Buzios Hotel Guide - Boutique Hotels in Buzios, Brazil

The staff was very helpful and curtious.Views are amazing and breakfast was beautiful

We booked a room in La Pedrera with my girlfriend to spend a weekend in Buzios. It is a small and comfortable hotel (I think around 15 rooms), located three blocks from Joao Fernandez, a very nice beach. We were very happy with the choice and we ended up returning the following weekend!

This is a good place to stay but in Hawaii this would be mediocre at best. Comparing it to other Brazilian hotels it does well. Their pictures are deceiving, much smaller of a place.

The view to the ocean is amazing, the pictures don't lie. On a sunny day you can enjoy the view at the reclinable beach chairs, while drinking a traditional caipirinha. Also the staff is very friendly.

The rooms are fabulous. I had a junior suite that overlooked the pool area, but because they have trees, it gives you a real private feel. The staff are so friendly and can't do enough for you. The main shopping area and eating area is an 8-10 min walk. Amazing beaches are also walking distance 20min or just hop on the busses that run up and down the area. Fabulous!!!

The resort is very child friendly with a great kids club and six swimming pools. The restaurant is nice and has lots of options. Staff are friendly but unfortunately none speak English which made it a little tricky. Also the deluxe room was quite small.

The hotel would be perfect if it wasn't for the very limited TV channels in English (only CNN) and extremely slow wi-fi connection. Now, you may ask why would we want to watch TV while vacationing in paradise?! Well, you get a couple of rainy days like we did and you will see. I suggest you load your iPad with a few movies as a backup. Other than that, the hotel is spetacular!!

We spent an extended holiday weekend with our two kids in Buzios and decided for the Serena because of its location, close to the beach (one block away is the beautiful Geribá beach) and also because we like the "boutique hotel"-flair. The weekend was beautiful and we had a very good time at the hotel, enjoying the nice layout of the hotel grounds and the relaxing atmosphere. The kids loved the pool, although a rather small one, and the kids corner. Food at the restaurant was good, the Picanha was excellent; the breakfast buffet was very complete. However, the staff could be a bit more attentive (e.g. when we were sitting by the pool, they never offered pro-actively any service; yet if we asked for it, we always got what we wanted) The rooms are very nice, however the bath-room is minuscule, way too small. The hotel offers a transfer to the city's restaurant area at night, which is quite convenient. Wifi is free and available all over the hotel with good quality. One negative aspect was the smoking: the hotel is Argentinean owned and there is a large presence of Argentineans in the hotel, which actually adds a nice international flair to the hotel. Yet, they seem to care less about not smoking in public areas and the hotel staff did not bother either. Thus, frequently people sitting by the pool or on the terrace of the restaurant were smoking and it was frequent to find cigarette butts in the garden or in the sitting area by the pool, which was not very nice.

Location was fantastic as well as surroundings of the hotel. The staff was very friendly and overall the hotel was very pleasant. The only issue is I believe the hotel is well overpriced for what it is.