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Reviews of Porto Antigo Hotel Residence

Porto Antigo Hotel Residence
Rua 15 Agosto, Santa Maria, Sal

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 7 out of 59 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 27 out of 59 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 12 out of 59 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 59 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 59 reviews" "

6.8/10

Cleanliness

6.6/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Suellen

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Moyra

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I had a problem when checking in ..they sent me to the wrong apartment as they had not their system to cover the update of two to three people. It took time to get that sorted. then as the apartment wasn't made up for guest I had to chase them up for Towels and then bed linen for the two other guests that were arriving later. Then I relaised that they had over charged me by about 4 euros on the visitors tax...I only got a 10 euro refund. However once that was sorted We enjoyed our holiday and loved the people we met on Sal
Stayed 11 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Eneko

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great option!
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Marketing and Sales on 29 Jun 2022
Hi Eneko, thank you for taking the time to review our hotel. We are happy to learn that your stay met your expectations and hope to see you again

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Bring own toiletries!
The day before our arrival to Santa Maria i got an email saying that due to some problems with one of the rooms and we were moved to Leme Bedje hotel which is 5-6 min from Porto Antigo. Fine. We understood that. When we arrived at the hotel there was only 1 soap in the bathroom (2 people, 5 days!!!) And i asked for shampoo and shower gel and i was told that they only give in the 1st day and made an exception. Then i find in the bathroom 2 more soaps... at that stage i just gave up to explain what i wanted. If you want people to bring own toiletries (i would had not minded to bring own) that is ok. Just don't call 1 soap for 5 days for 2 people as "free toiletries"..
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location and comfortable Apartment
View from balcony was onto street, interesting watching life go by. Lovely choice of pools and sheltered harbour to swim in or the beach. relaxed atmosphere
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Paul, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Large room, great pool and direct beach access.
Great room with a large fridge-freezer which we did use for storing and chilling drinks and fruit, and a hob and over which we didn't use. One substantial downside was a horribly uncomfortable mattress with very obvious and noticeable springs. As well as being uncomfortable the mattress also made a loud noise whenever we moved positions. This would have been a five star review if the mattress had been OK but the problem was significant hence the downgrading. Lovely grounds with a great pool and lots of sun loungers so it was never a battle to get one. Also some shady areas which we made great use of as it was very hot and sunny. Direct beach access.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

2/10 Terrible

Saeko

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Condition of the room we stayed was not good. The door was too complicated to open, no AC in a bedroom, TV was very small and old, with few local channels. We booked it for three nights but decided to leave the next day. They said they can't pay us back any money. Overall a terrible service - won't come back here .

8/10 Good

Joao Carlos

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Adalberto

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Room comfort
Bonne option hors des complexes hôteliers all incl
L'hôtel est très proche du centre, à taille humaine et plutôt bien végétalisé (contrairement aux gros ensembles hôteliers plus à l'ouest). La piscine au bord de la mer est très sympa. Nous n'avons fréquenté le restaurant de l'hôtel que le temps d'un petit déjeuner car trop pressés pour aller plus loin, la crêpe était assez bonne, le café moyen.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Franz

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Super Lage, wunderschöne Gartenanlage mit Pool. Zimmer schon etwas älter. Sehr freundliches Personal. Einfache Ausstattung der Küche.

8/10 Good

Sonia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Uma estadia agradavel super recomendo.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Marketing and Sales on 8 Oct 2022
Olá Sónia, obrigado por tirar um tempo para nos classificar. Ficamos felizes em saber que gostou da tua estadia connosco e agradecemos a recomendação.Esperamos ver-te novamente.

