Hotel Dolomiti

My wife and I spent a week in this family-run hotel. Our room was clean, well furnished and about 5x4 metres with small balcony overlooking the town. (None of the rooms seem to have sea views). Signor Vio Jnr speaks several languages well and was very friendly and accommodating - even putting fresh roses on our breakfast table because we are English. Signor Vio Snr and his brother were also friendly but not fluent in English. I think English guests are rare here. Foreign guests were fed in the adjoining building while the main hotel dining room seemed to be reserved for Italian guests, most of whom seemed to be on full board. The breakfast was very good and the coffee (from a machine) excellent. The buffet menu included fresh fruit, yogurt, croissants, cakes, scrambled eggs, cheese and bacon - all of which were very tasty. Drinks in the hotel were reasonably priced - our bar bill after a week only came to 20 euros. The hotel is only a short walk from the busy little town of Caorle - well worth a visit with a long promenade and good bars and restaurants; it is also only 200 yards from the beach, on which guests are allocated a private sun-lounger and umbrella by the hotel. The public areas are a little dated, some might say charming, but that's not uncommon nowadays since the global recession tightened hoteliers' purse-strings. It was spotlessly clean. The hotel was good value for money at the price we paid, though Italian (and French) hotels are expensive when compared like-for-like with Spanish hotels. You always get a lot more for your money in the latter.