Pic Maià Mountain Hotel

The value of the hotel is you can ski in and out even in poor snow conditions (as we had). Though the rooms were kept clean and warm the general repair was poor, there was problems with the shower not working and electric failing. Also the English skills of the team were not ideal, which is not a direct criticism but the problems in stay were all made worse by the lack of ability to explain the problems properly (my pidgin Spanish could not cut the complexity). Though the price certainly made up for the short falls

very friendly staff, super cheap snowboard rentals

On first arrival everything seeded good. When asked about the shuttle we were told the service might not be available then told we don’t do a shuttle on weekends. This should be a standard service we would not of stayed at this hotel if we knew this as 2 of our party of 8 could not ski due to injury. We had to stay at the hotel all three evenings were the kids games room facility’s were out of order. When i challenged them on this I was met with a bad attitude and excuses they are not responsible. Our treatment after this was very unpleasant air conditioning went down it was unbelievably hot in the room 24/7. Again I asked about this to be told do you have a window. We are very disappointed by this it ruined our holiday as the kids had nothing to do in the evenings. The food was sent back on 2 occasions due to hair in the food.

The hotel is 5km up the mountain from Pas de La Casa. There are no taxis in Pas de La Casa. The hotel has no car service. We arrived by bus around 7pm and had to pay someone from a different hotel to get us up to the hotel. The concierge at Pic Maia was worse than useless — even suggesting we walked with all our luggage ( up a steep, dark, mountain road with no path). He was equally bad when we departed (we couldn’t get him to order a cab for Andorra la Vella - had to go on the internet and do it ourselves). Even if you drive there is no way to get to the town for a night out (unless you walk or fancy a bit of drink driving). Bar is OK but the restaurant is basic. It is ski ski out but the slope is a red run so beware if you are a learner.

First of all, the view is unbeatable. At first, we were worried because of the thought we were booking a ski hotel in summer. But of course, the pyrenees are also beautiful in summer. The staff (especially the receptionist with the ponytail) was very polite. We had the rooms on the left side of the hotel that were older, but no need to worry, because the rooms are very clean! The rooms are getting cleaned everyday with great care.