Hotel Ludwigshof & Luvina — Hotel in Überetsch-Unterland - Oltradige-Bassa Atesina

Having travelled for 2 days we arrived at the hotel which I have to say is in a totally unspoilt area of the Tirol. The welcome wasn't great keys given to us and direction of stairs and lift pointed to, this was just the start of our intro to the owner who obviously knew no English and even failed to say even morning in German - yes German this area of the Tirol is predominately German speaking (all to do with the first world war). The food was cooked daily by the young chef and I have to say he certainly tried as did the loan waitress Katrina who both strived to deal with a group of nearly 40 plus one our two other guests. Food was typically salad, followed by a pasta course, then a main course and then a sweet. Coffee not include and cost nearly 3 euros a cup and there are no facilities in room to make a hot drink (suggest you take a travel kettle) Highlight of the week was the trip up the mountain with the village guide Gunter who answered all our questions and when we got to the top made sure we had a great beer and home cooked food from the local shepherds house (in this area they keep the cattle in the houses over winter and move up to the mountain pastures in late spring. As a group we visited Trauttmansdorff Castle and gardens - absolutely fantastic and drove the apple orchards throughout the valley of this area - the blossom smelt great (10% of eating apples come from this area). We also had a guided tour around Bolzano very interesting and like the rest of this area no rubbish to be seen anywhere, another tour was to Riva del Garda and a boat trip to Limone both beautiful typical Italian towns. But the Hotel please try that bit more to make your UK customers feel welcome you would be surprised by the praise you can get for a welcome, daily greetings and a thank you for...

I have stayed at the Ludwigshof in August 2009 for one week. It was an excellent base for bike day tours of the Dolomiti. ||I remained in touch with Werner, and came back for one long weekend to visit this year. I can happily say... the few changes are very good ones :)||||WLAN is now every where (including the annex Garni) and the new cook is great. The same personal and friendly service and casual atmosphere, clean rooms, biker friendly and equipped made mine another great one. The house wine is delicious, the cold Hefe a plus, the coffee from the bar full of flavour. Dinner is chosen the night before, with option of one of two starters and two main courses and dessert. The salad bar is well equipped. Breakfast is excellent, various cold and cooked options, German bread, sliced meats, cornetti, etc... At this time it is a machine making the various coffee drinks, and they come out nicely.||The value for the money is there with the half-board rates (room, breakfast and dinner). Drinks from the bar are separate, guests are given a convenient "drinks card" for charging drinks and paying at the end of the stay.||||Like all around the Dolomiti... switch off the engine and hear cowbells.||The best part... the bit of road from Montagna to Trodena... is one of my favourite bits of road... so every ride starts and ends on a favourite road :-) ... sometimes, if I did not have enough I would go back down the mountain the back way, just to come back up that bit of...

This hotel is part of the MoHo group during the summer months which caters for Motorcyclist. The room we had was very large with a balcony and the bathroom was also well equipped. Breakfast was excellent with a good variety of choice. We were half board so a 4 course evening meal was also included in the price, the food was excellent every night. |The hotel staff speak Italian and German and also a little English but not much.|The hotel is situated in an excellent position for touring the Dolomites which are fantastic, especially on a motorcycle. The town of Trodena is a 5 min walk from the hotel and the are a few bars you can eat...