Two nights for the thermal pools
- Breakfast
- $100 credit
- No upgrade
Their take: Outstanding value with the card benefits, thanks mostly to the uncrowded 24-hour thermal pools, but the dated rooms, slow service and poor dinner made it the weaker of their two stays on the island.
Details
- Paid
- The $250 Edit credit, a $100 Chase Travel credit plus some points covered the $350 room
- Welcome
- A cheap bottle of champagne, about 5 euros by their check
- $100 credit
- Usable at the restaurant and spa; dinner at A Terra had painfully slow service and a gristly dry-aged ribeye, though the manager comped desserts
- Upgrade
- None offered; the hotel looked packed
- Breakfast
- A buffet with a much more limited selection than the Ponta Delgada sister hotel; made-to-order items cost extra
- Room
- A bit dated, with humidity showing in the carpet and room; housekeeping took away their hand soap when replacing watered-down body wash

