Manitou Springs Resort

Beautiful Hotel and friendly service ,loved going for walks and looking at the views and awesome food at hotel

We ate at the Water’s Edge Restaurant. The food was delicious and reasonably good value. It appears that there is not enough staff because the service was slow, but very friendly. The hotel is very good for a community of this size. The real draw is the saltwater pool with water drawn from Little Manitou Lake.

Manitou Springs Resort provided us with a lovely stay. Our corner view room was comfortable and gave us close up views of the lake. The mineral pools were both soothing and fun (ie buoyancy). I had the 1/2 day spa treatment. It was perfect and I highly recommend the spa. The dinning room menu is old fashion and the recipes not to my taste but apparently the locals like this kind of food. The staff throughout the facilities (and at Mike’s Beach Bar) were friendly and helpful. Lucky for the community that they have access to the migrant worker program or these services would likely disappear (ie apparently there are not enough locals to fill the job openings. In my opinion, if the locals befriend these workers they may want to stay).

The room was clean. The pool was so relaxing. The cold pool was 34 C which isn't cold but nice and warm. The warm pool is at 34C and the hot pool is 35. You can't swim because your feet float up. It is better to walk through the water or swim by treading water. When I came out of the water about one hour later, I was so relaxed. The hotel doesn't have free breakfast but they have a restaurant inside the hotel.

Our stay was ok. The beach is right across the street and lots of places to stop and eat or explore. We booked a King Jacuzzi suite at the hotel, and were surprised to find that although we were on the 3rd floor, our view was at ground level of the road and some rocks at the back of the building due to the hotel being on a hill. For the amount that we spent on our room (over $500 for 2 nights) it was disappointing that there was not even breakfast provided, and the extra cost of food became quite pricey over the 2 days. There was no ventilation in the bathroom or over the jacuzzi, so there is a concern of mold build up over time. It was advertised that when you book for two nights or more between Sun-Thurs that there was a 15% discount, but were told when we arrived that the discount was not active. We had 50 minute relaxation massages booked for each of us, but one of the therapists was running behind and the appt only ended up being 40 minutes but we were charged the full amount. We also found the massage rooms quite noisy. All in all, it was ok, but would not stay again as the price was a bit high for the quality.