Hotels Near Strandbad Drobollach/See - Faaker See in Villach-Drobollach am Faaker See

The positives: room was clean, breakfast is excellent, staff is friendly, free WIFI, nice outdoor seating area. The negatives: horrible location right on a busy highway that creates noise and bad air quality. Staff is not well trained - they sent us to a lunch restaurant that is only open for dinner (good concierge would check online first). The website information is inaccurate. One is supposed to get a welcome drink at the bar - but this is not available. Worse, the website says the front desk is staffed until 11 but when we checked in we were told they would be shutting down at 10. Our colleagues had a car breakdown issue and the front desk blithely informed us that we would have to stay awake and let our colleagues in whenever they arrived. Really? The paying guests have to take over the front desk duties? Especially for a hotel on a highway that caters to business travelers, there needs to be a Plan B for those who unexpectedly arrive late.

I will not go into detail about the service, location, or whatever, but I will specifically target the room, because this is not worth an IGH standard. I booked this hotel, because I needed to have surgery in Villach and had to be at the hospital very early in the morning and therefore got myself a room. I will be honest, I took the cheapest room, which was the ”Cozy” and still was 135€ per night for me. When I arrived at my room, I couldn't believe my eyes, it was an adapted conference room, with a pull-up bed. One could clearly see the ”walls” that could be put away and the beamer overhead for presentations. I was just shocked. I will admit, I could have gone back to the front desk to ask them to change the room, but I was kind of nervous and tired, so I didn't do that. And it seems that the hotel was pretty much booked, so I didn't have high hopes for another room... Anyway, apart from this very weird room, also the cleanliness was questionable, the coffee mugs were already covered in dust, the spoons were brown, from past use? As I had to get up very early anyway I didn't mind the preparing of the conference room next door, which involved vaccuming and loud phone calls. If I would have been here for leisure and wanted to get a good sleep in, that would not have been the correct adress. I did tell the hotel about my bad experience and asked them to clarify. Basically they told me that it was my own fault, as I booked the cozy room and that they are indeed cheaper. After consulting the website, one cannot identify on the pictures that the ”cozy” rooms appear to be conference rooms, that can be reused as rooms when needed and have a pull-out-bed. Additionally the ”normal” rooms were just 10€ more expensive, and appear to be nice at least looking at the pics. They did offer me a 10% discount for my next stay. I gladly decline that. Therefore for all others: If you decide to stay at the Voco don't take the Cozy rooms, especially not for that price, its a scam. An IHG hotel should at least have the decency to not sell those ”things” as rooms and certainly not at this price ...

Good location as short walk from the Old Town and surprisingly quiet. Room is a bit dated but it was a good size as was the bathroom. Dog friendly too. Parking available outside if any free. Our only gripe is that several times through the evening, there was a really strong smell of cigarette smoke which was so bad at some points in started coughing fits. Although we complained, as had others, the hotel was unable to track it down. A room change was not possible as they were fully booked. A small discount had to suffice.

It's amazing hotel ... A hotel I stayed in while going to Vienna, Austria. I needed a safe and spacious parking lot to move by car, but the hotel was so comfortable because it was connected to the perfect public parking lot. Also, the location is good and there are many good restaurants nearby.

