The Oitavos

We were actually wondering why there were so few reviews in 2024 on Tripadvisor so we checked Google. Majority of reviews there were good. Little did we know… The hotel is so much out dated. Some reviewed it as uber modern, we feel it is just old. Vinyl flooring everywhere - the lobby, the rooms, the gym (which is a run down and the two modern techno gym pilates things or whatever it is don’t help). No clue why others call vinyl modern. Also the color blue which is omnipresent everywhere doesn’t add a touch of modernity but rather a memory of the 80ies and it was built in 2009… Rooms are huge indeed but again vinyl and this run down blue color. Hallways are wide and dark with this one window at the end of it. Some might say this is a design element we just felt darkness, see pictures. Majority of guests is 50+ male, playing golf. So it seems like a good spot for golfing. If you wann stay there to relax, go and look for another hotel. Highlight and the only good thing, for us, was breakfast: extremely broad selection of different breads, fruits, cheese, eggs to order, and, and, and. So, the hotel is not a disaster at all even though my review might sound like it. However, it is an old hotel and didn’t undergo any refurbishment lately - a fact no one can deny. They try hard but it is far away from what a modern hotel is called these days, which is sad as it has potential. Just changing room flooring to wood would bring so much more comfort to the rooms but maybe this vinyl and blue is their concept and USP… If you’re into new and modern hotels with wood flooring and charm, do not stay here. Also if you’re not a golfer.

Came here for a couple of nights to play at the golf course. I spent a little more to get a Corner Sea Loft room which was great as it had a wrap around balcony with a massive amount of space, sun loungers etc and a full sea view. Other rooms I thought were strangely positioned and look to have small balconies and side views. Worth upgrading your room here I would say. First impressions, a super cool hotel. Very minimalistic and I can see why some reviewers would not like it all. I loved it though. Walking to my room for the first time was so cool. A huge wide long corridor with just one window at the very end looking straight out to sea. The closer you get the bigger this window gets. Like a really cool art gallery or something you would find in The Tate Modern. My room was enormous and excellent. Only issue was sound from above very audible. High heels, footsteps, scraping furniture etc. Surprised that happens in a newish built modern structure like this. Public areas a wee bit sterile for me. The bar seemed to be part of the restaurant and I wasnt comfortable sitting at it, which is something I always do in a Hotel. For a cool Hotel, they should have a better bar. Dinner was lovely, with an exceptional and knowledgeable sommelier who made super pairings. Staff were absolutely brilliant throughout. Very friendly and helpful and dressed immaculately. The only thing I did not like here was the breakfast. A let down and poor. One juice (concentrate?) no butter for toast, filter coffee (yuk) and a poor coffee machine that appeared to make espresso only. Eggs to order but little information on options? Omelettes? who knows. I got two poached eggs. Both came hard boiled, and had to be eaten with dry toast as no butter available. I didn't even bother with breakfast the day I left as its so poor. Seemed to be lots of cold meats and cheese about if thats your thing, it's not mine early in the morning. Cold cheese for breakfast is all wrong :-)

amazing hotel with wonderful architecture, widest hallways i have ver soon (aka quiet) incredible rooms (the blue will always be remembered) and views. Wonderful staff like Daniel the valet, beatriz, etc. excellent breakfast with many options!

The staff was super nice extremely friendly and highly accommodating. The hotel itself wasn’t a 5 star hotel at least as ranked alongside a North American standard or even France or England. At a 5star attention to detail is what is measured because the basics are covered otherwise they would be a 3 or 4 star. During every breakfast they ran out of coffee at the coffee station, normally not a big deal but then it would take 10-15 min to bring a new coffee pot. The self serve espresso machine was only half functional, the bread oven was not working a couple days, bowls for the cereal bar where scarce running out multiple times leaving people searching around thinking they just couldn’t see them when in fact they had just run out 10min ago and nobody replaced them. I’m using the breakfast example to exemplify my total experience across multiple interactions. I happened to be there during a very windy and rainy few days. Again, staff was very friendly but the physical property to me, the entire hotel including my room felt very sterile.