This is a very nice place for a stay. We experienced a friendly ,clean, and quiet atmosphere. The staff was always helpful. Breakfast was free and excellent. The gym was small but usable. Of course we were within walking distance of everywhere in town.

A place that looks nice on pictures and is a sympathetic small hotel (although pretty far from the beach), but when night falls, you try to sleep and the emergency generator awakens (it's not the air con, guys) with its incessant monster-Mack-truck like roar it's quite literally impossible to sleep for even a couple of minutes.
We never complain on trip advisor, but this kind of sleep deprivation beats even a cell at Guantanamo - its like trying to doze off on a busy tarmac...
Don't book this place, as the entire village is teeming with small and nicer pousadas (where the speak just as much (little) English, French, Italian and Spanish)

The hotel has a good location, just 2 minutes walk from the main street, a bit further from the beach. The breakfast was excellent, the pool area is nice and the whole hotel area was very clean. The rooms are ok, nothing extraordinary but spacious and clean. The bathrom is small but nice. It does not, however, have a window, only an opening with wooden bars which results in a hot and humid bathroom.

The main problem was the airconditioner. It was VERY noisy. We had to wear earplugs to sleep and it was not nice to stay in the room to relax because of the noise. We would also have preferred a table and chairs on the balcony instead of a hammock. It would have been nice to sit at the balcony and enjoy a refreshing drink at night.

Overall I would recommend the hotel if they replace the airconditioners.

We had a good experience upon check-in, good service, and there is an elevator if you don't want to take the stairs. The pool is very lovely, but the photo on their website gives an impression that the pool faces the beach, but it does not. Their "villa net" room has only one computer for accessing the internet. The location is good and in walking distance from everything, while still away from the noise of the busy roads.

While the overall experience was positive, one critical issue was that our air conditioner was noisy and kept my husband awake at night. I wore earplugs. the air conidtioner was it such a location above the door of the room that it is not in arms reach, and the controls are on the a/c unit. So you have to be very tall, or stand on something to change the setting. Sorry, but the air conditioner is an important feature of a hotel room, and I will not recommend this hotel for this reason.

Also, the staff were varied and didn't always speak English, or they spoke Portuguese too rapidly for us to catch what they were saying.

There is a nice family of a momma cat and her 5 kittens living at the hotel that gave an extra charm to staying there.