Pousada Villa Rasa

“Quintessentially Amazing!”

I loved my stay at Villa Rasa in Búzios. It was during new years and the beach in which the hotel is just in front is empty, in an area where all the other beaches are crowded. So it gave us a truly unique feeling of luxury, all that privacy. The service was really good, we were having coconut wate… more

I loved my stay at Villa Rasa in Búzios. It was during new years and the beach in which the hotel is just in front is empty, in an area where all the other beaches are crowded. So it gave us a truly unique feeling of luxury, all that privacy. The service was really good, we were having coconut waters all the time on the beach and I was kitesurfing for most of the five days there. Yes, it can be windy at times which is great for kiting but if you like it less windy theres a pool area to relax and also wind barriers. The rooms where world class with world class amenities. Service was really personal, we left knowing everybody buy name. Looking forward to come back. cheers.

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“Great hotel however there are few things they need to work on!”

Firstly big applause to the staff, thanks to whom i could give 4 out 5 (otherwise i would give max. 3). You are amazing people and made our stay much better, love you! Generally the hotel is charming, small and family atmosphere what makes it super special. Amazing food - and here 5 out 5! Amazin… more

Firstly big applause to the staff, thanks to whom i could give 4 out 5 (otherwise i would give max. 3). You are amazing people and made our stay much better, love you! Generally the hotel is charming, small and family atmosphere what makes it super special. Amazing food - and here 5 out 5! Amazing staff - 5 out of 5! however only 2 people spoke English - the front desk Lady (You are too good for this place :)) and Lady in the restaurant - very charming and helpful!! Sorry but i dont remember the names:( The pool and beach area are private what makes it also great (5 out of 5) especially when you come in a busy period and on all beaches in Buzios you have crowds. So now: What didnt work? We booked a superior room with window, view and balcony - this was on the photos and the email offer i got. However when we arrived we learned we have a room in the backyard with view on the Wall (1,5m away from the window - see photo i attached) , generally you felt like being in the basement - super dark and dull. There was no option for change as the hotel was fully booked. Everything would be ok if I was informed about it before - but i wasnt. As you can imagine coming first time to Brazil and Buzios this is not what you really wish for. Anyways we tried not to stay in the room as much as possible :) Also we were on a short stay so moving to another hotel seemed annoying as we had a long trip in Brazil and changing places every few days. Nevertheless we were offered a 20% discount at the end after our inquiry. Summing up: I would recommend the hotel without any question but make sure what room you will get (superior rooms are different as it turned out) :) and for sure it is worth paying more for a better one if possible as the location, privacy, family atmosphere is worth it. If i knew it i would have done it! So for the booking people i give 1 out of 5, for not informing us properly about what we pay for.

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“Wonderful Stay over New Year's”

We had a wonderful stay for 4 nights over New Year's. The hotel was sold out, but never felt crowded. The staff was very accommodating. The rooms and facilities are not that of a 5 star property, but we really liked this hotel. The beach was short, but we loved it, especially over new year's when a… more

We had a wonderful stay for 4 nights over New Year's. The hotel was sold out, but never felt crowded. The staff was very accommodating. The rooms and facilities are not that of a 5 star property, but we really liked this hotel. The beach was short, but we loved it, especially over new year's when all of the other beaches were very crowded. Our new friend Decio ran the kitchen and did such a great job taking care of us. He spoke English, which is rare for staff in Buzios, but he was incredibly gracious and caring, getting us everything we needed to have a wonderful stay in Buzios. Special thanks to Decio and hopefully, we will meet again.

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“Nice if you have a dog or kids or love kite surfing ”

I will say that if you love kite surfing, have kids or a dog and you have a room on the beachside, this is a nice place. Unfortunately, we booked at the last moment. Online, the rooms look great but we were stuck across the street from the main hotel on an extremely busy street, crossing was dang… more

I will say that if you love kite surfing, have kids or a dog and you have a room on the beachside, this is a nice place. Unfortunately, we booked at the last moment. Online, the rooms look great but we were stuck across the street from the main hotel on an extremely busy street, crossing was dangerous. I will say that our room had a great bed, with good linen but the room had no view, poor air conditioning and very bad WiFi. The front desk staff and waiters were nice.

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