Hotellit aamiaisella kohteessa Praia

The place was really nice and well located. However we had no électricity at night and we had our flight very early in the morning, which might have caused issues, including no check in, important fees from the companies, a long travel without phone battery...

While generally clean, this hotel is far less inviting than the photos will have you believe. In person, it offers a glimpse of what it once was. My room, while decently spacious, was a sparse, unwelcoming box with an aesthetic more reminiscent of a guesthouse than a 3-star hotel. Due to a nationwide cancellation of domestic flights, I only got to spend one night at the hotel, the whole of which I spent in the heat because their attempts to adjust the air-conditioning proved fruitless. (Also, despite the force-majeure nature of the flight cancellations, the hotel refused to offer even a partial refund when contacted about adjusting the booking.) The photos of the empty pool and surrounding bar/restaurant areas are accurate only in the complete desolation of the scene. During my visit, the pool area was entirely unstaffed -- devoid of life guards, attendants, bartenders (or any markers of a functioning bar), or any other factors indicating a functioning pool. The makeshift gym (I've seen better-appointed fitness centers in friends' garages) felt even more unsafe to use, especially alone. The front desk has its issues as well -- I had to wait 45 minutes while they changed the twin beds in my room to the single King/Queen requested in the booking. And upon my late-night checkout, the very junior staffer asleep at the desk was so slow and incompetent (with both my checkout and taxi request) that I almost missed the check-in window when I eventually arrived at the airport (a short 5-minute drive from the hotel). In the end, my flight was canceled and I needed somewhere to stay for the 1-2 nights I'd be stuck on the island. It went without saying that I never returned to this hotel.