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We had a lovely relaxing stay. I have stayed here several times as it is guaranteed to be far from the typical package tour hotel experience I that I dislike. The rooms need some some maintenance but that did not detract from our stay. The grounds are very nice and so are the pools. The staff were exceptional and could not have gone out of their way further if we needed anything , in particular Dercio and his colleague, Antao and Hernany. The breakfast is good and so were evening meals when we ate. The hotel was not too full with amongst others some surfers from Europe staying that have surfed all over the world but come back to Foya Branca often as they prefer surfing here than the Caribbean, Europe and all other surf locations they have been too. I hope to visit the hotel again.

We stayed for just one night and enjoyed our stay. We’ve wanted to do the hike to the lighthouse therefore we opted for this hotel and we did not get disappointed. The hotel seemed a bit-old-fashioned but this was no problem at all for us. The rooms were huge and the staff was really nice. When they got notice of the fact that the person responsible for the breakfast was missing, some others of the staff helped out and served breakfast within a short period of time. Another benefit was the transfer to the airport.

Chose to stay to this hotel at the end of 2 weeks travelling around Sao Vincente and Santo Antao, despite the bad review. Shoes were stolen in front of our room, staff were very disinterested , more worryingly the manager as it took me 3 days to nail her down as she didn’t not think that clients being robbed was any of the hotel problem. Could have been outsider but could also be hotel staff. Leaves a very bitter taste. Door handle broken ( which meant no access to the balcony ) no one came to have a look ( let alone try to fix it ) despite asking twice about it. Gym advertised but not opened – despite asking about it after previous negative TripAdvisor comment ( equipment is supposedly about to be fixed, it is not ) No diving center despite the hotel advertising it. ( Dive tribe operates from Mindelo city center ) A ghost , insecure hotel ( despite being the only place with a security team we stayed in, the irony )

After being is this hotel 10 year ago and now I realized nothing changed, the location is nice but the hotel don't have any improvement from my last visit 10 years ago, exactly the same menus with any traditional food...only western and poor food...all the time I go eat at the restaurant in front of the hotel (VERY GOOD ONE) the rooms are old and with lacking of attention on the maintenance part, no soap on the bathroom,rooms are clean and the view are good, but we are talking about a 4 Stars hotel....I have been in 2 stars before better then this on at the moment. You can see the lack of investment over this year's...it's like a time capsule but not on the good way... Really need to improvement urgently...I many areas...have good activities like wind surf and diving, but besides that nothing more to do...this hotel could be top but is moving down slowly...it's sad to see all the lack of attention in all the small details...poor management will kill this place...wake up...at the moment new hotel's are growing at the city and on the side of this one...have a good location is not enough...the infrastructure need to be updated ASAP...

J'ai séjourné 2 nuits dans cet hôtel : à l'arrivée et au départ. La chambre le jour de mon arrivée était propre (309), en hauteur, certes vieillissante mais tout fonctionnait. De l'agitation au niveau de la piscine (dimanche), beaucoup de locaux viennent à la journée, musique à fond et pas assez de chaises longues. Le lendemain je devais partir à 07h15 or le restaurant ne commence à servir qu'à 07h30, la personne à la réception me précise que mon petit déjeuner me sera apporté en chambre. Rien de tout cela! J'ai été baladé entre la réception, le snack, le restaurant et à nouveau la réception pour avoir un fruit, un jus de fruit et un sandwich. Lamentable!! Mon séjour était un séjour randonnée, pas très consistant le petit déjeuner pour aller marcher. Au retour, on m'a attribué la chambre 27, un espace important existait au niveau de la porte, au niveau de la fenêtre, n'importe qui aurait pu entrer. C'est honteux de proposer cette chambre pas du tout au norme. J'ai demandé à changer de chambre car je ne me sentais pas en sécurité (voyage solo). Ils m'ont attribué la chambre 103 : la clim fuyait j'ai dû enlever la clé pour stopper l'électricité dans la chambre et par là même l'inondation de la chambre. Je comprends qu'en basse saison, les locaux puissent venir utiliser les installations comme les piscines mais lors de mon deuxième passage(samedi) je n'ai pas pu trouver une chaise longue disponible, et beaucoup de bruit!!!!! Je précise que l'hôtel ne s'est pas excusé pour l'absence de petit déjeuner le premier jour. Cela arrive à tout le monde de se tromper mais il faut au moins l'assumer.

Ich war über Silvester mit einer Gruppe hier. Die Anlage sieht auf den Bildern gut aus, ist aber total renovierungsbedürftig. Die Möbel sind abgelebt, die Anlage rund um den Pool ebenfalls und dazu war der Flur und der Balkon dreckig. Die Einrichtung des Zimmers war ansonsten zweckmäßig und OK, genau wie das Bad, das allerdings wenig Ablagefläche hatte und wir uns erst noch Handtücher an der weit entfernten Rezeption holen mussten. Das Silvester-Essen war nicht gut, offiziell war es ein Buffet, in der Realität gab es null Auswahl. Das galt leider in noch schlimmerer Form für das Frühstück, bei dem es außer ein paar Brötchen und Marmelade nichts gab und das war nach etwa einer Stunde leer. Ich war schon in Hotels und Pensionen rund um die Welt, aber das war das mit Abstand schlimmste Frühstück ever. Da das Hotel weit von Sao Pedro entfernt ist, kann man auch nicht mal schnell woanders hin zum Essen gehen. Und das versprochene Hotelshuttle in der Silvesternacht nach Sao Pedro und zurück, gab es am Ende auch nicht [was problematisch ist, wenn das Hotel ein Essen gibt, das um zehn vorbei ist und das war es, also auch keine Bar oder sonst etwas zum Anstoßen], wir haben am Ende alles privat organisiert.