1/5 Geert M. 1 year ago on Google
We
stayed
here
in
the
first
week
of
March,
in
cold,
rainy
and
very
humid
weather.
We
were
on
a
yoga
retreat
with
a
group
of
18
yogi.
Our
stay
was
a
disappointment
by
a
total
lack
of
comfort
resulting
in
severe
sleep
deprivation.
For
privacy
reasons,
my
wife
and
I
opted
for
a
separate
double
room
in
a
separate
entity
(Casa
Nova)
in
the
garden.
The
place
was
very
small
(ground
flour
2.5x2.5m)
with
upstairs
a
mini-double
bed
140x190
cm)
that
was
simply
too
small
for
2
adults
to
sleep
comfortably.
The
rainy
weather
and
ocean
humidity
was
very
present
in
our
room,
with
our
cloths
soon
feeling
damp
and
moist.
This
was
worsened
by
the
owner-controlled
timer
on
our
electric
heating,
with
only
heating
on
from
8-10h
and
18-23h,
and
no
heating
in
between.
We
could
not
dry
our
cloths
or
towels,
so
all
became
humid.
Due
to
old
sanitary
pipes,
we
were
not
allowed
to
flush
the
used
toilet
paper
but
had
to
discard
this
in
a
bin.
This
bin
was
never
cleaned
by
the
staff,
we
had
to
do
this
ourselves
to
avoid
fecal
smell.
Also,
during
our
entire
stay,
our
room
was
not
cleaned
once.
The
damp
linnen
was
replaced
one.
By
the
end
of
the
week,
our
claustrophobic
room
was
damp,
dirty
with
overflowing
dirt
bins.
I
ended
up
sleeping
on
a
1-person
mattress
on
the
cold
concrete
floor
to
give
my
wife
some
space
to
sleep.
Luckily,
I
had
company
of
spiders,
a
swarm
of
ants
and
multiple
interesting
garden
bugs
that
crept
under
the
door
in
our
house,
so
I
was
not
completely
alone.
We
had
a
private
shower,
which
was
OK,
but
on
4
of
7
days
I
ran
out
of
warm
water,
after
a
4
min
shower
by
my
partner.
So
I
showered
mostly
lukewarm
or
cold.
The
shower
was
very
dirty
with
sand
and
dust
after
a
couple
of
days,
and
was
not
cleaned,
nor
could
we
clean
ourselves.
The
2
swimming
pools
looked
nice
on
photos,
but
they
were
both
unheated
and
ice
cold
in
the
first
week
of
march.
The
garden
likely
becomes
beautiful
in
summer,
but
in
ealy
spring
it
was
somewhat
abandoned,
and
quite
disorderly.
If
you
stay
here,
maybe
the
main
house
is
the
better
option
in
terms
of
warmth
and
shelter
for
humidity.
The
main
house
is
cosy.
I
missed
a
good
lazy
chair
with
decent
lighting
to
read
a
book
in
the
evening,
since
also
the
lights
were
dimmed
so
I
read
with
my
camping
light.
The
surrounding
area
is
by
no
means
bucolic:
dirty
shacks
as
neighbours,
a
lot
of
asphalt
roads
with
quite
busy
car
traffic
so
not
inviting
to
walk
or
bike.
No
undisturbed
nature
nearby.
The
only
nice
walk
was
a
20
min
stroll
over
a
sand
path
to
the
ocean.
If
you
want
to
walk
to
a
restaurant,
count
60
min
to
Ericeira
(nice
walk,
partly
by
the
ocean)
or
25
min
to
Ribas
(ugly
road).
We
occupied
the
BB
with
a
group
of
20
people,
of
which
18
yogi.
This
was
simply
too
much
people
for
the
capacity
of
the
BB.
The
yoga
shala
was
simply
too
small
for
18
people,
and
it
felt
very
claustrophobic
and
stressfull,
with
constantly
touching
neighbours
during
active
flows.
The
vegetarian
food
was
excellent,
but
on
3
of
7
evenings
there
was
barely
enough
and
only
a
few
people
could
get
a
second
serving,
hungry
after
surfing.
The
staff,
however,
was
extremely
friendly
and
warm,
and
did
their
best
to
answer
all
our
questions.
The
owner
was
not
present
during
our
stay,
so
we
could
not
confront
him
with
our
desperation
about
the
housing
experience.
I
left
Ericeira
exhausted,
sad
after
the
most
unromantic
experience
in
my
20
years
happily
married
life.
1 person found this review helpful 👍
