Murdeira Village Resort

Questo è il peggior hotel in cui abbia mai soggiornato. Non è assolutamente un 4 stelle. Sono stato in un 3 stelle che aveva un servizio e una qualità molto migliori. Il personale è molto gentile ma l'hotel fa schifo, mi dispiace dirlo. La colazione era fredda ogni mattina, niente in hotel funzionava, non hanno un ferro da stiro per stirare i vestiti, l'aria condizionata non funzionava, il telefono in camera non funzionava, il frigorifero e il bollitore erano rotti, le formiche erano nei letti. Non hanno intrattenimento, le bevande e il cibo non erano buoni e per peggiorare le cose hanno la faccia tosta di voler far pagare la tassa di soggiorno alle persone. State alla larga da questo hotel se cercate l'essenziale. La corrente è addirittura saltata una notte quando ho dovuto svegliarmi per usare il bagno.

Questo era semplicemente pessimo. La stanza sembrava fantastica all'inizio, ma la terrazza aveva una luce tremolante - sarebbe stata riparata immediatamente secondo la receptionist, ma non è mai stata riparata), telecomando della TV senza batterie (potevano ripararlo), fare la prima doccia (fredda) si è rivelata in due parti rotte (l'appendino per asciugamani e la doccia stessa sono caduti). Poi c'era il resto: nel giornale informativo si affermava che non era consentita la prenotazione dei lettini per la piscina... beh, tutti avevano "qualche" segno di prenotazione su di essi come cappelli/asciugamani/altre cose, ma la maggior parte di essi non è mai stata utilizzata, quindi era in atto il tipico fastidioso sistema di prenotazione, il personale non è intervenuto e ha lasciato andare, quindi solo con un po' di arroganza si poteva rivendicare un posto vicino alla piscina. E poi il cibo. Abbiamo ordinato delle pizze, sicuramente erano congelate pochi minuti prima. Anche la colazione era semplicemente cibo in scatola riscaldato. E una cosa buffa: le camere sono dotate di tazze e bustine di tè, ma non di un bollitore per l'acqua. Abbiamo chiesto e loro avrebbero organizzato tutto... ma ovviamente non l'hanno mai fatto.

Io e il mio compagno abbiamo trascorso qui una settimana a dicembre. Il personale è stato davvero cordiale e disponibile dal momento in cui siamo arrivati, aiutandoci a prenotare escursioni, taxi e trasferimenti. Avevamo una bella stanza in appartamento che veniva pulita ogni giorno. Avevamo un bed and breakfast e ci siamo goduti una colazione a buffet ogni giorno con una grande varietà di scelta. Abbiamo anche scelto di cenare al ristorante un paio di sere, il pesce del giorno doveva essere uno dei nostri preferiti ma c'era molta scelta, anche la pizza e gli hamburger erano fantastici! Entrambi abbiamo apprezzato l'area piscina e pensiamo che la posizione dell'hotel sia perfetta, il bud gratuito a Santa Maria è un bel tocco. Ma è bello tornare nella più appartata Murdeira e rilassarsi lontano dalla folla. Lo consiglierei sicuramente!

Our second accommodation on the island after Santa Maria. Murdeira Village is the place for peace and quiet, no music in the daytime anywhere… heaven! Our room was at the back of the village, giving us sunshine on the balcony in the morning, out of the wind, plastic furniture is tiny and broken on the balcony, we used the sitting room chairs. The room is big, well maintained, very basic, not really a kitchenette we only had two odd glasses, two odd tiny cups and we had to ask for a kettle. The Fridge is tired but ok, no cooking facilities. No aircon needed for sleeping, I could feel the springs in the bed, slept on a duvet thing did help. Lovely fresh cotton sheets every couple of days. Laundry very clean and the room was cleaned everyday. Blackout curtains. That sand does get everywhere! The shower is very good if you have it before everyone else. A small shop down the road. There is rocky Sandy walks up and down the coast from the village. Average temp was 25 degrees, perfect. Evening cooler and sleep able. Our air cushions came in handy on the sun loungers, there are not enough sun loungers round the pool but we managed to get some most days. The sun loungers are homemade wood and not the ones on the website, no loungers on the beach as in the website images. The cushions mats are spilt and tired but they are comfy if you get out of the wind. Would be great to have loungers on the beach or beach chairs and wind breaks. More wind here as it is exposed, the cove bay is swimmable when the sea is less rough. Some coral and fish here, we did snorkel and you can sea turtles. The hotel beach bar / restaurant and beach bar has good food. We had the b&b options, one of everything off the breakfast list. Dried French bread jams and butter, egg (how you like them), fruit salad, yogart, a ham and cheese sandwich (good for lunch). The pool is busy at weekend. Sunset most nights, depending on the amount of sand in the air. We hailed the local bus at the roundabout into Santa Maria, €1.20 each, cozy hiace vans, very friendly and wonderful people. Very easy to get back too.

I spent 10 days at this hotel while traveling alone. Overall, everything went well. The pool is saltwater and is cleaned every evening, though the surroundings are a bit dated. The room wasn’t spotless, but it was generally clean, and the bedding was okay. A minor downside is the Wi-Fi, which rarely worked in the room. However, it’s of good quality at the reception and in the restaurant. The restaurant (I was on half-board) offers classic European food (pasta, pizzas, burgers, omelets, etc.) along with two different meat dishes each evening. Breakfasts are very good. The staff is very friendly, though I did have an uncomfortable experience with one waiter who was a bit intrusive, making me uneasy despite my refusals to 'get friendly' with him. But all the other people working at the hotel and restaurant were very professional, caring and friendly. There are security guards who patrol during the day and night, which is quite reassuring. There’s a shuttle to Santa Maria twice a day, but it would be nice if there was an extra trip in the mid-afternoon. I had a nice stay at Murdeira Village !

As other travelers have mentioned, I only can confirm this place isn’t really worth the money. We first booked two rooms directly with the hotel but have been told there are no rooms left. Yet on Agoda and Booking still were, so we booked them from there. Once arrived we were not really sure we would get the rooms, given their confusing emails, and the lady at the reception was really rude and impolite, ignoring our questions and just laughing and asking for the money. The two rooms (80$ each) were with no breakfast, at the very end of the village, last row, parallel to the highway Esparagos-Santa Maria. Tea bags available but no kettle. All very clean but shower broken, towels worn out, mini fridge terribly noisy and no way to plug it out. Terrace dirty and yeah, I understand u have 500 rooms to clean but hey, we are paying 😄 Swimming pool near this “restaurant” with really unpleasant staff; they asked us to order at the bar, the bar told us to order at the restaurant, they argued, in the and almost obligated us to pay 15€ and find something heated up in the -almost gone- buffet. Anything we pointed on the menu was “finish” or “tomorrow “ , accompanied by a laugh. As my mum suffers from diabetes and HAD to eat something, they agreed for a panini but 15 min later brought a salad… The FOUR,4!, wooden long chairs on the beach are a joke:) Still, if u enjoy wild beaches and do not need un umbrella, head left or right along the cost and you will find a better place. Also: they charge 15€ for a taxi to anywhere, but just exit the village, wait a bit on the main road and vans will stop and safely bring u for 1€ anywhere.