...the folks at Hemizeus unfortunately lack the extra bit of effort to make your stay outstanding rather than just good.
- It took the receptionist a full day to find out the WiFi password for us - quite fatal if you did some ski rental and restaurant reservations online, and if you want to work a little bit.
- The shuttle taxi is only included when you arrive and when you leave, and even if someone else is being dropped at the station and there is space, they don't want you to hop on board.
- And finally, and that is worth the deduction in my rating: The shuttle dropped a friend of ours at the station when she left, we asked him to wait for my partner who is at the coop supermarket, and when she came out of the shop a mere five minutes later, the driver was gone and she was left there with the shopping bags.
On the positive side:
- Shuttle pick up from the train station when you arrive.
- If you prepare your own breakfast at the apartment, you can order fresh bread the afternoon before and it will be delivered at your door in the morning.
- Superb Matterhorn view from some of the rooms and the relax zone at the spa.
Negative:
- Service
- Location: Yes, you can ski more or less directly to and from the hotel. But if you are in Zermatt for dinner or shopping, it is a 30 minute walk uphill. And as mentioned above, their taxi shuttle service is not very helpful. (A regular taxi from Zermatt to the hotel costs 26CHF for the just over 2 kilometers!)
The Hemizeus would easily be worth maybe not five, but definitely four points. But pettifogging details like charging you 2CHF for spa sandals, 10CHF if you want your bath robe replaced by a fresh one, not being able to give you the WiFi password, not helping you to get to and from Zermatt and a few other things just add up to some unnecessary annoyance, especially given that you are actually spending quite some money for the week.
By the way: In the end I even walked all the way to the train station when I left as they seriously started questioning why I want to leave one hour before another friend and if we couldn't leave together.
- Apparthotel Hemizeus Zermatt
- Apparthotel Hemizeus Hotel Zermatt
