The hotel was weird and did not have good food/beverage services. You had to use cash only to put money on one room key account and then utilize that one key to buy drinks or food items. The staff will not let you charge items to your room and settle at check out. Additionally there are steps everywhere and sometimes you must go up to go back down, no handicap accessible areas. There is a 12 inch television in the room and no place to sit other than on the bed. There is no wifi im the room unless you are close to the reception area. Air conditioners are set to only go down to 23 Celsius too! Impossible to get it lower. Beautiful area and people are friendly in town, but this hotel has a security guard that follows you everywhere. Just overall a strange place to stay and not for international visitors.

We stayed there for one night on May 23rd. We must have been the only guests in this large hotel. You can tell that they were getting ready for the busy season. It was definitely quiet. We had reserved a mountain view room, but were not upgraded to a sea vue even though there was no one there. The town was charming, but most stores were closed. I am sure that Praia a Mare is a great summer spot to stay, but be advised, not in May! Breakfast was ok, but the service was inexistant. The staff was more interested in chatting than interacting with the only guests they had. Would not return...

Hotel chosen because 1) proximity to a wedding venue ( reason for trip) 2) info said English was spoken 3) 4 star Hotel was close to wedding - phew English almost non exsistent, and no one st all could speak any English some days, this caused challenges with organising trips,( we had to sort alone) taxi to and from wedding and around food choice as one guest a coeliac. 4 star! Not in our opinion Not allowed a second room key, room not clean including food wrappers from a previous occupant, communal areas even less clean, totally annoyed that the a’lcarte restaurant closed mid way through our stay with no warning on website or at hotel. On booking we were told free parking but once there non available in the free area outside of the hotel eventually had parking for free in hotel. Could give lots of small negative examples but the hotel of course didn’t spoil the wedding but I would definitely not recommend to anyone. A few other points - no inside bars or coffee bars opening only option by pool or beach meant any drinks there were in smoking areas. Hotel said mountain view room which was totally true lovely view of the mountain just a shame before the mountain less than 50 metres from our balcony was the main train line. Therefore very noisy all day and night. Breakfast poor and almost no choice for the coeliac The night we did use the a’lcarte great but the buffet night redicously overpriced only 2 of 4 courses available for coeliac

Hotel chosen because 1) proximity to a wedding venue ( reason for trip) 2) info said English was spoken 3) 4 starHotel was close to wedding - phewEnglish almost non exsistent, and no one st all could speak any English some days, this caused challenges with organising trips,( we had to sort alone) taxi to and from wedding and around food choice as one guest a coeliac. 4 star! Not in our opinion Not allowed a second room key, room not clean including food wrappers from a previous occupant, communal areas even less clean, totally annoyed that the a’lcarte restaurant closed mid way through our stay with no warning on website or at hotel. On booking we were told free parking but once there non available in the free area outside of the hotel eventually had parking for free in hotel. Could give lots of small negative examples but the hotel of course didn’t spoil the wedding but I would definitely not recommend to anyone. A few other points - no inside bars or coffee bars opening only option by pool or beach meant any drinks there were in smoking areas.Hotel said mountain view room which was totally true lovely view of the mountain just a shame before the mountain less than 50 metres from our balcony was the main train line. Therefore very noisy all day and night. Breakfast poor and almost no choice for the coeliac The night we did use the a’lcarte great but the buffet night redicously overpriced only 2 of 4 courses available for coeliac

The hotel is clean and well located, with a nice lido next to it and activities, but inside it is not well organised and any purchase is complicated.

Clean room.but otherwise all bad.room view choice of entertainment stage and very noisy or rail line and skips.may have been good once. Now hotel sea front tatty with grey shale and weeds.location delapidated and next to small grotty water park.food worst ever. Breakfast chaos wirh nowhere to sit.as no clwar way of managing the overfilled hotel.sugar water for juice. Stale bread.unpleasant coffee.pool very overcrowded in afternoons.some staff trying to be nice but clearly scared of breaking rules.nb you have to wear wrist band but not as much fun as a festival.

This location was fine overall. The food was plentiful and the menu changed daily. The service was great overall. The beach was beautiful to look at but be prepared for stones rather than sand. On Day 4 and 5 of our stay, the tide brought in a fair amount of garbage which was not addressed by the hotel. Otherwise, I have no complaints and would highly recommend this location.

Overall good but with a few minor problems leaking ceiling, key access switched off towel not replaced, sea view not initially allocated Catering manager great guy