Name: Pousada Caravelas de Pinzón
Address: Av. Beira Mar, Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Cabo de Santo Agostinho, 54535080, Brazil
Rating: 7

Smoke-free property

Garden

Terrace

No elevators

Reception desk

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Hiking

Sun Deck

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Free parking nearby

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Pool and beach

Children swimming pool

Kids

Pets allowed

Pets

Personal protection equipment for staff

Extra decontamination measures

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Pedra do Xareu Beach

Gaibu Beach

Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport

Pousada Caravelas de Pinzón

Cabo de Santo Agostinho

child-bed

child-bed-fee

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limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

We visited this pousada as part of our FIFA World Cup trip in June 2014. Our initial impressions were not great as the building, rooms and furniture are not up to the standards we found in the larger tourist areas in Rio, Foz do Iguassu, Pipa etc but we were determined to make the most of it.

We found the owners and pousada employees to be friendly and they went out of their way to be helpful. For example, they obtained a parking pass for one of the games at the Recife Pernambuco stadium, allowed us to use the office printer to print travel confirmations, and helped us when we had two flat tires on our rental vehicle.

We ate breakfast daily and dinner in the dining room on a couple of occasions, and drinks and lunch by the pool, and all the food was good and reasonably priced, with local Brazilian dishes and specialties such as tapioca pancakes.

The rooms are small and the cost was a little high but we had booked through FIFA so normal rates would be more reasonable.

The location is beautiful - on the beach with plenty of surfing and walking opportunities. The weather was hot and muggy with significant rainfall, particularly at night, typical for that time of year. The pool was clean and very refreshing.

This is not a sophisticated tourist area - it is about twenty miles south of Recife and there is not much to do beyond the beach - few people speak English and the accommodation and local town are somewhat spartan.

To the south about twenty miles is another tourist beach area with the advantage of a new toll road into the town of Porto de Galinhas. We visited on a day trip and this town seemed more geared towards tourists with more shops, restaurants, boat trips etc.

One difficulty in this area is transportation. We rented a car since we were travelling to games in both Recife and Natal. However we would suggest that the average beach tourist rethink that idea and investigate alternatives, such as buses and cabs. 

The roads are in dreadful condition with potholes everywhere. Traffic is heavily congested.  The main road - the BR-101 -  is a nightmare around Recife, where it can take two hours to get through the city. Let someone else do the driving.

Summary - this is an unsophisticated town about an hour from Recife. It has a beautiful beach, not much else to do, and the Caravelas De Pinzon has friendly and helpful staff and owners. We enjoyed our stay there but we will not miss the BR-101.

This Pousada Grew On Us

The property is nice, the location on the beach is great, very far from Recife, but the hotel service is really bad, we were there on FIFA world cup and we stayed in the hotel because it was a recommendation in the website.
the room were not very clean but we stayed in the suite and that was very comfortable it was big and very spacious, instead of the rooms that are very small.

Bad service

I want to begin by stating that this place is NOT in Recife, but still comes up in the search results as if its really close to the city. We had to spend 150 dollars each time we went to the city because we did not receive proper instructions on where to get the bus.  Don't be fooled by the pics that the pousada shows because they are very deceiving to the reality.  I was willing to make peace with the distance to the city and the overall experience but when someone tried to take a picture of me  in the shower I became infuriated.  I went to the manager and explained to her the situation and she blew it off like nothing happened.  I asked her to review the tape and see who tried to record me in the shower.  She told me I had no proof of the matter and there was nothing she could do to make us feel safe.  We immediately packed our bags and went into Recife where we where forced to rent a motel because there was no more vacancy after a three hour search. Please be aware that the surrounding parts to the pousada does not provide any security and the staff and manager provide no reassurance to your safety.   

Anyone can snap a pic of you without knowing it because the windows next to the shower provide no security.  I snapped a picture of our bathroom to show the manager.  The manager's only response was that we had no proof of the matter.

Someone tried to snap a picture of me in the shower!!!

Stayed here for the World Cup- the location is absolutely amazing because of the beautiful beach (literally steps outside of your room). However, be aware that it is not especially close to the stadium and you will need to allow for extra travel time.

Most importantly, the staff here was amazing! Everyone was very friendly and went above and beyond to provide the best service possible despite the language barrier (no one speaks English, but some can speak Spanish). When we couldn't figure out where to find an international ATM, the owner of the hotel drove us to the nearest bank himself!

The rooms are simple but nice and have working Wi-Fi.

Great staff and amazing location!

We spent a night here as it was a hotel recommended by FIFA.  The setting looks wonderful and the pool area seems excellent however it was pouring rain so we could not take advantage.  We ate dinner and breakfast there and thought the food was good.  However, the rooms did not seem clean and we hardly slept as we were eaten alive by bugs during the night.  Perhaps I expected too much but I would not recommend.

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