skiing in Passo Tonale, where we stayed at the Cielo Blu Hotel. I'd definitely recommend the hotel.



It is well positioned in the town with the main ski lifts a very short, level, walk away. The staff were very welcoming and always helpful.



The food was really good with a choice of starter and main course each evening, as well as a salad buffet and tasty dessert.



Our room was a good size, bright and clean and had excellent views of the surrounding mountains.



We got the impression that Passo is not the kind of place that ever gets riotously noisy but the more popular bars are mostly a couple of minutes walk away - handy but not intrusive.



As far as the skiing goes we arrived as complete beginners but found the ski school to be excellent and the main slopes very accomodating for novices. I suspect that more adventurous skiers may find it a bit limited.



One warning - watch out for the crowds on Sundays. The locals turn out in force and it can get a bit cosy.



Overall, I'd definitely recommend the resort (for beginners, at least) and the hotel.