8/10 Good

Youssou Wagane

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Sales and Marketing on 30 Aug 2022
We are happy to learn that your stay met with your expectations and hope to see you again soon

8/10 Good

Kimberly

Travelled with family
Disliked: Room comfort
Service was goed. Alleen accommodatie is nog erg oudbollig
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Marketing and Sales on 11 Aug 2022
Dear Kimberly, thank you for taking the time to review us. We are happy to learn that you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to see you again soon

2/10 Terrible

Felipe

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020

2/10 Terrible

Mauricio

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Mala experiencia del hotel
Pague el total del hotel con tarjeta, una vez que llegue al hotel para realizar el check in, el hotel se encontraba cerrado y no había ninguna respuesta ni tampoco devulocion del dinero, tube que buscar otro hotel sercano para poder quedarme. Muy mala experiencia y casi me quedo durmiendo en la calle de no ser porque encontré otro hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020

6/10 Okay

Alex, Köln

Travelled with partner
Die Lage ist gut, Personal ist freundlich. Man sollte alles mit CaboVerde-Spirit entspannt annehmen und keine zu hohe Erwartungen pflegen.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from Neves on 30 Dec 2019
Dear Alex, Thank you for having chosen Porto Antigo for your holidays and for having dedicated some of your time to write your opinion about our Residence. We sincerely appreciate your kind mention on our staff, they do their best to take care of our guests and we will certainly share this acknowledgement with them. We hope that you will recommend our hotel to prospective travelers and our team is already looking forward to welcome you more often to our Residence in the near future. Best regards,

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
per gli standard europei le forniture dell'appartamento (stoviglie, biancheria, arredamento, etc): insufficienti. Scarsa cura dei dettagli che avrebbero con poco (un solo specchio in bagno, assenza di zanzariere) fatto la differenza. Posizione molto bella. Piscina ottima. Servizio di sicurezza molto accurato e discreto. Qualità del ristorante annesso appena sufficiente. Ma tanti ristoranti limitrofi: ottimi. Da consigliare con modifiche migliorative.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2019
Response from Relações Públicas on 23 May 2019
Caro anonimo, Vorremmo ringraziarti per aver scelto il nostro Hotel per trascorrere le tue vacanze e per darci un po 'del tuo tempo per scrivere i tuoi commenti. Tutti i commenti sono presi in considerazione, sia positivi che negativi, per migliorare il funzionamento del nostro Hotel. Dopo aver letto la tua recensione, da un lato siamo stati contenti che la posizione e la piscina, fossero di tuo gradimento, ma d'altra parte ci rammarichiamo di aver capito che altri servizi non rispondevano pienamente alle tue aspettative. Si prega di notare che non è nostra intenzione trasmettere questa impressione, al contrario, i nostri ospiti sono la nostra priorità assoluta. Vi preghiamo di accettare le nostre più profonde scuse per eventuali disagi che potreste aver riscontrato. A Porto Antigo, crediamo che sia attraverso l'opinione dei nostri clienti che saremo in grado di raggiungere i nostri obiettivi. Tuttavia, apprezziamo ogni commento e suggerimento costruttivo che abbiamo ricevuto e ci auguriamo di darci la possibilità di cambiare la tua percezione del nostro hotel visitandoci di nuovo. I migliori saluti,

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Ottima posizione a due passi dal centro. Molto carina la spiaggia attrezzata con ombrelloni e lettini. L'unica cosa che non mi è piaciuta è stato il ristorante, ma a due passi ce n'è uno molto carino dove si mangia bene e si spende il giusto. La mia recensione è comunque piatitiva
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2019

4/10 Poor

Ricardo

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Il y a des cafards dans les appartements. La litterie est très mauvaise
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

Francisco Luis

Disliked: Staff & service
El apartamento necesita mejoras. El agua de lavabo y ducha no sale con fuerza. No hay estropajo-jabon para fregar la loza si tomas algo despues de limpiar que la chica lava la loza por la mañana y listo. No hay electrodomesticos, solo nevera y tv. La cocina de gas y sin fuego. En el exterior,playa y piscina son publicas. Lleno de gente de la calle. Creo que mucho que mejorar
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2018
Response from Paula Pinto on 22 Oct 2018
Estimado Francisco Luis, Antes de mais gostaríamos de lhe agradecer por ter escolhido a Porto Antigo para passar as suas férias e partilhado os seus comentários no site. Sentimos muito em saber que os nossos serviços não corresponderam as suas expectativas.Tomaremos nota da sua sugestão e faremos o nosso melhorar para melhorar os nossos serviços prestados. Melhores cumprimentos Relações Públicas da Porto Antigo

