알데이아 다 폰테 호텔(Aldeia da Fonte Hotel)

Amazing hotel! Great food and nature trails. Staff was friendly and helpful. Would highly recommend this hotel.

Hard beds but otherwise a fantastic experience. The hotel is a series of cottages by the ocean and has a dreamlike quality about it. It feels like something out of the hobbit. Paths wind around the facility and uncover little nooks and crannies for chilling or reading. Other paths take you along the ocean and down towards the pool and sauna. My wife said she'd come back to just stay and chill for a few days. Our room, #1, had a main bedroom and a separate living room with a bed for our third traveler. My travelers just kept repeating...'how adorable' and 'how cute is this'. The restaurant was very good and we ate there twice, sampling different meals, such as the bacon/ham pasta, code and octopus bake and baked tuna...all of which were big enough to share. Thoroughly enjoyed our visit and if we're back in Pico, will be sure to stay there again.

The setting is beautiful! Aldeia de Fonte Hotel is in a very lush and green part of the island, as well as near the ocean. You can hear the waves crashing on the rocks from your room. The outdoor dining area is so pretty. You feel like you are in a rainforest.

Other than the rainy weather every day we were there, and the horrible airport delays because of the weather, our stay at Aldeia da Fonte was beautiful! Beautiful gardens amazing walking paths,beautiful swimming pool over the ocean! Incredible restaurant! Great rooms. But the thing that felt wrong and unsafe is the key situation for the rooms! They hand you a set of four keys on a ring! Once you figure out which keys work then you get in. The safety issue is what happens during an emergency if you need to get out? The door requires a key to get out! Which key? You would be trapped in a fire! Also rooms need dehumidifiers! Can’t dry anything! Insides or out because of the humidity and moisture! Our room smelled fine, but some places were quite musty ! I thought the place was amazing and gorgeous! We lived it there. But the key thing?

This is a very cool hotel with plenty to explore on the grounds. It overlooks the water and there is a cool trail that leads down to the water. There are also plenty of spots to lounge an relax along with a pool. They even have a whale lookout that you can climb up and search for whales in.

Great restaurant, great views and swimming from the cliff

The grounds at this hotel are amazing! They are beautifully landscaped and the rooms are in small buildings around the property. You can walk to cliffs and there is a small balcony overlooking the ocean. The food at the restaurant is excellent. The staff was very friendly and accommodating. We were there during off-season and there was not always someone at the property but you could call. My reason for a lower rating is the mattresses. They are probably futon mattresses and they are very thin and hard. After two nights my joints hurt.

The hotel is living on past reputation. The rooms are set in houses in extensive grounds. Several rooms have no balcony or patio and do not face the sea. Room is a good size , with a fridge, but no kettle, tea or coffee which should be available in 4 star hotel The grounds need a gardner to give them much needed TLC as they distract from what should be a beautiful setting. We experienced minor problems: First room did not have a working safe- we managed to negotiate move to a different room. This didn't have an outside light which worked and the shower holder did not hold the shower. The saving grace is the quietness and evening meal in the restauarant- the food was excellent and staff very friendly. Breakfast is adequate. Management take note - take action before it is too late. You need more staff eg on our leaving morning the only receptionist was ferrying some tour group's luggage from rooms to their transport!

The pool and its amenities are a drama. The hotel rooms are really old fashioned. Only reason for giving 2 stars is the friendliness of the staff and the food restaurant. Breakfast is very basic and a little boring. So really not worthy to have 4* on their door. Don’t go !