Rooms are fine and has a stunning view - be sure to catch when the Sun goes down:-) the restaurant serves good food for a fine price (dont order the pizza though). The beach and the owner is nice, but she’s the only one who speaks english, so it’s an advantage if you know portugise. The location, however, is perfect if you just want to relax and enjoy the sun.
We came to Portal do Sol 4 years ago and we loved it . Thus tone decided to stay 5 nights and we had again an amazing time . The Pousada is set on tropical garden and small private beach . All the staff are very friendly, great breakfast and love to take the little boat to go to the village for drinks and dinner . As well the island has fabulous beaches to explore and great restaurants right on the beach
Bom dia,
Vocês são maravilhosos,muito obrigada pelo carinho!
This is wonderful place. Ilha Grande is the paradise in the earth. Impresionan view. Clean and comfortables rooms. Good breakfast. Ideal if you are looking for relax and connexion with nature. Helpful staff and good localization.
This place is perfect if you want a relaxing stay, still with the village nearby.
With its own beach and very friendly staff can you relax and enjoy the day here or take a walk/hike to explore more. It’s also very convenient to be driven by boat over to the village, both during day and night.
We have really enjoyed our stay, much depending on the status of the place, both our room and the surroundings and very much because of the nice staff!
From the owner to the persons cleaning , preparing breakfast, gardeners and the guy driving us every night by boat for dinner , even if we couldn’t talk their language could we understand each other well.
We can warmly recommend Portal do Sol!
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This Pousada is located in a beautiful spot, it looks like heaven when the boat brings you to Portal do Sol. Afterwards I believe that the experience will depend on whether you can speak Portuguese, and which room you've been allocated to. Staff speak next to no English, so we used Google translate a lot. Despite that, some encounters can be quite confronting, such as when we were forced from our window side table in the middle of our breakfast by Andresa (a chain smoker member of the staff) to another table, when there was no reserved signs on any tables, and only after other staff had advised us that we could sit at any table we liked.
We stayed in room 9 which is a steep uphill walk from reception (can be quite slippery after the rain), next to laundry. Very intermittent and weak WiFi in that room, so practically had to go to the reception area even to check emails.
Breakfast is quite good and generous, and the lady making your eggs is lovely. The owners desk and all her business dealings happen right next to breakfast area with no separating walls.
The room itself is quite humble, but very comfortable beds and very good air conditioning. There are signs on bathroom walls warning the guests not to flush toilet paper down the toilet, yet the bin provided is one of the smallest I've ever seen! Our fridge was unplugged for a few hours by mistake from the laundry side. Stained hand towels on the rack once, but quickly replaced when I used my google translate. Overall most staff are quite polite and helpful.
The Caipirinhas are amongst the largest and strongest I've had. The walk to the village is not as short as they may want you to believe, and we did it on the first night in the dark which was a bad decision, as parts get submerged, and I got wet running shoes which never dried in that humidity.
I will look for a better Pousada next time on the island, but can happily stay here again. Can be an enjoyable stay despite some issues.
