Sebastien R. Dupouy
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I booked a 3 night stay at this hotel at the last minute to discover Crans Montana which was on my list of things to do for a while. I had looked on the map where the hotel was but did not realise how much of a hill I had to climb up and down to get to it from the train station nor to get to the village or the nearest ski lift. Upon arrival at the hotel, I was greeted in a manner that I can only assume is similar to that of a camping holiday village, the receptionist handed me the "book" you usually find in your room, I was expected to carry it along with my luggage and the half a kilo key to my room on my own. I asked for a quiet room and was given a room on the first floor in the main building, literally on top of the main entrance with a view of the main entrance and the parking lot. There is a giant atrium in the middle of the building that makes any noise from anyone in the building resonate which was extremely unpleasant. There was no view whatsoever from the tiny room where I could barely move, the bathroom was so small I could barely sit on the toilet nor fit in the dirty shower, the shower head was nothing short of disgusting - see photos attached. The breakfast was beyond limited, served in a dirty room, you could see sprinkles of salt and pepper on the tables from the night before, some of the food was spread across different rooms so I had to guess where to find stuff. Then came the supposed "heated ski room", which was the ugliest and least cared for ski room I had ever seen in my entire life, the thing looked like a basement storage that had not been cleaned since the previous century, there were absolutely no heaters in there, there was nothing to hang your ski shoes, the inside of the lockers was so rusted I even hesitated to leave my rental skis in there. The room had a couple forgotten salvaged chairs from a different era in the back, nowhere else to sit, and barely enough space to open the locker in the corridor. Considering my experience, I asked to cancel the last 2 nights of my stay and only asked for a refund of the very last night (a weeknight). They refused, after 4 different conversations and over 2 hours, they offered to pay back half if they managed to resell the room which was 100 chf. I guess that sums it all up when it comes to the management of the hotel and the level of intelligence and hospitality in this hotel, they prefer to negotiation for hours to keep 100 francs and completely alienate guests over simply granting a customer's request. If there was a rating for 0 stars I'm not sure they would deserve that. Quite shameful for a country that supposedly has the best hotel school. To top it all off, over 2 weeks after my stay, they are not responding to any messages on booking and I had to call the customer service three times in order to get my refund and invoice.