Venture58252761056
October 2, 2023
It's an expensive hotel in an expensive town. We booked the "cozy-sized" room for our fall visit to Telluride and didn't really know what we were getting into. The point of this review is to explain what you get when you book cozy. First of all, the hotel is terrific. It's in a perfect location on Main Street, in the middle of everything Telluride - just blocks from the gondola, for example. It has an interesting history, but has been carefully and thoughtfully remodeled (sound-proofing was a priority, apparently. Kudos to the designer for that). My only complaint is not the hotel's fault: there's no on-site parking and there is never going to be on-site parking, given the fact that the hotel was built before people had cars. Parking is still free, however, but you have to go hunting for just right "kind" of spot, and for us that was a couple of blocks away (and very uphill) behind the hotel. It was very annoying to have to trudge back to the car to retrieve our jackets, or whatever else we'd left in there, especially since we'd just flew in from our sea-level home, and that hill felt like a mountain. (For edification, they'll tell you to find parking indicated with a green "G" on it. The green G is very small, beneath much more commanding lettering saying the area was for 2-hour parking, or something else. We drove around for a while. trying to find green G parking, when we'd actually just hadn't seen it on the signs the first time around.) So -- the cozy room isn't all that small! I once stayed in a hotel in NYC where I had to stand ON the bed to change my clothes. This room not only had a king-sized bed and two night stands, but a loveseat and coffee table. There was a regular-sized closet, built-in drawers, thoughtful shelving, and a generously sized bathroom. You will not feel cramped. My only real objection to the cozy room was the fact that it faced into an air shaft. That meant the room was very dark, both night and day. It was a little warm in the room in September and there is no air conditioning - just be forewarned if you're perpetually hot, like us (I think there was a swamp cooler in the closet, but it was the middle of the night and I didn't feel like trying to figure out how to use it). Also, you can ask for a dorm-sized fridge to be brought up, which we appreciated.