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3 out of 5
Aquiles Eco Hotel
aldeia de Sao Pedro, Mindelo, Sao Vicente

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 26 out of 46 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 11 out of 46 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 46 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 46 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 46 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

T M

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great base for exploring Sao Vincente
Fab hotel which blends a beach cabin vibe with Scandi style. The team, particularly Stephen, were very helpful. Right next to a great beach - beautiful but the waves are too strong for yourlng children.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Geno

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Loved our time.
Service was excellent. Staff was friendly, helpful, and accommodating. Food is also exceptional.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Aquiles eco hotel on 30 Dec 2019
Thank you very much! You are allways welcome.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The concept of a sustainable hotel establishment embedded in community is great. The staff are nice. The place was extremely clean
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Moreno owner of Aquilesecohotel on 25 Mar 2019
Thank you very much! Aquiles eco hotel

8/10 Good

Colin, London - UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to the airport and comfortable
The hotel is literally a stone throw from the beach. It met the expectations from the photos, and reviews which was great. The room to my experience had everything I needed. The Wi-Fi from the ground floor will not reach the 2nd floor unless you are outside on the balcony, but for me, this was perfect! No wi-fi signals (except CV mobile Telecom), sea-fresh air, and generally very quiet atmosphere. If you require amenities like an iron to press creased luggage clothes, they can supply one for you. Most staff are bi-lingual with Portuguese and English, and are very friendly and welcoming to get on with. They can provide sound recommendations of the sights to see on the island, in addition to calling taxi services for you to wherever you wish to go. The intermittent sounds are school children playing in the daytime, aircraft landing and taking-off once or twice an hour which is a far and distant noise not to worry about. I was fortunate enough to experience the 'I love Sao Pedro' community party (mid-September) where the town all come together, and have an enjoyable time from Friday-Sunday afternoon. If you like music like I do of a younger crowd, you will enjoy the moment right through until 5am! The hotel is only 3-years-old, and definitely has the potential in this area to become more popular than it is. I would say in my opinion that it is suited far more to single travellers like myself, and couples.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Moreno owner of Aquilesecohotel on 27 Oct 2018
Hello Mr. Collin! We appreciate that you liked your stay here at Aquiles eco hote! Hope to see you again! Thank you very much!

4/10 Poor

Jutta, Darmstadt, Germany

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The hotel is situated close to the beach, but it doesn’t offer a view to it , no Terrasse, no sun beds or umbrellas. The restaurant of the hotel was closed, the restaurant nex door as well. We even couldn’t get a biscuit with our coffee in the afternoon. At night the room was really hot and loud because there were many dogs barking in the neighborhood . The room was small, basic but stylish .
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Tom, Hobart, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This place is amazing!
The hotel itself is wonderful. I loved the simplicity of this building and everything felt very clean and open. The staff were very friendly and helpful. Breakfast was a simple fruit, yoghurt, eggs and coffee affair but freshly made by the lovely staff with local ingredients. Fantastic! There was only one thing that caught me off guard with this place, and that was the little town where the hotel is situated, Sao Pedro. The town is very basic with many buildings in somewhat dilapidated condition. This is probably just a reflection of the simple way of life in this small fishing village and my first impressions are probably more a reflection of my rather sheltered travels in recent years. The town seemed safe and the locals nice enough. Just be aware before you go that this is a simple town that has seen little wealth. To many people this could just be another draw card for staying in the wonderful Aquiles Eco Hotel. Other than that, the beach is breathtaking, the landscape is fascinating and the lighthouse built on the cliff at the end of the beach captures the imagination. Overall, I loved my stay here.

10/10 Excellent

John and Gill, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Quirky and Innovative
We booked the suite. This was on the top floor and had a large terrace with brilliant beach, mountain and sea views with lovely sunsets. The photographs and hotel description on the website do not fully prepare the visitor for this very unusual hotel where all the rooms are basically very well equipped wooden sheds. We loved ours but were aware that other rooms were smaller and did not have the benefit of a large sea-facing terrace. I would advise travellers to book the suite - or the 'penthouse shed' as we came to call it.

