Porto Preguiças Resort

The resort was nice. Not a typical 5 star resort, but certainly the nicest in the area. The breakfast was great with a large selection of fruit and hot items. We had a quadruple room for our family of four which was very spacious with two bedrooms and two bathrooms. Ac worked well.

The resort is on the river which means there are a lot of mosquitoes, even in the dry season. We were there in August and our room was filled with them upon arrival. The cleaning staff leaves the door open when the clean. We killed all the mosquitoes in our room upon arrival and asked not to have our room cleaned during our stay. This was effective for keeping the pests out.

Awesome pools, well-maintained and with just the right temperatures. Great staff and attention. Clean rooms, quite large, with a great shower and clean-looking water. Good (if expensive) restaurant. Good (if basic) breakfast. Calm, mostly-foreign guests; no noise at night (at least in our room). They have a workshop where guests can learn to make small argyle pots/cups (and take them home). Air conditioning worked well.

Mosquitoes get into the room somehow, even though all windows are protected by screens (still, probably fewer mosquitoes than any other riverside spot in Barreirinhas). River deck was not as well maintained/staffed as other parts of the hotel. Restaurant is noticeably more expensive than others in town (though it's also better). Location is not central (cabs to the center of the town are BRL 20 per trip, BRL 40 round-trip). Forgot a cap near the pools and it didn't turn up, so must have gotten swiped by either guests or staff (which were awesome otherwise, but didn't seem to really try to locate that cap).