Stanley Hotel
Estes Park, CO 80517-9019
Phone: (970) 586-3371
Editorial Review for Stanley Hotel – by Gayot.com
The Scene
The Rocky Mountains loom large over this white, four-story hotel that overlooks the tourist town of Estes Park. Built in 1909, this property has hosted presidents, princes and movie stars. Best-selling author Stephen King was inspired to write "The Shining" after vacationing here.
The Details
The 138 rooms and suites are large and comfortable but not lavish. Each has a telephone, television and large sash windows that open to let in the cool mountain air. There are great views in every direction. Guests enjoy toasting the mountain sunsets from the long, west-facing verandah or the deck chairs lining the pool. Dinner (featuring Colorado game) is served in a white-tablecloth restaurant, on the patio beside a cascading waterfall or in the historic dinner theater.
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Insider Tips
When to GoDuring the summer, the hotel is full of vacationing couples and families; winters are a more quiet time to visit.
User Reviews for Stanley Hotel
06/29/2008 Posted by ashleyrams
People say its haunted is it true? Just wondering. I think its a lie but I have never been there so people who have is it really haunted?
Pros: I dont know
Cons: is it haunted?
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
06/26/2008 Posted by jouelles
I am a CO native and had never actually stayed at the Stanley. I had been there for business and weddings only. So, I decided to treat myself on 6/1/08. At $155 a night, I was looking forward to lounging in the hotel provided bathrobe in a plush setting. When I arrived, the first thing I noticed were the grounds - they need a lawn service because the grass was dying and full of weeds. The lobby is beautiful and the check-in experience efficient. Not only was there no hotel bathrobe, the rooms are far from plush - shabby, poorly appointed and dirty. I get that it's old and historic and sometimes that means things like the plumbing are difficult to work (which it was). What I don't understand is dented, scratched, mismatched furniture, dirty dresser drawers, dirty bedspread, under-sized, thin bath towels, poor lighting and DIRTY. The space between the bed and nightstands were filthy with dirt & crumbs, the corners of the room and the carpet along all the baseboards was dirty. The room service is a joke - it took 1:15 for a salad and hamburger, the salad came without dressing and that took another :20 to arrive. I was really disappointed, especially because the things I mentioned are easy fixes when managed correctly.
Pros: The lobby is beautiful and it looks like a beautiful white jewel when you first see it from the road
Cons: Expensive, dirty, shabbily appointed
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
