Casa Viana - Guesthouse

Lovely local guesthouse overlooking sea front at Cabanas. There are ground floor (with courtyard) and first floor rooms (with terrace facing sea). For personal reasons we chose ground floor twin room with walk in shower - this was a very good room, large with good showroom; whilst the window is onto the pavement, this was not noisy (April) and faced the sea. Breakfast was ample simple buffet - similar most days but local produce including lovely fresh orange juice from oranges grown nearby. Very warm welcome and hosting from the owner, who was really helpful with local information. In our experience, the ground floor is accessible for a guest with reduced mobility.

This is a lovely Guesthouse. Livia the host is very approachable and professional. We arrived late and they arranged for the keys to be collected from a key safe with instructions. There is parking behind the property for a few cars - there is also a rustic car park not far behind the property should their car park be full in busy season. We had room 7 upstairs in the corner and I cannot fault it. Very clean, basic, comfortable. A/C. A small fridge, TV with mainly Portuguese channels but we did find a movie channel. Shower gel and shampoo and hand soap. Beds very comfy. The rooms were cleaned daily and sheets and towels changed around day 3 or 4 (can't remember exactly but we had 8 nights) Location is directly opposite the slipway for the beach water taxi which is 3 euros return for 2 people. The beach has sunbeds and umbrellas to rent at 19 Euros a pair of beds and umbrella. (Cost varies depending on the month) Livia has free umbrellas to borrow if you are happy lying on the sand. These are in the breakfast room behind the front door. Breakfast was made up of a selection of freshly prepared fruit, avocado and cherry tomatoes, cheeses and meats, croissants, bread, honey, yoghurts, daily pastries, cereals, coffee, freshly squeezed OJ, long life milk - maybe more but this is what I recall. The upper terrace has 2 sunbeds with available cushions from the lounge, 2 recliner chairs, plenty of 2 person table and chairs - we found it really pleasant to sit up there in the day when we didn't fancy the beach - there is also a great umbrella that can handle the wind and protect from the sun. Overall a really lovely place to experience Cabanas I really hate to have to mention this but it does effect ones stay and it is by no means Livia's fault and I worry her business must be impacted by this but directly next door is a block of apartments and the top floor has 2 VERY noisy barking dogs that the owners selfishly do not consider others at any time of day or night. It isn't acceptable in any kind of residential area to allow your dogs to constantly bark at anything that moves. Livia did say that we should text her and she will call the police because after 10pm there should be no noise. Sadly the owners of the dogs don't care and the dogs bark at all times of the day and night when they can. For us, this was sadly the decider of whether we stay again or not because, slight road noise, slight passing voice noise we could get through but the constant dog barking was just not good for us. I hope that Livia can get the authorities and the neighbours to address it because it just ruined the stay for us on what is the perfect guest house. For the less noise sensitive I cannot recommend enough.

We have stayed here several times. Getting the essentials right results in a really comfortable stay... one to repeat. Why? - comfy beds - simple but clean accommodation - en suite bathroom - great location - tasty breakfast with plenty of choice - very reasonable price - warm and welcoming owner It all adds up to a most enjoyable experience and one that we will probably repeat.