Vip Executive Éden Aparthotel

“No USB ports in room.”

Great location, close to everything one would need, one thing to be aware of is the rooms do not have any USB ports ( at least the room my wife and I stayed in did not have any ) be warned there are Beggers accosting you constantly, don't pay any attention to them, just ignore and keep walking.

“Brilliantly located hotel, comfortable bed”

Nice clean room, bathroom dated but clean. Reception a little unfriendly. Could have done with kettle in the room to have basic tea and coffee rather than the coffee pod expresso machine. Pool absolutely freezing cold! but nice to sit round it

“Good hotel but could very easily be great.”

We stayed for the weekend, Friday to Monday. We had a twin room on the 8th floor. It was basic but good. Good points : The rooftop terrace , bar & pool area is beautiful. The view from there is spectacular. The location of the hotel is great, comfortable beds, hot shower, toiletries & pool towels p… more

We stayed for the weekend, Friday to Monday. We had a twin room on the 8th floor. It was basic but good. Good points : The rooftop terrace , bar & pool area is beautiful. The view from there is spectacular. The location of the hotel is great, comfortable beds, hot shower, toiletries & pool towels provided. The view over the Praça was good. The old cinema facade is beautiful outside. I was expecting corresponding art deco style interior but it’s not. Air con worked well. There was a great little kitchen with all utensils provided & even a dishwasher. The staff are great, friendly & efficient. Entire hotel was spotless clean. The not so good : the decor is very dated and dark, the corridors & stairwells are poorly lit & often in darkness until you find a light switch & turn it on yourself. The WiFi is only ok. The breakfast room is tiny & really needs to be reorganised to make the most of the space. The food is laid out immediately inside the door to the left and also on a separate large round table in the middle of the room. The dishes, cups & glasses are underneath the food counters on almost hidden shelves. So many people had to ask where they were. This lay out meant that it was very cramped & packed as everyone was in everyone else’s way either arriving to breakfast/ leaving or getting hot drinks. This is also where staff come & go to restock & greet residents. There’s too much going on in that little space & is an accident waiting to happen. The large round table is a terrible idea as the food is arranged all over it meaning people must lean over dishes to reach others. Plus it takes up a huge amount of space unnecessarily. I think everything should be laid out along the side & back wall of the room, with no hard to see shelves underneath & everything laid out in a straight line. People will just move along in a straight line rather than lumping in corners. That will avoid all the confusion and congestion & avoid accidents. The decor of this room is like a 1980’s meeting room but it’s clean. The only other issue we had was not the fault of the hotel. There were a lot of Scottish football fans staying there too. Older men mostly. They sat up on the terrace all day Saturday & Sunday & were extremely loud & obnoxious. They started off singing football chants which was ok for a little while but they kept going for hours roaring the same things out over & over. They were so loud they could be heard 10 floors down on the praca outside. They took over the narrow pool area, shouting & cursing so much that other guests left the pool and even left the terrace. One man possibly 60 years of age shouted something disgusting at my 13 year old daughter. Most of his idiot mates laughed along with him & one told him to shut up. I told him to cop on that she was only a child. I was waiting at the bar to speak to the manager about them when I noticed he was already dealing with them so I didn’t need to complain. I did hear the manager saying that others had complained about them & guests had left the pool over them. We left the terrace then & didn’t go back but it seemed like the issue was dealt with. I hope some of those men read this & realise they badly affected a lot of other people’s break & gave the lovely staff a really hard time. Overall, it’s a good hotel, great location, great rooftop amenities, lovely staff. It’s basic but clean & comfortable. I would return again but not if there’s a Scotland football match on.

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“Good location, fair price, quality of a service could be better”

overall it is a good price and good located hotel. There are some things to improve: Breakfast served in a very small room with families waiting… avoid 8:30-9:30; Room cleaning very late (until 16:30 they do it); Wi-Fi slow as a turtle, impossible to use.