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Far View Lodge
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The best stay of my life
User: Passport52571824448 from:
Trip Type: Family
Published Date: Feb, 2, 2024
Travel Date: Jan, 1, 2024
Rating: 5
It was the best place ever we will go there again in the spring. We loved the rooms and the food we also loved the view. The beds were so comfy and nice. We also had our dogs with us and we believe that our dogs loved it because they were so happy there. I would go there any day 10 to 10 recommend go there all day every day. Let it be your first choice and make it your only choice. It is awesome.

Don't stay
User: JRAMD from: Hilton Head, South Carolina
Published Date: Dec, 4, 2023
Travel Date: Oct, 1, 2023
Rating: 2
First, ask yourself why do you want to stay in this lodge? The park is an hour away from Durango which has many much nicer hotels and places to eat. We arrived at 11:15 am, ate lunch in the park, stopped at every place you could pull over, looked at all the ruins, toured the museum, went to the gift shop and were still done by 3:30. The hotel itself is old and poorly maintained. We stayed in a "deluxe" room. There is no heat or air conditioning in the bathroom. Since we were there in October, it was freezing. The beds and pillows aren't great. The walls are thin. It would have been considered an average room in the 1960s and is substandard in 2023. There are far fewer restaurant reservations available than there are hotel units. The casual dining option next door closes before dinner. The only other place to eat is the bar, if you can get a seat. When we were there eating in the bar, there was only one food runner for the restaurant and the bar since the others called out sick. He was friendly but very overworked. The bartender was friendly but also very overworked since she singlehandedly was taking the food orders for most of the people staying in the park. The front desk people ranged from civil to unfriendly. I know the lodge is a hike from the park entrance and the area sparsely populated but surely the lodge can hire folks that want to work. They refused to check in anyone prior to 4 pm, whether the rooms were ready or not, so at 4 pm, the line stretched to the door. The only reason to stay at this hotel is for the night sky. But there are other places where you can see the sky. We've stayed at national park lodges throughout the west but this is the worst.
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Far View Lodge
User: lgrable from: Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Trip Type: Friends getaway
Published Date: Nov, 19, 2023
Travel Date: Oct, 1, 2023
Rating: 4
Far View Lodge in Mesa Verde National Park provides lodging in the heart of the park. Be sure to reserve a deluxe kiva room for the best views. All of the rooms have a small balcony. The only negative was noise from adjacent rooms and the wind howling over the roof one night. Overall, would recommend staying in this amazing National Park

Magnificent View!
User: jirene2015 from: Houston, Texas
Published Date: Nov, 14, 2023
Travel Date: Jul, 1, 2023
Rating: 5
The view from our room was amazing! Beautiful vistas as far as the eye could see. Restaurant was excellent. Sunset view was spectacular. Private balcony was a plus. We watched a wild mustang graze just outside our balcony. Breathtaking!
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Beautiful Park - Subpar hotel
User: Shieldsnan from: Monument, Colorado
Published Date: Nov, 5, 2023
Travel Date: Oct, 1, 2023
Rating: 2
We looked forward to our Mesa Verde trip for weeks. Our first trip to the park was 30 years ago and we expected the same great experience. Upon checking in, Linda at the front desk was quite cold and distant. Not welcoming at all. In fact, that was her attitude every time we dealt with her. The view from the lodge rooms (we had a 'deluxe') looking over the park is gorgeous. The bed was comfortable and the shower although very small and dark, was ok. However, the hot water handle on the sink came off and we had to replace it and hold it in place any time we needed the hot water. There was a coffee maker but only decaf coffee. When we asked Linda for regular coffee, we got a curt, "We're out." On our last night, we went up to what we had been told was the only restaurant that did not require reservations. Lo and behold, and unbeknownst to the hotel guests, that restaurant decided to close the previous night leaving the lobby full of families, many with children, being told they had to wait until 8:00 or later to eat in the 'reservations only' restaurant. Or, drive the 45 minutes one way to Cortez. The park was beautiful and thankfully, we had some snacks with us, but unfortunately, the Far View Lodge left much to be desired and was not welcoming at all. We were actually embarrassed for the number of out of state and foreign guests visiting.
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