Refúgio Do Estaleiro

Restaurant and prices: very good options, good quality and prices not too high (especially because the hotel could abuse the situation that other restaurants are far away) , View and Quietness

In total, the hotel is relatively simple (and not everything in a good shape). "Resort" is quite a misleading term. In addition, we had several issues: we wanted to go to a viewpoint via a trail from the hotel. We walked and suddenly 2 large dogs were blocking our way (1 very aggressive making the person accompanying person me afraid and causing a headache). So, we needed to return and could not get to the viewpoint which was a waste of time. Complaining at the reception the simple answer was: yes, those are the dogs of the trail (thank you very much for not mentioning this to us before!) Breakfast is ok but simple and some issues (one yoghurt was expired, I ordered an omelet without cheese, it was coming with cheese). Access to the beach is also difficult (and do not follow the instructions from the hotel!). The hotel itself just has a trail to some rocks at the atlantic. We went outside and got an instruction from the hotel (1km to the right after the street turns back to paved road). However, if you follow this, you will end up somewhere. The beach access is the second right and the second paved road change after 1.6km. Beach there is ok. The hotel also mentioned to us that it is possible to walk (for me getting back this 1.6km upwards would be very tiring). Finally, even despite a comparatively high price, the hotel tried to charge 10% service fee on everything (not only on the restaurant bills). I have never seen this in my life before. Ultimately, for me it is more a BRL300-400 Pousada than a Resort.