8/10 Good

SANDRINE

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Simple et beau, esprit nature
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Décio Delgado on 14 Mar 2024
. Bonjour Mme Sandrina, merci beaucoup pour votre commentaire.Sinceres salutations. L’équipe d’Achille.

6/10 Okay

Marcel

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Hotel ist gleich beim Strand, sehr schön. Aber die Zimmer bestehen aus Holzcontainer dadurch ist es sehr hellhörig da auch gleich die Schule und die Ecke ist. Sehr Eco wie der Name sagt. Schlichte Zimmer die aber täglich sauber gemacht werden. Mehrere Restaurants in Laufweite. Morgens immer das gleiche Frühstück leider keine Abwechslung. Für lange Aufenthalte nicht zu empfehlen. 2,3 Nächte i.O.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

karin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
ich bin wiederholungstäter und immer wieder begeistert von der architektur und inneneinrichtung: schlicht&clean.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stefan

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Overpriced
I booked the "suite" after reading other reviews, and it is a tiny little sweat box up three flights of stairs. Wild to charge so much for so little value. What saved it was the view, which is indeed lovely, and the kindness of the staff.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Christoph

Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from Stiven Fortes on 30 May 2022
Good afternoon Mr Christoph, Thank you very much for your review. Best regards, Aquiles team

10/10 Excellent

Sandro

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Die Nähe zum Strand war perfekt.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2022
Response from Stiven Fortes on 30 May 2022
Good afternoon Mr Sandro, Thank you very much for your review. Best regards, Aquiles team

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022
Response from Stiven Fortes on 30 May 2022
Good afternoon, Thank you very much for your review. Best regards, Aquiles team

10/10 Excellent

Zuzana

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
"Un grogue!" Aquiles is a fantastic, warm host in an iconic building in the heart of a cute village with a great beach. Definitely worth staying a few nights!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Mário

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel in a lovely fisherman's village
I had a lovely 2 night stay in Aquiles hotel , the building itself is brilliant, built with recycled materials and the rooms and breakfast area are brilliantly built ! The bed was very comfy and the room had a nice balcony to relax... The staff was great,welcoming and always eager to help...Breakfast could be improved. The hotel is located 10 meters from the beach and right on the main square of the small village of São Pedro.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021
Response from Stiven Fortes on 15 Feb 2022
Thank you very much for the review! Best regards

10/10 Excellent

Flavien

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Suoerbe séjour !
Dans un village de pécheurs, à deux de la plage, l'hôtel est éco responsable. La réception nous a donné des conseils et très bien orienté !
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Ruediger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
stilvoll und modern, äußerst freundlich
modern und schlicht eingerichtetes Hotel mit viel Holz und hellen Zimmern. Nach Verfügbarkeit den Seaview-Room auf der Dachterrasse buchen, nicht nur wegen der Aussicht, sondern auch weil etwas windgeschützt. Unheimlich freundliches Personal, da haben wir selbst bei nur 1 Übernachtung frü um 5.00 Uhr ein sehr liebevoll hergerichtetes reichhaltiges Frühstück bekommen. Fluglärm ist trotz Nähe zum Flughafen kein Thema. Restaurantempfehlung: zentral im Nachbarort am anderen Ende der Bucht.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from Aquiles Eco-Hotel Team on 18 Nov 2021
Thank you again for booking at our Eco-Hotel; also many thanks for your comment, very kind of you; we hope to have you again here with us. Regards Aquiles Eco-Hotel Team

6/10 Okay

Alexandra

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Mauvais rapport qualité/prix
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kristina

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everyone was very friendly and helpful within our stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

nathalie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Eco lodge de charme
Eco lodge tenu par un Italien hôtel familial il nous raconte son histoire construit par son fils architecte Tres agréable établissement nous avions la suite au 3ème une superbe terrasse vue panoramique Possibilité de dîner sur place et petit dej super La mer est à deux pas même si elle bouge beaucoup A recommander
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Aquiles eco hotel on 3 Nov 2019
M. Achilles et tout le personnel de l'hôtel, merci pour votre gentillesse.

