Hotel Areia Dourada

Cheap ubd close to the beach. Breakfast simple but sufficient. Coffee not really delicious. But right outside from 19 h top cheap barbecue restaurant with meat and fish

A very good experience. Staff very friendly and efficient, very clean and quiet. Very well located, close to the beach. The quality, price ratio is also good. We've been there twice and I hope to repeat

I came here when in the off-season and I was, possibly, one of only two/three guests in the entire hotel. The reception staff/manager was really polite and courteous - who came out to meet me within 5 minutes of phoning him (as there were no guests, the door was locked when I arrived, and there was no one at reception), The room I had was one with a balcony and had a sea view (it wasn't the one I was supposed to have - I had booked into a 'mountain view' room, but there was a problem with the electronic key to that room). For the budget, it is a functional room but I thought offered great value for money. The hotel is about 3 minutes away from the beach, has a cafe/restaurant underneath (I think they are separate businesses), though Bar Girosol nearby is worth a visit. The hotel is in a good location if you wanted to walk to Calheta (about 30-40 mins away) or the Golf course, which is close to the Pico Ana Ferreira (probably a 40/50 minute hike from the hotel). The only things I thought were a negative were - the very soft pillows and the grimy balcony furniture (which just needed to be wiped with a damp cloth but, as I mentioned, I was transfererd to this 'sea view' room at the last minute so - and quite possibly - they hadn't time to prepare it in advance). The breakfast buffet was a bit sparse, and lacked quality - but, for the price you pay to stay here, probably reflective of the budget status of the hotel. The room had a TV, but I had no remote control (again, maybe because they weren't expecting me to stay there) - and, also, the wifi signal wasn't the best.