HOTEL TARRAFAL

D

a month ago

Great location, and the rooftop breakfast is extraordinary and delicious. Staff in the restaurant were also great. Beside the hotel is an amazing little Cafe called Tropicale, which is run by amazing, welcoming people and serves very good food. Im sorry but I cant say much more positive about this hotel. The first room we were given had a balcony with a view of garbage and construction and a non-working television (which they were aware of, but just chose not to mention) The replacement room we were put in had a great view, but no balcony. The bedroom is not very comfortable. There are no toiletries except a bar of soap, and the only towels, were 2 hand towel sized, scratchy ones. Overall, the desk staff seemed very unfriendly as well. Sad, but I wouldn't reccomend it for more than an overnight stay. (Mostly for the breakfast ;))

Dag Goering

a month ago

Appalling ...but it makes for a good story! We have to wonder if all the positive reviewers stayed in a different place, because our experience – and that of another couple we spoke to next morning – was so bad. We had booked a top floor room with a terrace for four nights to celebrate my husband’s birthday. On arrival, we were told the room was not available due to renovations, and we were getting a second floor room with a balcony. Why didn’t the hotel tell about us this before? The receptionist just shrugged in a ‘How should I know?’ way. Okay, we could deal with this. Until we got to the room. It was so tiny, the bed took up almost all of it. We had to squeeze through the narrow space between the bed and the wardrobe to get to the balcony. Which wasn’t a balcony. It was like a miniscule room with a small table and two chairs, and windows with dirty panes that slid open to the view of an empty lot filled with rubble. (see picture below) Vista Mar? More like Vista Rubble. Four nights couped up here was far from appealing, or celebratory. I checked with another hotel close by, and by a stroke of luck they had a free room the next day for three nights. So we changed our booking to one night. Okay, we could deal with one night in this place. The bed was a good size but there were no blankets and it looked like someone had walked across them – maybe someone who couldn’t fit through the space between the end of the bed and the wardrobe? There were no blankets provided, but we managed to rustle up a couple from the receptionist, who by this time was glaring at us every time we appeared in her line of sight. The bathroom was – in comparison to the room – surprisingly large and well appointed. Great, except for the fact that the bathroom door was massively warped and wouldn’t close. Well, we could deal with until, once we were in bed, the electricity started going on and off at intervals of five or 10 minutes. The motion sensor light in the bathroom came on automatically every time, shone through the semi open door and woke us up again and again. Finally the electricity stayed off so that we could fall asleep, which was great except that the air-conditioning stopped working and we woke up in a pool of sweat. We opened the windows to get some fresh air. This worked and we were able to fall asleep again, which was great, but not long after we’re awakened by mosquitoes who had come in through the open windows and were now happily chewing on us. The only good part of the experience? Breakfast was on a rooftop terrace with – hooray- vistas of the sea. And the coffee was good. Otherwise, a bad experience that at least makes for a good story.

Marcus Oledal

2 years ago

This hotel was a very pleasant surprise after we changed our travel plans and had to stay one more night in Tarrafal. We stayed in the room “Romeo”, which was very spacious for the price. We loved the balcony with a view of the sea and harbor, it was hot in the morning but that’s why we are here 😊 The breakfast was incredible, the best we had in Cape Verde, and the breakfast hostess was such a nice person!

Benny

6 years ago

Location is the main draw of this hotel. A stone's throw from the beautiful beach and very close to good restaurants. Rooms are big and comfortable. Bathroom clean and well equipped. Our room was very well protected from the noise of the construction sight next door. Good breakfast on the rooftop terrace with lovely waiters.

M CL

3 years ago

Nice, comfortable, spacious room with own terrace, aircon, mini-fridge and smart TV. Right by a really nice beach where you will find many locals cleaning and selling fish or swimming. The breakfast is good and there are a few restaurants nearby. Some are pricey because it's the tourist area of the town. Front door is hard to unlock. There is a lot of light coming into the room. The price is too high for what you get, in my opinion. I paid nearly half the price for a similar hotel in Santa Maria (Sal), which is a touristy place.