Ok, the full story is, we were blown away by this place, with emphasis on place. The beauty of the coastline, from the vantage point of the pool patio and adjacent restaurant deck, is plainly a sight of pure beauty, on par with any you will find anywhere. But this is only true only if you like the look of lush cliffsides dropping off to sparkling blue seas, interrupted by occasional jagged rocks cutting the soft slope of forested hillsides, and various dollops of terracotta roof-tiles, splotching bits of color adimst the landscape, while above, the vastness of a blue sky meets water everywhere verdant, forest covered hilltops do not. The rooms were fine, clean and luxurious, and the buffet breakfast was a star, failing only in comparison to the scenery, which together made each morning's delightful breakfast a thing one might go to bed dreaming about in anticipation. But why then, 4 stars? Well really it's a rating reflecting our own flaws as hotel guests, I suppose, since we had reserved a room for three (my wife and our daughter who is studying abroad nearby). At the last moment our daughter invited her roommate to join us, and though we knew we had only reserved a room for three, we also knew two college kids could make it work. Upon arriving, the check-in person let us know quite aggressively (from our perspective) just how wrong we were. I would say he definitely made us feel very little like guests, and very much like illegal trespassers, or at the very least interlopers. As guests we admittingly did not deserve four stars, for bringing an unregistered guest and expecting everything would be alright. The clerk at check-in made sure we fully understood how wrong we were.
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