Departure28908280129
27 tháng bảy, 2021
...it's a disaster. First, if you're going to label yourself "eco-chic all suite hotel" (Google listing) you have to aspire to more in the way of genuine eco-credentials than the one solar panel I could find in the scruffy grounds. Perhaps there's a ground-source heat pump powering everything, rainwater harvesting, and amazing use of renewables and if so I'm mistaken, but I just couldn't for the life of me understand the application of "eco" to anything. It takes minimalist to a new level, with bare concrete walls and floors presentation and an artful attempt to appear "recycled" in the knocked-together look of the furniture, but it just comes across as scruffy (a personal opinion, obviously). And the definition of a "suite" is a set of inter-connecting rooms: here the accommodation is in glass-fronted concrete bunkers set around the estate paths, all open-plan with the only inter-connectedness being a small (under-powered) shower room and a separate loo. This leaves a fairly large, well...room. By no adequate description a "suite". Cleanliness left a lot to be desired (see pics of ventilation cover - admittedly the extractor fan to this doesn't work anyway) and the window in the roof above the grass-topping to the bunker-room - come on guys, just clean the windows! The patio at the front of the room (see pic) is about as unwelcoming as it is possible for a presentation to be: just ghastly. Upsides?: well, couldn't fault the breakfasts which have a great deal of choice and decent-quality, albeit without expected options in this price-range such as made-to-order omelettes, etc. And the location is good for the coastline beyond the Obidos lagoon, and for lovely Obidos itself. Staff were indifferent and appeared inexperienced, certainly showed not the slightest interest in making your stay special...which at €500 for two nights, room and breakfast-only it ought to be. The last reviews were posted in late 2019; Covid obviously has a lot to do with the ability of hospitality providers to cope so maybe that's a reason, albeit not an excuse (although plenty of other hotels are going above and beyond), and maybe things have just gone downhill since, but frankly this place has been an awful experience and one we were pleased to evacuate from as soon as was possible.
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