Wir waren für ein verlängertes Wochenende vor Ort. Das Hotel liegt mitten im Zentrum von Velden unweit der Spielbank. Der Check-In verlief schnell. Da wir per Zufall gegen 15 Uhr da waren, war eine kleine Schlange an Personen vor uns, aber alles im Rahmen. Direkt während des Prozesses wurden wir nach unserer geplanten Frühstückszeit gefragt. Entweder 7-9 oder 9-10:30 oder ab 10:30 Uhr. Frühstück gab es bis 12 Uhr. Zusätzlich hatten wir bei unserem Paket einen einmaligen Snack für einen der Nachmittage inkludiert. Auch hier sollten wir uns schon bei der Anreise entscheiden, was wir ggfs. in drei Tagen essen wollten. Das ist schon schräg. Es gab eine Auswahl zwischen 3 verschiedenen Gerichten, u.a. Brot mit Gemüse oder Kasnudeln mit Salat. Die ausgewählten Gerichte wurden dann auf zwei Karten geschrieben, welche ausgehändigt wurden. Die kostenlose Wörthersee-Plus Card erhielten wir später erst auf Nachfrage. Das Zimmer in der zweiten Etage am Ende des Ganges war mit Blick zum Parkplatz. Per Zufall entdeckten wir am nächsten Morgen die verschiebbaren Fensterläden. Denn die Nacht war etwas hell, da die Übergardine nicht komplett schließt. Mit den Fensterläden war es in den Folgenächten etwas besser. Die Klimaanlage geht nur auf minimal 18 Grad einzustellen, was aber keine 18 Grad waren. Obwohl die Decken relativ dünn waren, war es uns zu warm. Das Zimmer war mit einem Doppelbett sowie eine davor stehenden Ledercouch ausgestattet. Für den schmalen Wandtisch gab es einen weiteren Sitzwürfel. Das Bad ist offen und vom Bett aus kann der sich Duschende komplett beobachtet werden, da es kein Milchglas war. Die Dusche konnte aber mit einer Tür geschlossen werden, was verhinderte, dass das ganze Bad unter Wasser stand. Insgesamt sind die Abstellflächen sehr begrenzt. In der Dusche konnten keine zusätzliche Produkte abgestellt werden, außer auf dem Boden. Lt. Zimmerbeschreibung hätte es einen Kosmetikspiegel geben sollen. Wir haben keinen vorgefunden. Die Papiertaschentücher waren so gut unter dem Waschtisch versteckt, dass ich sie erst am nächsten Morgen entdeckt habe. Das WC war separat und zusätzlich mit einem großen Spiegel ausgestattet, was den Raum optisch vergrößerte. Der Kleiderschrank war offen und mit einem modernen Safe ausgestattet. Dieser war digital und nach oben hin offen, so dass auch große Tabletts verstaut werden können. Im Zimmer gab es eine Nespressomaschine, die mit zwei Kapseln bestückt war. Ein Zettel wies darauf hin, dass weitere Kapseln an der Rezeption vorhanden sind. Was dort nicht stand, dass diese nur käuflich erworben werden können und das nicht täglich aufgefüllt wurde. Pro Kapsel wurde 1 Euro verlangt, also mehr als 100% Aufschlag zum Einkaufpreis. Schade, sicher tut es nicht weh, täglich kostenlos nachzufüllen. Das Frühstück verlief am ersten Tag etwas chaotisch, da wir mitten in einen Ansturm gerieten. Das Frühstück ist auch für externe Gäste zugänglich, die sowohl drinnen als auch draußen sitzen dürfen. Für Hausg

As said, the hotel is great. Beautiful location, really nice and big rooms (new building), beach club beyond description, restaurant quality above expectation. But... two things were really very bad, therefor one year after our stay still this review. First, if things are broken and your guests ask if they can be fixed, don't say yes and then do nothing. Several lights in our room, including the encased ceiling lights in one room, were not working. I asked the first day, the second day, the fourth day. The desk was very apologetic, very helpful, very kind. But the whole week of our stay nothing happened, nothing was fixed, not a new bulb screwed in. Second, one of the reasons for choosing this hotel was the quality and reputation of the restaurant. Since we would be arriving around 18:00-19:00 I made a reservation for the restaurant when booking the hotel. That night was the only time we ate there because for the rest of the week they were fully booked... I think, maybe I'm wrong, that a restaurant that is part of an hotel like this should keep table available for hotel guests. I've stayed in comparable (and better) hotels all over the world and hotel guests were always let into the hotelrestaurant. Last, when checking out we mentioned the three things above. Yes - you have a great hotel, no - you should walk the talk and do your maintenance and no - the restaurant thing. Nice girl behind the desk: ”so sorry to hear that, see you!”. Do I recommend the hotel? I really don't know...