Praia de Melide

A different concept for a new experience

I enjoyed staying here, but I did have a few frustrations. First, our room had no windows to the outside. I believe four of the nine rooms in total have windows? We asked to switch but they were all booked. No windows made it difficult to wake up because I never really knew what time it was, and I missed the morning sunshine. Second, the shower had no door, and while a cool concept it made the entire room very humid and steamy. We had to keep to short showers. Third, finding the hotel was very difficult. It doesn’t say Margot House anywhere. It’s a black gate next to the Swarovski store, and you have to buzz the hotel and wait until someone lets you in. I believe another guest did have an issue with waiting too long. It was a little inconvenient to have to buzz and wait for someone to let you up. They had to buzz 2 doors and then you walked in and took the stairs or elevator up 1 floor and then had to buzz the last door to get in the hotel. If I was in a quick hurry, it would be inconvenient to sit there waiting. Lastly, you had to give your key back every time you left. When you came back, they would give it to you. I’ve never experienced this before so it also felt a little inconvenient to not have the key on hand. On another note, it was very clean. The inside of the hotel was cute and minimalistic, but just few windows which was odd to me. The breakfast looked good but we didn’t have it included/opted out. The staff was very friendly and took great care of us!

The staff here really make the place special. Every single one of them were friendly and helpful, far above the usual.