http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T13:51:53Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/1/21342/8495 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/cordillera.jpg" class="top"><p>Whenever we get tips fawning over this or that hotel, we&#146;re always suspicious. So when this review came through our inbox, our BS-radar went on high alert:<p> <blockquote><p>I stayed at this place a little while ago and it is just magical. A nice, quite [sic] lodge, away from the town but still pretty close to everything, like Vail and Beaver Creek &#133; I would recommend this place to people who want to get away from the rush, with their partner or for a family weekend.</blockquote></p><p> <p>So what was the hotel and what did we find out? <p> <p>The hotel is <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Lodge+&+Spa+At+Cordillera,+A+Rockresort/ian/225354"<b>The Lodge & Spa at Cordillera</b></a>, in Edwards, CO. Its web site professes to be &#147;one jennm 2008-12-02T12:25:24-05:00 39.6435240 -106.63301 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/3/154854/105 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/cordilleranight2.png" class="imgborder"><p>In this day and age it's totally not unusual to walk into your local mani-pedi place and spy at least one if not two men having some treatments done. So why should hotel spa getaways only cater to women?<p>That must be what <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Lodge+%26+Spa+At+Cordillera%2C+A+Rockresort/ian/225354"><b>The Lodge at Cordillera</b></a> in Colorado thought as they are offering a <b>Men's Spa Boot Camp Package</b>. But it's not all facials, mud baths and massages. The hotel, a RockResort, is offering guys two nights of luxury accommodations, along with one full day of either an ice climbing lesson or a snowmobile rental. <blockquote><p>Guys can experience the sensation of climbing up a frozen waterfall with a private ice-climbing lesson. Numerous ice climbs form each year, juliana 2007-12-03T15:53:50-05:00 39.643524 -106.63301 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2004/11/1/5933/94747 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/cordillera_lodge.jpg"></p> <p>The snow is already falling out west, and if you are thinking about a snow vacation, but want to try and save some cash, you may want to check out packages between now and the end of the year at villages around the world. </p> <p> Many resorts offer their lowest prices in the spring and the fall, and many years you can catch great mountain conditions at the beginning or end of these lower priced periods. Check around. &nbsp;We found a <a href="http://www.cordilleralodge.com/packages/index.html#romance">"Romance in the Rockies" package</a> at The Lodge & Spa at Cordillera, which is located 25 minutes from both Vail and Beaver Creek, for $690. </p> <p>The package includes two nights in a mountain-view markj 2004-11-01T05:52:23-05:00 39.644141 -106.63237 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/