Aparthotel Calema Avenida Jardim

Rock hard beds. Very limited hot water so if you have long hair to wash then nobody else is getting warm water for at least 15 minutes after you have finished. Paint peeling from the baths. Tru to be as self sufficient as possible as most things you ask for will be too much trouble. It is really noisy at night especially if you are placed over the gym side of the hotel. I would not recommend this for families but it's fine for a cheap getaway.

The Calema is situated on a backstreet just a few minutes from the beach. Initial impressions are good. The public areas are clean and reasonably well maintained. The gym seemed busy but the pool was totally unused. My room was clean and consisted of a small bedroom and bathroom with a larger kichenette and living area with a balcony. The kitchen equipment was sticky, unsurprising given that neither washing up liquid or tea towels were provided, with a random selection of cups and plates. My friends in other rooms fared better or worse suggesting poor management of the cleaning team. The single beds are rock hard and very narrow, but I slept well. Unfortunately a dead bird appeared on my balcony halfway through my stay which I reported four times on successive day, but it was still there on departure. The restaurant was poor. Cold breakfast options only and limited choices. The evening buffet was even worse with no vegetarian options or even labelling to tell you what you might be eating. After the first night we realised that we needed to eat at the start of the stated period as the food soon cooled and nothing was topped up. Vegetables were either cooked to death or missing altogether. For example, one night a single melon was put out along with another item, when they ran out quickly (before we got to that stage) a few small bowls of red jelly (of indeterminate flavour) were put out. An odd man also seemed to be hanging around glaring at people (we were told that he was the owner but he did no obvious work). Most days he seemed to be in the lounge with his phone loudly on speaker either shouting into it or watching something, making it impossible to have a quiet drink in the bar. One evening he hosted some sort of family meal after which one of the children was given the key to the piano. She then proceeded to play very badly and loudly. We complained to the man and he just shrugged. We left along with our fellow guests. So in summary, the Calema could be a good hotel but it needs some management attention, a decent food offering and for the owner to respect that we are paying guests and that the public areas are not an extension of his living room.

A relaxing two night stay with our two dogs. An old but clean apartment. Nice and warm on winter nights. Basic kitchen utensils, but only 2 electric rings for cooking. Hot water, be careful with young children and hot taps, but didn't last for more than 2 showers due to tank size. Five minute walk to beautiful beach. Easy walkng aoace for all age grius. Enough restaurants and bars open and busy for this time of year. Overall great location

Amazing experience! The reception, the conditions of the room, the food and everything was suuuper clean! Also the price is accessible, I honestly thought it would be more expensive than it actually was. I recommend it 100% and I’ll definitely will come back again

De positivo só o staff mesmo....pouca limpeza, pouca variedade d comida,piscina super pequena com meia dúzia d espreguiçadeiras...

Afgelopen 12 dagen in Calema gezeten. Kwamen in kamer 06 terecht, vlak achter de receptie op de begane grond, op het noorden en en met het verkeer er vlak voor. Was er koud, muf en vochtig. Tussen de kamer en de receptie zit een branddeur die de eerste morgen tussen half zeven en zeven uur 5x (!) met een noodklap dichtgeklapt werd. Toen ik wat later de man achter de receptie daarop aansprak deed hij alsof hij niet wist waar dat geluid vandaan zou moeten komen. Zelf denk ik dat het personeel, waaronder hijzelf, ergens onder het gebouw binnenkomt en vervolgens die deur gebruikt!! De man was erg ongeïnteresseerd en ik kon geen andere kamer krijgen. Daarna ging het één ochtend aardig goed maar de volgende ochtend zaten we wederom stijf van schrik in bed. Binnen twee minuten stond ik bij de receptie waar twee mannen zich volledig dom hielden. Gelukkig zat er later een meewerkende dame waar we een andere kamer van kregen. Al met al is Calema voor ons niet voor herhaling vatbaar. Wél goede schoonmaak maar ongeïnteresseerd receptiepersoneel!!