8/10 Good

Renato, Barcelona

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
paisajismo excelente y unas vistas inigualables
El complejo Porto Antigo está muy bien, el mantenimiento y limpieza son correctos, los niños les han encantado la naturaleza y la amabilidad de los lugareños. Lo recomiendo y espero volver allí algun dia
Stayed 12 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Anne, Den Haag

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice appartement. Very spacious. Great location.
Lovely private beach and swimming pool. Good location. Very clean. WiFi not free.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Apt not at all like pictures, dirty, old, no view
Pictures are all fabulous, but the actual apartment that I got was awful. Dirty, with a small balcony and no view of any pool or beach. The complex was not at all full, so after a long complaints session they finally decided to give us another, better, apartment. Nevertheless that was not very clean and it was old as well, so I will not book with this organisation again. If you want to go to Porto Antigo, make sure to find individual house owners of smaller organisations that rent out their owned apartments, there are plenty and as far as I could see from the outside: much better.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Trevligt, enkelt, behagligt
Fantastiskt badläge med stor pool och stenfri strand innanför vågbrytare. Perfekt för (små)barn. Visst, solstolar i trä slits ju, men med gratis madrasser (mot deposition) funkade de bra. Vakter på och runt hotellområdet kändes bra. Synd att hotellresturangen på ena piren var stängd (mars-18) Hotellet ligger mot ena änden av ena huvudgatan, och du har hela byn med restauranger inom 5 minuter. Minimarket på hörnet har allt som behövs. Inte mycket dyrare än Supermarcado 1 km bort. Dessutom finns bageri, billigt ich öppet nästan jämnt, runt nästa hörn.
Response from Magdilene Neves on 11 Apr 2018
Dear, Thank you for your comment, Unfortunately the pool chairs will wear out during the year, but all are repaired in the summer, where our low season is. We hope to see you again in our hotel. Have a nice day! All best! Magdilene Neves

6/10 Okay

Lena, Örebro,Sverige

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Bra läge, enkelt, rent och fräscht.
Slitet och spartanskt, men helt ok hotell. Bra läge vid havet med ett poolområde som behöver fräschas upp. Både trägolvet och solsängarna. Synd att de inte fanns poolbar eller en enklare servering vid poolområdet.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2018
Response from Magdilene Neves on 11 Apr 2018
Dear, Thank you for contacting us! Unfortunately, because of the sea, the pool area wears very fast; But every year in the summer, our low season, we renovate the area. Have a nice day! All best! Magdilene Neves

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Jukka

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Lisbeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Charmerende, hyggeligt og roligt.
Charmerende, hyggeligt og roligt. Et dejligt hotel, med fin service og gode faciliteter. Tager vi til Kap Verde igen, vil vi ikke være kede af at bo samme sted.
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2018

4/10 Poor

Elisabeth

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Omdöme av hotellet
Stolarna vid poolen mkt obekväma. Området dåligt belyst. Stenbelagda gångar var botten för rörelsehindrade. Frukosten var botten. Rumstädningen mkt dålig. Sängarna för låga.
Stayed 14 nights in Nov 2017

