Chalet Soldanella

The chalet was easy to find, beside a busy main road, not far from a bus stop, 10 mins to train. Surrounded by fields, rural, local, nice view of the mountains, close to shop and cafe etc. There was plenty of room and the beds were comfortable.

I agreed to pay cash on arrival for a cot and extra guest. I had 5 messages and missed calls from the owner wanting me to pay into a bank account. I said that I would pay cash on arrival as agreed. I then had 6 messages and missed calls about my arrival time, even though I said it would be teatime on booking.com chat. Finally I had a message on our last day asking when we would be leaving. I think the agreed times stated for arriving and departing are sufficient. The owner sent a friend to collect the cash (first asking again for a bank transfer) and the friend was there to witness the state of the oven, which I had to clean before we could cook. It was in a very bad state, old grease, cake stuck to the racks and chips in the bottom drawer. The owner offered to send the cleaner but it was too late by then. The chalet was fine for a family holiday but needed a really good spring clean everywhere.

The chalet has a lot of space and furniture and, except for the not working coffee maker, plenty of kitchenware was available.

Booking.com mentions 3 bathrooms with bath, actually there are only 2 bathrooms and 1 toilet room, and only the bathroom on the lower floor has a bath. The shower of the last mentioned bathroom felt down from the wall during our stay, hurting my wife. It seemed it was glued to the wall. It took me a day and lots of effort convincing the owner that we need an early repair of this shower, since we have only 2 bathrooms and 9 persons. We also missed the use of a coffeemaker that didn't work during the whole time of our stay.

The view and charme

Very nice place. Spacious. Good place family and friends. Good location.

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