Vila Bicuda Resort

Great vila but we didn’t utilize all facilities to really rate all of their facilities. I can say Positives: - kitchen, bathroom and room were big and useful utensils and espresso machine - kind staff at office and bakery/ although don’t use restaurant recommendations of Furnas do Guincho- worst lunch and so expensive for terrible “food” - parking easy - having a supermarket, and a sandwich/ bakery restaurant made life much easier since nothing is close by or within walking distance - rooms were big with nice balcony and comfy bed -flat tv with great and varied channels for many languages.

Disappointing: - first 2 espresso pods are free, anymore are .45€ each and they are the gestapo about giving you more than 1 sugar packet per pod. - the rooms are very noisy. The floors are old and beautiful but they creek loudly. We heard the neighbors slamming cabinets and playing with their kid u til 2 am. I called front desk and finally had to knock on door to let them know we could hear them. - ants. Every where. We appreciate that it’s nature and it’s going to happen especially since this is an older place, but the 1st morning I woke up to my entire suitcase full of clothes swarming in ants. They aren’t sealing the floorboards- so the ants come from the corner of the base boards and floors- not necessarily from the balcony. They were kind and very helpful about it- but I’d prefer no chemicals. I emptied and swept and cleaned and so did they, but for future prevention I believe sealing rather than chemicals would help them & the families staying there. - you should be a dog lover to stay here. Lots of them. Everywhere. Disappointing for those of us who prefer holidays without other people’s barking dogs - nice grounds but mostly unattended. Most all flowers and shrubs outside balcony and rooms are dead and just weeds. - probably the most disappointing was that we had to pay to use towels for the pool or beach. And they are around 2€ each and are charged if you change. We thought this should be included