| Inspected | 20 October 2008 |
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| Guest comments | Mountain or river view rooms are the best. Interior rooms look onto each other and large courtyard.... no privacy! |
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| Inspected | 25 September 2008 |
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| Guest comments | A well maintained hotel in a beautiful setting. Reasonable dining facilities for Western and Chinese tastes. Courteous and efficient staff. |
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| Inspected | 10 July 2008 |
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| Guest comments | I just stayed at the Grand Formosa for 3 nights. The location can't be beat, and if you don't have a car/scooter/bike, I highly recommend you stay here as you are in the park and can easily access the hiking trails via shuttle, bus and taxi. |
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| Inspected | 08 April 2008 |
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| Guest comments | It's not quite 5 star, but the staff is very friendly and it's in a great location. We had an inside-facing room (not facing the river) and had 2 great nights of sleep. I've heard that the river-facing rooms are better (for the view), but you're going to spend all day staring at that river anyway. I also liked the design of the room - very daring to have a window from the bathtub to the bedroom. I took my baby daughter to swim in the downstairs indoor pool and she loved it. It was a bit early in the year to swim in their outdoor, top-of-the-roof pool, but that pool was beautiful.
The food at the hotel is extremely boring. This is probably very helpful to the foreigners staying there, but I'm sure they can come up with better dishes to satisfy non-adventurous palates without resorting to pasta (in Taiwan?), mortadella-like cold cuts (once again, in Taiwan?), or plates of sliced cheese. |
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| Inspected | 16 March 2008 |
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| Guest comments | Well situated, friendly and helpful staff. We had an enjoyable stay in beautiful and interesting surrounds. Highly recommended. |
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| Inspected | 07 January 2008 |
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| Guest comments | the Grand Formosa is an excellent option to explore Taroko National Park. Looking at the facade of the hotel a paint job may do. However, the rooms are clean and spacious. The facilities are - for such a location - very good. The service received by the staff was warm and friendly. There are two restaurants in the hotel and both serve decent food (one Chinese, the other buffet). I would definitely choose the Grand Formosa again. |
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| Inspected | 07 December 2007 |
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| Guest comments | Instead of rushing all the way back to Hualien city , this is a good hotel to stay over a night after all the walking in Taroko. Price a bit pricey , however, there is swimming pool , a reasonable game room .. foc billiard and table tennis. There is cultural show on weekend night. Take a torch and wonder out at night time .. it is a different feeling. plan your dinner and breakfast well .. to avoid the tour group crowd. We took a 4 bed room .. it is spacious and can actually, take in another 4 person with sleeping bags. If you on the free and easy .. try their ala carte menu , instead of buffet. reasonable price and taste good .... ..:-) |
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