Hotel Astoria Bled — Hotel in Bled

Excellent hotel for a retreat to Bled. The facilities are clean and all rather modern in a Scandinavian minimal style. Beds are comfortable (almost too comfortable, it's hard getting up on a morning) and the rooms are spacious and well appointed.

Spa facilities are excellent, provided you're comfortable with being naked in a sauna. There are 4 saunas, 2 hot tubs, a cold water plunge pool and Kniepp therapy pools plus massage facilities. The massages were just the right amount of physical without being invasive, which is handy considering you're naked for that too. We had sauna access and a massage included in our deal, but if you don't the massages are pretty reasonably priced (there are discounts available if booking on the day or allowing students to do it - ask at reception) and you can get a free sauna pass by hanging a green card on your door telling housekeeping not to clean it for one day.

The only minor things stopping this from being five star for me is the buffet selection of hot food is a little samey each night, and the position of the shower head in the bath is nonsensical and leads to water being sprayed all over the bathroom. I thought that issue may have just been my room, but have seen someone else on here saying the same thing (unless we both had the same room?).

Overall, excellent hotel in excellent surroundings, only let down by a couple of minor touches. If I could make it 4.5...

This was my first time in Slovenia and it's beautiful. A very nice hotel in a beautiful and quiet location. Ljubilana Airport is about a half an hour drive away.

Just a five minute walk away from beautiful Lake Bled. You can take a boat trip over to Lake Bled's island.

A Mercator mini supermarket was also about a five minute walk.

You can get a coach to Mount Vogle, the coach stop is just over the road from Hotel Astoria Bled and you need to go to Bohinj Zlatarog coach stop. To get up to Mount Vogle you have to go in a very steep cable car. The ride takes 44 minutes and the coaches are every hour.

The free Wi-Fi was very good although speeds fluctuated a bit sometimes.

The rooms were quite spacious and the beds were comfortable. There was good heating and if you want cold air you can just open the windows! A downside to the rooms is there was no kettle for making hot drinks.

The staff were very friendly.

The buffet in the restaurant at breakfast and evening meal was very nice although there wasn't always a main vegetarian option but something different could be done on request.

Overall a really nice hotel and I would...

The Hotel is nice n clean BUT the service by the front desk staff ( a male) was terrible n very rude We were informed by him tat we can get boiled water until 10 pm ( this hotel doesn't provide kettle or heater in the toilet is not functioning. (Built for 'decoration' only). When we came back fr dinner, it was closed early simply because no customers. It was 9.25pm. When I asked the receptionist, he was very rude. He said tat it is the policy of the hotel not to provide kettle and bla bla bla. So we said tat he mentioned 10 pm , otherwise we would have taken the hotel b4 we went out for dinner. He said tat this hotel is 3 stars and bla bla bla... The kitchen staff said tat we have to pay €5 for hot water. Imagine 16 of us tourist were to pay €5.00 each??? Also very rude. He is wrong to give us the wrong info and very rude to us. I will not recommend this hotel to any of my friends. Worst, our agent already booked 2 nights stay. Terrible, terrible experience. We are world travellers and had never experienced this type...