Ria Terrace — Hotel in Faro

The location was the ONLY good thing about this place. Only booked for one night or else I would have cancelled immediately. Rooms: Our room was musty, dusty and dirty. The sheets were not fresh, there was a bad smell, and the blankets were stained. The room was cold and unsealed, with no AC or heater, and there were open windows to the outside which let the light and sound in (and could not be closed) which made it hard to sleep. Everytime someone walked by, you could hear it and we had to speak in low voices so that others wouldn't hear us from our room. There was also a dog in one of the rooms which would not stop barking. The bed was stiff and uncomfortable, and the pillows were used and unwashed, I had to sleep with my jacket on and my own clean clothes lying over the pillow.

Bathroom: A shared bathroom with no accessible soap, there was no toilet paper in the morning, and it was difficult to lock the door properly. The bathroom also has glass which you can see people from the outside, so creepy!! The bath/shower looked like it was 150 years old, dirty, and I didn't want to touch it.

Service: The lady at the counter was nice, but check in is at 3pm and we got there at 1. She said our room was ready but we couldn't go in unless we paid a fee of €10. We asked to leave our bags instead and return at 3, which was a €1 fee PER BAG. (I have never encountered this having travelled to many other countries). It wasn't even that cheap for the night, despite the mixed reviews we thought it would be ok for one night, but it...

I booked cheap and expected a mediocre bed in a mediocre guest house. The bed was horrendous (see the pictures) not only that the mattress topper had never been washed or changed (it was literally stuck to the mattress with dirt), but the mattress itself was tired. I only assume that the bedding had changed out of necessity.

The room itself is OK and we'll presented, though there is a broken window and the walls are paper thin, every footstep of other guests seems to echo throughout the room and every whisper sounded like someone shouting. Couple that with noisy guests and the music from midnight to 4:30 in the morning, and it didn't make for a good night's rest.

Bathroom is nice, the shower is hot which has been a godsend for my aching back from the bed, but again there is no shower pole, you have to hold the shower head to wash, it's not a big thing, but annoying.

The terrace is lovely, with views over a couple of rooftops, and the use of the kitchen was unexpected but nice so long as someone clean has been in before you.

It's a shame. It could be a lovely place if a small amount of money was reinvested, if they got a handyman in for a half day to fix the broken necessities, and renewed the mattresses... or at least the toppers!!

From my experience, I've spent the week Dreading attempting to sleep, I've been tired, cranky, and achy throughout my vacation. I would not...

I definitely have to correct the previous reviews here. Maybe there were something wrong in the past. Because of the bad reviews, I looked at and checked everything myself today before I moved into my room. Everything is really clean, the beds, the bathroom and the kitchen! There are no animals here! The staff and the cook are all really nice and friendly. And all the Dinner is very well! I can recommend this hotel with an absolutely clear conscience! Come here and see for yourself.

Aditional: We are now 4 Days here and have booking 3 days more. We are definitely very happy here:) The weekend was very pretty :))) All that people are very beatyfull and we had celebrated, with musik, gittare played and nice eat with them :)))

Aditional: Now we have 30.11.24 and we are here for 15 days. I must it say happyness, it was very beatyfull week's here! We have found good friend 's like a litle famly in this hostel 😃. I don't can found any bad things there!!! We todyay move into a tiny house for some month's and i know just in time, we will missing all that here 🥲

But we are wellcome all time, to again and spend together with friend 's 😁 Christmas we are definitely on this fine house and celebrate this day with our new founding famly!!! We will happy and funnyfull for...