카사 도 메르카도

Chegamos a noite e não nos avisaram que deveríamos ligar para saber o número do quarto. A foto não tem qualquer relação com a acomodação. Estivemos lå por 13 noites e nunca vimos ninguém na recepção. A casa é velha e mal cuidada. A porta da geladeira caia toda hora: wifi intermitente, fraco, toalhas muito poídas e velhas, travesseiros horríveis . Tem escadas para chegar aos quartos. Apesar da boa localização não voltaremos mais!

This is not a hotel. This is a regular building remodeled as individual rooms. There are no personal interactions with any human being, although the place is advertised at the Expedia website as having a front desk attended 24/7, which is plain false. Access into the building is obtained through a code provided via WhatsApp, meaning that you need a functional cell phone in the Azores (some European sim cards will not work here); the code provided opens a box where a key attached to a chain is used to open the street door. Stairs with no elevator will give you access to the room assigned to you: you will find the door open with the key in the inside lock. Again, this place provides nothing other than a bed under a roof, at a price similar or higher than the cost of a room at real hotels, with front desks and personal services just a block away. Never again.

Just avoid. While the location is KEY it stops there; as mentioned, terrible non consistent wifi, a bed sheet that was too small for the bed, stained rusty sheets that were also torn, musty towels; the BEST part about my room was the roof window, but you’re barely allowed to use it because of bugs (which is fair!); as mentioned, zero amenities and the stairs are incredibly deep and terrible to navigate. The kitchen is in need of deep repair and while there’s a fridge, it’s not clear whose food is whose. For a “4 star hotel” I expected a hell of a lot more AND reception AND amenities; I considered checking out and staying elsewhere at a cost.