Carmel Cumbuco Resort

It’s a nice place for fun with family and friends. Not good for people with limited mobility at all. Pool area is fun! Restaurant is good and also a good breakfast. The bedrooms need some repair and upgrades, especially the bathrooms. The staff is very nice! I would say it’s a 3 stars hotel.

it s very clean food is very good. but you have to advise this is a family resort with a lot of child

Overall the hotel was great. Very friendly with kids. The only thing that took very long was the check in. Very long. But everything was great

Pros: very exclusive resort, quiet and calm, perfect for families, amazing amenities pool/bar/ restaurant, safe location, beachfront security and well staffed. Very clean and well maintained, guests are treated very well. Also gated front entrance, security guard on the parking lot. Views from the room are stunning. Bracelet for door access and room charges are super convenient. There is a Kiteinstructor on site, Ricardo, very personable and easy to talk to. He has the best English of the whole staff which understandably speak beautiful Portuguese. The kite gear locker is well located by the beach (I wish it didn’t have stairs though) and the air compressor was amazing! Cons: big room and relatively small bathrooms but that wasn’t a problem for us; towels by the pool are hard to find (they only exchange towel per towel or towel card... wish they were better distributed by the fresh water showers outside by the beach and poolsides); there is a horrible loud DJ every Saturday that was so unnecessary and unwelcome by us- it changed the calm zen feeling we had all week; lastly water bottles are only 300ml sizes (restaurant, bar, and mini room fridge)12 hrs of hot intense sun absolutely calls for LITER water bottles everywhere!! We went to a very close Shell gas station and got 1.5L bottles and also some cash (1 of the 2 ATMs in Cumbuco). Overall a wonderful stay and we’ll be back for sure!