10/10 Excellent

Isabelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A tester
Conception de l'hôtel novatrice. Chambre fonctionnelle et confortable. Petit-déjeuner composé de délicieux produits frais. Personnel très sympathique et aux petits soins. Le propriétaire, M. Aquiles, est atypique et très intéressant. Idéal pour une fin de séjour à Sao Vincente.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Aquiles eco hotel on 20 June 2019
Merci pour tout!

10/10 Excellent

Stéphanie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from Moreno Castellano on 3 June 2019
Thank you very much. Aquiles eco hotel

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Grande conforto num hotel com decoração minimalista. Optimo para uns dias relaxados numa pequena aldeia de pescadores.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Moreno owner of Aquiles eco hotel on 1 Mar 2019
O Staff e todos da Aquiles eco hotel Agradece!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel localizado numa pequena aldeia de pescadores, com um cuidado para se integrar no espaço circundante. O pequeno almoço servido todos os dias é uma óptima visão sobre os produtos locais disponíveis na ilha
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from Achille Director of Aquiles eco hotel on 1 Mar 2019
O Staff e todos da Aquiles eco hotel Agradece!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Óptima estadia, num hotel com grande cuidado com o ambiente e a sua inclusão no espaço ao seu redor. Os quartos são simples e confortáveis.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Achille Director of Aquiles eco hotel on 1 Mar 2019
O Staff e todos da Aquiles eco hotel Agradece!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Mooi en comfortabel design hotel. Goed ontbijt. Nice and comfortable design hotel. Great breakfast.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Moreno owner of Aquiles eco hotel on 1 Mar 2019
The staff and everyone in Aquiles eco hotel are so thank!

8/10 Good

Rudolph

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Verblijf zonder tierelantijnen
Het verblijf tussen de lokale bevolking van Sao Pedro was bijzonder, ontzag voor de vrolijkheid van de mensen die naar Westerse maatstaven in armoede leven. Op de kamer van het hotel was maar 1 stoel, terwijl 2 toch wel fijn is. Ook ontbreekt een klein koelkastje. Gastvrijheid was prima en iedere avond verse vis.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Moreno owner of Aquilesecohotel on 13 Feb 2019
Aquiles eco hotel and Staff thank you!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Un alojamiento especial cerca de la playa en en un pequeño pueblo de pescadores
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Moreno owner of Aquiles eco hotel on 1 Mar 2019
O Staff e todos da Aquiles eco hotel Agradece!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Praça local algo barulhenta, sabonete é o único artigo de higiene disponível, população e funcionários bastante amistosos, serviço bom dadas as limitações. Satisfeitos.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
El hotel es muy bonito y original , habitaciones muy cómodas con balcón . El desayuno es muy completo y el personal del hotel es encantador y muy atento .
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Maciej

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Unique hotel architecture
Architecture of this building / hotel is making your stay very unique as it's real experience of staying in a small wooden box / container. The area of the hotel is safe and very close to life of local community (school, playground, beach full of fisherman's) and staff is very friendly, offering a glass of ponch / grogue during check-in. Overall stay was OK, however the rooms are overpriced for the provided services : many times during our short stay we had issues with water in the bathroom (no water at all in sink, shower and flush in the evening / morning) and WI-FI signal is available only in the restaurant / reception desk and breakfast is served after 8 am, which is little bit late to discover the island. Hotel have great potential but need some improvements!

8/10 Good

guillaume

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tres bien pour une nuit
Tres bel hôtel dans un petit village Pratique pour prendre son vol le matin tôt (15min a pied) Seul petit point negatif : la nuit bcp de chien qui aboient

2/10 Terrible

Marie Helene

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Réservée, payée et non consommée !!!
La reception de l'hotel n'a pas retrouvé notre réservation. Ils nous ont proposé une chambre simple à la place de la suite prévue et payée. Nous sommes donc repartis, la chambre nous semblant très petite et mal insonorisée. A quand le remboursement????
Response from Moreno owner of Aquilesecohotel on 10 Apr 2018
Dear Madame Marie, we are afraid about your reservation, but the problem is with the site where you made the reservation, because they don't sincronize the reservation in the same time that we do. For this reason in their site the room is free, but in the reality it already booked. So we apologize, but we can't do nothing with that. Since they never paid us for your reservation, they have to reimbourse you. Thanks for this comment and i hope you will understand us. Moreno the owner

