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I just returned from a three night stay at this hotel with my girlfriend and our teenage daughter. We have been countless times in S. Miguel as we consider it such a pleasant and beautiful island. This time we opted for a hotel outside the main towns and in fact we managed to do just that. At the same time it is only 20 minutes away from the airport and 15 minutes away from Ponta Delgada or Ribeira Grande, the two main towns. We already visited the nine islands of the Azores archipelago and always get a rental car at the airport (exception at Corvo Island). If you are staying in this hotel, it is paramount that you do the same. As to the hotel itself, we booked it only four weeks in advance on high season, thus we had to pay the full rate of the stay at that moment. Upon check-in on room 206, we were given two identical cards without any distinctive element, one to open the door and the other to insert into the slot for lightening. That is odd, generally, hotels give two identical keys to open the door and one of them, if necessary can be left on the slot when we are out. We were assigned a spacious accommodation with living room, bedroom and bathroom. We did not have sea view and the living room had lots of glass walls overlooking the adjacent condo. All those glasses made it very hot on the sun shining days and we had to keep the AC on during the day. The décor of the room was unstylish and lacking attention to details. The bedroom had a big closet but no clothes rail or hangers. Besides that, one of the doors of the closet could not be opened fully, because it bumped into the shelves that are installed as bedside tables. The safe was old style, that is to say, it closes with a key that we had to ask for at the reception at no charge, along with a cumbersome key ring that we had to take with us whenever we were out of the room. The living room had a well equipped kitchen, that we did not use but it was constantly patrolled by half a dozen ants. We had bought previously some good looking fruits and had to fill a big dish with water and in the middle of it we put a small dish with our fruit so that the ants weren’t able to cross the water in order to get to fruit island. The bathroom was very spacious and pleasant looking even if the washbasin was more stylish than efficient. This room lacked tremendously of a place to put one´s belongings (toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, electrical razor and so on). Amazingly no one foresaw the installation of a shelf. The social areas of the hotel such as the lobby are, again, unstylish, corridors have shabby carpeting. The room where breakfast is served has a view to an outside wall and lacks natural lightening. Breakfast itself has a reasonable variety of items, but by no means is it worth 12 euro per person per day, that in our case we were asked to paid in advance, precisely at the same moment we made the reservation. There is a restaurant at the hotel, called Dragoeiro but it features mainly sushi. It is in

Excellent hotel overall. Great location and friendly staff and great grounds/view. The experience there could be dramatically improved with just two small changes: 1. Poolside service - as it is, you have to get your own food and drink. Adding an app or call system would be awesome. A pool waiter/waitress would be amazing. 2. Better mattresses. They felt quite hard, like a budget mattress not appropriate to a nice hotel.

Wonderful place. Gorgeous huge rooms with fabulous views of ocean and nearby church. Kind and helpful staff from front desk to housekeeping. We arrived at 8 am as had early flight in. They directed us to breakfast and had a room available immediately after. Very thoughtful. The breakfast was wonderful. Eggs Benedict, eggs royal, fresh fruit, wonderful breads, cheese , ham, smoothies etc. OMG the chocolate croissants and portuguese tarts hot from oven! Great coffee. So many choices! The dinners were probably best on the island. Food was reasonable in price and well presented. Steak was very tender, seafood fresh and light. Not a fault from beginning to end of stay. Area quiet and safe. Variety store a few minutes away with wine and snacks for sale. One of the customers there sang a Fado song for me. This hotel is a great place for couples. I think a bit too quiet for families. Reasonable drives to all attractions. Look no further

Óptima localização e com muito potencial, mas ainda muito a melhorar!! 1 - A nossa estadia foi de 3 noites e em nenhum dos dias foi feita limpeza, só recebemos toalhas novas porque pedimos na recepção, não tem quaisquer amenities, champô, gel duche, tivemos que comprar porque não tínhamos levado no voo; 2 - No dia de check out vieram acordar-nos antes das 8h30 para saber a que horas saíamos, quando o check out era até às 11h; 3 - Pouco depois ouvimos barulho da porta a abrir e quando verificámos, tratava-se já do próximo hóspede a quem tinham dado early check in, ficámos todos espantados com a situação… 4 - A receção está fechada aos feriados e fins-de-semana, por isso só tivemos contacto com alguém 1 dia em toda a estadia!

My wife and I spent 3 nights here after a week in Porto and it was a perfect ending to our Portugal trip. The facility is fantastic and the staff is friendly and helpful. The location is amazing, RIGHT on the water overlooking the Atlantic. We had the balcony room just above the infinity pool. Breakfast is terrific and plentiful and they even have a fresh “orange juice of the day”. We also had dinner in the outdoor cabana. My wife had the barracuda (catch of the day) and said it was just about the best fish she’s ever had. A special shout out to Sara (front desk/concierge). She was tremendous. She not only printed out a list of sites to visit in our rental car, but she even created a Google Maps route for us in a smart phone she lent us during our stay. She also used to the phone to communicate restaurant reservations and shopping destinations. Sara is a gem! We can’t say enough about our stay at White.