6/10 Okay

Juanma, islas.Canaria

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel que necesita un arreglo
La.urbanizacion necesita muchos arreglos, la piscina entraba todo el.mundo a bañarse y armaban mucho escándalo. Hay seguridad pero no les.dicen nada, hasta un grupo de excursiones vinieron a la.piscina mientras los.clientes y no clientes estaban bañándose en.las piscina. Lo.mejor que nos enviaron a desayunar y cenar al ojos del.mar porque el.restauarnte del.hotel estaba cerrado.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Annemarie, Nederland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mooi complex!
Fijne appartement met zeezicht (nr 25). Twee badkamers en royaal modern interieur. Voor €15,- wordt je vanaf de luchthaven naar het appartementencomplex/hotel Porto Antigo gereden! Taxichauffeurs staan buiten te wachten. Reserveer een tour op het eiland bij Gessica tour Sal. Ze laat je in een dag alle highlights van het eiland zien!
Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location and excellent conditions considering the price!
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Great location but somewhat dated
This is an older apartment complex with a nice pool and dedicated beach areas, right in Santa Maria with the nicest beach of the island (and in fact much nicer than at any of the more remote all-inclusive resorts on Sal). While the layout is nice, it is a bit cramped and everything is right next to each other. Our apartment overlooked a restaurant, meaning that e.g. our balcony was 2 meters away from people's plates - at times there was therefore no privacy on our balcony, or even inside the apartment unless we closed curtains. There was no ac in the bedroom, and it got hot. Windows could not be left open, because then one could just climb into the apartment from the outside corridor. The ac in the living room did not work (only blowing warm air). We had a booking for 2 adults and 2 children, but the second bed in the living room was not made when we arrived. In fact there was no bedding provided for the second bed, so we used the cover sheet from the master bedroom. The furniture was somewhat dated, in particular the convertible bed in the living room was almost falling apart, and was very dirty in addition. The wifi was expensive at 900 ESC per 24 hours - we knew this before, but had we intended to stay longer, we would not have booked here just because of this fact alone. While all of this doesn't sound very good, the place was fine for a night. Good value for price.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

6/10 Okay

Juan, Madrid

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel bien situado
Hotel bien situado, la limpieza de las habitaciones es buena y son espaciosas, el personal es atento.
Stayed 11 nights in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Fam. L, Olpe

Liked: Cleanliness
Super Lage, nur 3 Minuten zum Strand & ins Örtchen
Vergleichsweise zu anderen Anlagen sehr grüne Anlage mit ein wenig mediterranem Flair von kleinen Gassen. Superhipper Pool mit extravagantem Zugang zum Meer. Innerhalb von nur 3 Minuten ist man am Anfang des fast unendlichen Hauptstrands und auch schon inmitten des pulsierenden afrikanischen Lebens des kleinen Örtchens "Santa Maria" in dem sich alles von arm bis reich trifft und vollkommen ungezwungen relaxed und das mit wahrlich "NO STRESS".

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Vi ble syke pga dårlig renhold på hotellet. Vi ble også kjent med at to andre familier også ble syke pga dårlig renhold.

10/10 Excellent

Fred, Nantes

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
hébergement bon rapport qualité prix
hébergement bon rapport qualité prix et bien placé dans la baie de Santa Maria, idéal pour ceux qui pratiquent windsurf et kitesurf.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Muy agradable
El entorno del hotel es muy bonito con su playita privada y la piscina. El restaurante papaya tiene unas muy bonitas vistas. Está muy bien situado, enseguida estás en la calle principal, y está muy cerca tb del famoso muelle y de las otras playas de Santa María. Lo único malo que nos pilló a nosotras, es que había obras en la calle y nuestro apartamento daba a la calle, y entonces, cada mañana nos despertaban...

6/10 Okay

Atle

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Sentralt og grei standard
Kapp Verde er topp takket være lokalbefolkningen, gjestfriheten, klimaet, den varierte naturen og den herlige temperaturen i havet!

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

EDUARD

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Fabio, Padova, Italy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bel Residence,con piscina ,lettini ed ombrelloni,spiaggia privata,gli appartamenti sono spaziosi,l'arredo nel contesto non e' male,pieno di bei fiori,la posizione e' bella,puoi benissimo vedere il mare,sei praticamente in centro nel giro di due minuti a piedi,fuori dal residence ci sono bar, pizzerie,noleggio,supermarket,negozi.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort
I had a nice stay there apart from the fact the wifi and breakfast are not really worth it.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Een fijn hotel met een mooie ligging.
Optimaal genoten van het mooie uitzicht, rustige omgeving en de privacy die het hotel biedt.