6/10 Okay

Lien, Noordhorn

Liked: Cleanliness
Bij aankomst was de gereserveerde suite niet beschikbaar.We verbleven 1 nacht in een kamertje( echt basic).\Expedia had moeten mailen voor en bevestiging? Nog 1 nacht in de suite daarna was okee. We hadden alleen veel overlast van het dorpse LUIDsprekerherrie op die zondag.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Michaela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Das Hotel ist zweckmäßig eingerichtet, dies aber sehr stylisch und modern! Man fühlt sich sofort wohl und kann den Aufenthalt entspannt genießen. In der Umgebung gibt es nicht viel zu sehen, für Ausflüge nach Mindelo muss man ein Taxi oder den Bus nehmen. Das hoteleigene Restaurant ist sehr zu empfehlen, es gibt ein Menü für alle Gäste, das sehr lecker ist. In der Umgebung gibt es ebenfalls (wenige) nette Restaurants. Nach erfolgter Buchung und Bestätigung durch Expedia unbedingt nochmals abklären, ob die Buchung geklappt hat! Laut einer Mitarbeiterin kommt es oft vor, dass die Zimmer trotz Bestätigung nicht verfügbar sind und man dann plan- und zimmerlos an der Rezeption steht. Lieder ist uns dies auch passiert, durch den tollen Service von Expedia wurden wir aber mit einer Alternative versorgt. Beim zweiten Mal hat es dann geklappt.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Marème, Paris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Personnel très accueillant,
Le personnel ainsi que le directeur du site sont d'une grande gentillesse, toujours disponible et de bons conseils. Nous avons passé un séjour très agréable, petit déjeuner très bon et copieux!
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Renata

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
sehr gutes architektonisches konzept
ein sehr gutes durchdachtes architektonisches konzept das sich bestens in die eher ärmliche umgebung einfügt.

6/10 Okay

georges, Lille

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
cher pour ce que c'est
personnel très gentil. par contre l'isolation est mauvaise. 60 euros c'est trop cher à mon avis

8/10 Good

Giulia e Claudi, Roma

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Struttura molto originale, gradevole e funzionale
Soggiorno sicuramente piacevole, grazie alla splendida accoglienza e disponibilità dei gestori-proprietari e del personale. L'albergo è a 100 m dal mare, molto ben inserito - anche dal punto di vista delle relazioni umane - nel centro di un villaggio di pescatori. Cercavamo una soluzione semplice, confortevole ma anche "non coloniale", e l'abbiamo trovata. L'albergo è indubbiamente originale e interessante come struttura, gestito in maniera efficace. Oltre all'abbondante colazione, si può anche contare sulla cena, mentre nel villaggio sono presenti alcune altre piccole strutture per mangiare o bere una birra. Facile spostarsi in città o all'aeroporto. L'isola presenta molti punti di interesse. La spiaggia davanti all'albergo è forse la più bella di Sao Vicente. Gli abitanti sono cortesi e ospitali; essere ospiti di questo albergo, oltre tutto, probabilmente agevola i rapporti con gli abitanti.

10/10 Excellent

Jürgen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ökologischer geht´s nimmer;)
Da brauch man kein schlechtes Gewissen haben, in einem Entwicklungsland Urlaub zu machen. Dies Hotel hat nichts zu verbergen, und befindet sich öffentlich mitten auf dem Dorfplatz.

6/10 Okay

Damien, Nantes

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Charmant, mais gare aux courants d'air!
Cet hotel est d'excellente qualité : le concept eco-hotel est très intéressant, les chambres sont simples, sobres mais le design est idéal. Cependant, un gros bémol pour ma part : Sao Pedro est une ville très balayée par les vents, et notre chambre (la n°3) située à côté des escaliers n'téait pas protégée des courants d'air par les chambres voisines, nous n'avons donc pas pu fermer l'oeil de la nuit car le vent a "sifflé" continuellement toute la nuit. Ce qui est très regrettable, car le lieu et le concept sont vraiment charmants!