Aldeia da Fonte Hotel

Hard beds but otherwise a fantastic experience. The hotel is a series of cottages by the ocean and has a dreamlike quality about it. It feels like something out of the hobbit. Paths wind around the facility and uncover little nooks and crannies for chilling or reading. Other paths take you along the ocean and down towards the pool and sauna. My wife said she'd come back to just stay and chill for a few days. Our room, #1, had a main bedroom and a separate living room with a bed for our third traveler. My travelers just kept repeating...'how adorable' and 'how cute is this'. The restaurant was very good and we ate there twice, sampling different meals, such as the bacon/ham pasta, code and octopus bake and baked tuna...all of which were big enough to share. Thoroughly enjoyed our visit and if we're back in Pico, will be sure to stay there again.

Other than the rainy weather every day we were there, and the horrible airport delays because of the weather, our stay at Aldeia da Fonte was beautiful! Beautiful gardens amazing walking paths,beautiful swimming pool over the ocean! Incredible restaurant! Great rooms. But the thing that felt wrong and unsafe is the key situation for the rooms! They hand you a set of four keys on a ring! Once you figure out which keys work then you get in. The safety issue is what happens during an emergency if you need to get out? The door requires a key to get out! Which key? You would be trapped in a fire! Also rooms need dehumidifiers! Can’t dry anything! Insides or out because of the humidity and moisture! Our room smelled fine, but some places were quite musty ! I thought the place was amazing and gorgeous! We lived it there. But the key thing?

The hotel is living on past reputation. The rooms are set in houses in extensive grounds. Several rooms have no balcony or patio and do not face the sea. Room is a good size , with a fridge, but no kettle, tea or coffee which should be available in 4 star hotel The grounds need a gardner to give them much needed TLC as they distract from what should be a beautiful setting. We experienced minor problems: First room did not have a working safe- we managed to negotiate move to a different room. This didn't have an outside light which worked and the shower holder did not hold the shower. The saving grace is the quietness and evening meal in the restauarant- the food was excellent and staff very friendly. Breakfast is adequate. Management take note - take action before it is too late. You need more staff eg on our leaving morning the only receptionist was ferrying some tour group's luggage from rooms to their transport!

The pool and its amenities are a drama. The hotel rooms are really old fashioned. Only reason for giving 2 stars is the friendliness of the staff and the food restaurant. Breakfast is very basic and a little boring. So really not worthy to have 4* on their door. Don’t go !

Our studio was a little musty and damp, the bed may be a little hard for some but generally with a little more care this could be a great hotel. What appears to be lacking is a manager and a gardener. After discussions with the staff, the issues in and around our studio were sorted quite efficiently. Just a shame that they do not check for any issues rather than wait for paying guests like me to highlight them. There were a lack of crockery and utensils in the studios, that none of the staff wanted to take ownership of! The gardens, the swimming pool and the surrounding paths with viewpoints could be beautiful. However the gardens have gone beyond ‘rustic’, the swimming pool looks unsafe to swim in as the water appears to be stagnant and the viewpoints haven’t been maintained. The sun deck below us had a bin overflowing with empty beer bottles for the whole of our five night stay and one of the ocean viewpoints had a freezer cabinet lid just laying there!! As I said before, this could be a great hotel but they need to up their game and possibly give certain items, like the comfy chairs and carpets a refresh. The staff that I did speak with were very helpful especially when we wanted a different studio at the beginning of our stay. All in all this hotel just needs better management and who ver owns it to spend some cash to upgrade some of its tired features.

2 Erwachsene und 1 Kind! Riesige Unterkunft, Betten super (sind wirklich hart, wir fanden es gut), sicherlich mag der Teppich oder die ausgeblichenen Sessel nicht mehr perfekt sein. Es war alles sauber u ordentlich! Weg zu den Pools war klasse, Frühstück ausreichend! Restaurant am Abend: sehr gutes Essen u bester Service.