Hotel São Martinho dengan Kolam Renang

Rating 0/5 - Exceptions to this RATING - Are the polite & extremely helpful Jessica @ the front desk & Andre the Rooms Manager who went out of their respective ways to meet any requirements needed. Firstly, my reservation was booked 2 months prior yet NO NOTIFICATION that the Hotel name & brand had changed a couple weeks prior. With a few street signs & the massive New Name signage on the hotel marquis , I was not notified of the NH Re- Branding. I was told that ALL guests were notified of this Change of Corporate Re- Branding . When I explain this to the Day front Desk Manager his reply was nothing they can do as it all comes from Head Office (poor apology ). I checked all previous correspondence & no such emails were received by me despite being assured that notifications were sent to all arriving guests! After an 8 hour flight from Toronto Canada & driving past the hotel 3 times up & down one way streets, finally parked & asked where is the Tivoli Sintra Hotel? I was directed in its direction. Jessica @ the front desk walked back with me to my car ( got in with my wife & I ) & guided us through the streets to the hotel. Wonderful ! Andre was most attentive & any request was followed through with the expertise & care of a 5 star manager (a hand written note expressing his desire to be of service should we require anything) was in our room . COMMENDABLE! Now my rating is based not on these two wonderful caring staff But the other staff & room encounters. The shower head kept falling down on the bar so could only be used by hand . The evening front desk manager came to the room & apologizing said it would be repaired in the morning, still not corrected by next day. I asked for 4 towels as the shower floor was soaking wet ( said could give us ONLY 2 ) from the ill functioning shower-head, also the sink faucet spout that spewed water over the entire area (poor design) choice. The house maid came & cleaned entire bathroom that evening so we could still use it the next day - lovely lady despite no English we gestured what was required and she met our expectations. The following day we went @9:30 pm for a late light dinner. After being seated by a bus boy who did not provide us with table settings, we waited 10 minutes as the Waiter walked by us twice with no acknowledgment as to our presence (saying he would be with us momentarily would have been considerate). He proceeded to serve another table 3 feet from us, who were asking for additional drinks as they were obviously there for some time dining. We finally got up from the table & in dismay the waiter looked at us. We stated that being ignored & as guests of the hotel were upset with this level of disrespect & lack of hospitality professionalism. Lastly, I had sent an email at the time of booking advising of this being a special 70 th Birthday trip for my wife, to the hotel Manager that any niceties that could be offered would be appreciated. Not even a note ! As I am writing this in our Fig

This is very nice hotel but not a 5-star. More inline with a 3-star one if you need a reference. The public areas do look historical but are worn out and in need up some repairs. Same goes with the rooms. While the rooms we had were clean they are in need of some updates. They do not look luxurious for sure. The bed was OK but not the best. The baths are not so inviting. It was not all bad though. We had rooms with balconies that faced a nice garden. Very peaceful and enjoyable. The front staff were great. Friendly and helpful. We had great discussions about Sintra and local life there. They made good recommendations for restaurant and followed up to make sure we enjoyed our experience. However, our experience at breakfast was not the same. The girl who worked there was unfriendly and unaccommodating. She did not seem too happy to work there. The location of the hotel is ideal. Close to the town center and the historical sites. One hint if you are going to get a ride (e.g. Uber or Bolt) to Pena Palace or Moorish Castle from the hotel is to go to the town center to initiate the ride. The front lady told us to walk to the bus/taxi stop next to the hotel. While the ride services do stop there, the palace and castle are not in that (one-way) direction. The driver had to take a detour around the hills back to town and then take the correct road to your destination. This took around 1-hour (on top of 15 minutes it took to get a driver). We almost missed our allocated time slot. If we would have taken the 5-minute walk to town center, the trip would have taken less than half of that time. This does not apply to Monserrate Palace and Quinta da Regaleira. It is the best to take the ride to those two from the bus stop next to the hotel. Quinta da Regaleira is walking distance in that direction anyway but it's an uphill walk. Walk it back even if you take a ride to go there since it is going to take more than hour to get back to hotel if you choose to take a ride service/taxi back from Quinta da Regaleira while it is only a 10-minute downhill walk back.

Excelente localização, quarto limpo e inesperadamente moderno com tomadas a perder de vista. Atendimento de primeira com a funcionária Helena, que tirou todas as dúvidas, fez algumas indicações e ainda nos presenteou com um mimo. Única ressalva fica para a chegada ao local de carro. Como o centro histórico é antigo obviamente não foi designado para trânsito se automóveis, com algumas ruas bem estreitas. Super recomendo!