I have just spent a short time at the hotel on a skiing trip and found it to be very good in all respects. In particular the staff are friendly and helpful, the accommodation is clean and comfortable and the facilities are just what you need after a hard day skiing. While I can imagine that the small pool would become mobbed by small children in holiday periods, the sauna / steam rooms (which are off limits to under 16 year olds) provide good relaxation to tired legs.

The food always had something good on the menu.

Situated in a small village, the night life probably suits more mature and less demanding apres ski fanatics, but the access to a vaste range of skiing is excellent, in particular the Sellaronda and Marmolada runs.

We stayed at the Portavescovo in January with a party of nine and a baby. First impressions are always important and the hotel served us a magnificent cold plate based on prosciutto (ham) and cheese when we arrived late at 10.30pm. We were delighted with our rooms, which were spacious, modern and well equipped with a balcony and good views. An excellent cot and connecting rooms had been provided for the baby, mother and grandparents. Cleaning was tip-top. There is plenty of lounge space and a lively bar next door, if that's what you like. The few rooms immediately above could be noisy until midnight.
The play areas (pool, sauna etc) were adequate and we saw them as a bonus, rather than a shortfall. To be honest we didn't make much use of them as we came to ski, not swim.
The ski lockers were outstanding with one allocated for a room and each fed with warm air. This is a quiet village, but this hotel is ideally placed close to both the major lift systems on the Sella Ronda.
Now here is where I would differ from the last reviewer. We all love Italian food and the Antipasti buffet was outstanding. There were over 40 separate dishes every night, based on salads, marinated vegetables, hams, meatballs, fish and pizza slices. Help yourself....yum. Then pasta or soup, then a simple meat or fish course and finally a sweet, fruit salad or ice-cream. It is a different way of eating, but I think Jamie Oliver would approve!!
The staff and management were always "on the ball" and made us feel wanted. No problems with language, despite the majority of guests coming from Italy.
Our party agreed that this was the best holiday for years and our satisfaction with the hotel was a key part of that

Seven of us stayed in the Portavescovo on a ski holiday in the first week of April. Arabba is a delightful village and snow conditions were excellent for the time of year, but people looking for nightlife should look elsewhere: there isn't any, which some of us would regard as a plus.
As for the hotel, I had stayed there in 2003 and been unimpressed, particularly with a dark and poky single room. This time round my room was spacious and well-equipped (although, bizarrely, access to it was either by a flight of steps outside the hotel or by a tortuous route through the basement via the games room and the ski store---just the thing if you were dressed for the swimming pool!).
The public areas were comfortable and much warmer than on my last visit. Bar prices were very reasonable by ski resort standards, and a drinks order of any size frequently arrived accompanied by complimentary "nibbles"---a nice touch. A small games room in the basement offered table tennis (with a chunk out of the table!) and a couple of electronic games. Back upstairs, the lounge included a large pool table which I thought was overpriced at 5 euros for 30 minutes and 10 euros if this time was exceeded. However, the "daily animation/entertainment" programme promised by Neilsons in their brochure failed to materialise (unless you count canned music churned out by a CD player in the bar!).
The hotel boasts what I believe is the only swimming pool in the village, but "boasts" is hardly the word for a tiny, cramped affair with no natural light and seating space for only two people around the pool. The pool itself was packed when half a dozen people were in it, which was usually the case as our week fell during the Easter holidays and there were several children in the hotel to patronise the pool. A sauna, steam room and small gym were also on offer.
Most of our group of 7 praised the food. The breakfast buffet was extensive and very good. Evening meal was a delight for those who liked salads, with a large salad buffet every evening as the first course, but for those of us who dislike this type of food the rest of the evening meal was distinctly average, with the main course (usually consisting of a small piece of meat of variable quality and a few desultory pieces of potato---nothing else) being particularly poor. Desserts were OK, and there was always the option of ice cream or fruit if the "official" dessert was not preferred. All in all, salad lovers would be in their element; personally, I was glad I had eaten well on the mountain at lunchtime.
Overall, a few warts, but not bad at all, and the hotel's own price list for half board seemed pretty reasonable (unlike the inflated prices charged by our travel company).