Halfway between the Farol da Barra and Pelourinho, this hotel has a great breakfast, a good pool with beautiful views and a bar on his pier, which can be reached via an exclusive cable car from the hotel. The service seemed reasonable and the rooms need to be modernized and improved in the cleanliness.

Near to Pelorinho, this hotel trades on location and maybe legacy. Spacious rooms with ocean rooms also help. I stayed here twice in one week for a total of 3 nights. The staff are unmotivated and clearly dislike their jobs. Their English language skills are a little weak. I was left waiting to pick up a room key for 7 minutes while their reception was talking on the phone. I eventually wrote the number on my hand and put it in her face after a number of fruitless attempts. The wireless Internet is also not free and roughly R20 per day. The hotel does have a ski lift down to the marina restaurant which is also poorly staffed but they are somewhat more helpful. The food is typical Brazilian fare.

The upside of this hotel is that it is very near to s supermarket and about 10 minutes by taxi to Pelorinho which is charming but a little seedy at the same time. There is also a park within 5 minutes with a monument that is worth walking to. Breakfast is big and with an admirable if not comically large cake selection for breakfast. This is served downstairs, next to the pool which is easily 20+m above sea level. The ski lift and dubious standing tower which takes you back up to the hotel from the sea is amusing and not to be missed.

The rates here are quite cheap for the city and location to Pelorinho. If you are someone who enjoys 5 star comforts, boutique hotels and attentive staff - prepare for disappointment. If you just want somewhere to sleep with a decent view and a large breakfast and shot distance to Pelorinho and the lighthouse among other sites then this hotel ticks those boxes.

Would not recommend this hotel. The staff at reception were surly and hardly spoke english.Could not turn off or down the the airconditioning. The lock on the safe broken, but was mended within 1 hour. Electrical switch cover in bathroom came off. Smelly towels. Poly sheets and lumpy foam pillows. Neighbourhood dodgy. The only good thing were the waitresses who always had a smile.

It is a pitty that this hotel is so old and that they did not renew it. The rooms are old, the air-conditioning makes a lot of noise and almost everything looks like it did not get any maintenance for over 20 years. But, it has the perfect location, the rooms (seaside only) have the most incredible few you can imagine and you can take a little (old and scary) tram to the sea and jump into the clean ocean (Careful, there is no lifeguard at the seaside. ). I don’t know if I would stay there again, but on the other hand I will never forget this hotel because of the wonderful view and the swimming in the sea. So, it’s up to you.