Aquaria Natal Hotel

Tener balcón con vista al mar

Todo excelente

Good buffet breakfast with a beach right in-front of the property's swimming pool. The property has high security standards to access beach and entering back in the property from brach. Entire staff was helpful.

We were checked in efficiently and shown to our rooms. In the sultry early hours under harsh blue LED lights our first impressions were not good, the room seemed sparsely furnished and stuffy as we entered it, the corridors a little bare. But, our first impressions were wrong. In the morning in daylight the Hotel looked much jollier, the beachfront and "in the middle of it" location could hardly be better. Even the sparse hotel furnishing became clearer as Scandinavian influenced efficient adequateness rather than an absence of quality, the owners and management are Norwegian as is apparent from two truly huge mural photographs only visible to guests inside the hotel. The furniture and fittings were what you needed, of decent quality, sturdy and durable and things worked (e.g. room access via modern card system, aircon, fridge, safe, Smart TVs, shower, lights wi-fi etc). We stayed half-board and the food was good, the wines good and reasonably priced (two things that don't always go together in Brazil). We didn't find ourselves wishing we hadn't gone half-board in order to try out some of the options in the surrounding area and the city (maybe next time!). The pool area is shady and pleasant in the afternoon. The beach literally across the not too busy road where beach Barracas will look after you all day. Food, drink and comfort on the beach all day for £15-£30 a head, what's not to like.

We arrived about 1am, delivered to the wrong entrance (the beach) by the Uber driver. The streets were dead, all shops shuttered, the beach deserted etc. Nevertheless there was someone on the street evidently from the hotel and in a short time after getting our luggage from the cab we were being shown into the hotel. From the beach entrance we were taken past the restaurant area to the lifts and then up to reception, which is actually at the back of the hotel on the 3rd floor (Uber drivers please note, those without Portuguese may have been a little more confused by this than we were and less able to immediately assess that the guy on the street was from the Hotel and not some "nair do well"....). Besides being delivered to the wrong entrance, obviously not the Hotels fault, the only slight moans would be that the hotel pool is not big or deep enough to actually swim in, but, that won't bother most people, and, the sea is very near and warm too. We used the gym once or twice which is adequate, but, maybe one or two items need refreshing.

Close to the beach, very good breakfast, team very pro and nice.

Room so noisy! Bathroom not clean at all.