Pousada Itauna Inn — Hotel in Região Geográfica Imediata do Rio de Janeiro

A great place to be inspired

As a younger person (27) who has been traveling Brazil on my own for 2 months and seen just over 10 cities, if you’re looking for a fun/quiet stop near the city of Rio de Janeiro, I advise you to check out Itaúna Inn in the city of Saquarema. I found this charming pousada by great fortune. Upon arriving in Saquarema by the 1001 bus, I asked my cab driver to take me to a good, safe place near the beach, and he drove me to Itaúna Inn. I was exhausted from all the traveling, and the receptionist was so friendly and positive and had me in a great little room in a matter of minutes (on a busy weekend, no less). I dropped on the bed and couldn’t believe it when I realized that noise I was hearing in the background was the waves hitting the shore… I had to go check it out, so I walked about 200 steps and was soon sitting on soft, white, fluffy sand with a picturesque and gripping view of the sun setting in the distance, behind the city’s iconic hill-top church, Igreja Nossa Senhora de Nazareth. As the sky grows dark, you get to see the white adobe church illuminate with green light. If that’s not enough reason to stay here for the weekend or a even a week, the prices are quite decent for all that you’re getting, which is a safe, clean, comfortable room, breakfast and coffee, that great view, and immediate access to local restaurants and bars, live music, shops. The receptionist can also quickly hook you up with cool local stuff to do like kite surfing, snorkeling, surfing and flying. What...

Firstly we made the mistake of booking directly with the guest house. I made the reservation about 2 months in advance of our holiday and was surprised (but had read on their website) that they took 50% of the booking from my credit card within a day of making the booking 50%! Now I know why. We booked the 'special suite' and planned to stay 5 nights. However when we got there we realised we'd made a big mistake. The place stank of sewage and I don't think anyone had stay there since the 1970's. The place was dark, dreary, unclean and very unpleasant. I won't even comment on the bathroom! We told reception we would be leaving the following day. In the morning when we went to check out. The owner, L'Otavio, had 'gone missing' so couldn't process our refund. We hung around for an hour but he never re-appeared. When I emailed to organise the refund he replied, rudely that there was no refund - read the small print! The most unpleasant experience I have every had throughout...

Péssimo!! Começou com nossa ida, numa noite de sexta-feira. Como íamos de ônibus, decidi ligar para confirmar a reserva já paga e avisar que chegaríamos mais tarde. Simplesmente, nenhum telefone funcionava!!! Ninguém atendia e não conseguia entrar em contato!!! Quando, finalmente, chegamos - após às 21:30h, os proprietários - um casal bem descontraído - nos recebeu e disse que demos sorte, pois já estavam indo se recolher e trancariam tudo!! Informaram que sempre desligam o telefone da pousada e esquecem de religar!!! Impressionante. Quando fomos acomodados, o quarto estava mofado, a roupa de cama tinha manchas e a frequência também não era nada legal... enfim, quando imaginávamos que o café da manhã à beira mar nos reconfortaria, outra decepção: bolo velho, pão mofado e um lugar bem largado numa varanda aos fundos da casa com mesas e cadeiras velhas!!! O passeio só se salvava quando estávamos na rua, pois a pousada, administrada por um casal, não tem nenhum profissionalismo ou comprometimento com seus hóspedes. Para quem pensa que acabou, como fomos embora num domingo, após o almoço, não conseguíamos devolver a chave do quarto e fazer o check out porque eles estavam tirando uma soneca da tarde... tive que acordar a proprietária para avisar da partida!!! Bem, depois deste e de outros depoimentos, espero que os proprietários se preparem melhor para a arte de receber e que os que pensam ser hóspedes reflitam se vale à pena curtir as belezas de Saquarema em um lugar como este... nem sempre a economia compensa... sugiro consultarem outras pousadas, como a Catavento e Ondas de Itaúna, não são tão mais caras e parecem ser mais acolhedoras e...