Hotel Do Colegio

Tranquilo, elegante, bien situado aunque en una calle muy estrecha y con el coche es difícil aparcar. En general bastante bien.

Hotel is a charming renovation of a historic music conservatory and school. Wonderful location on a small street 2 blocks away from the waterfront and walking distance to most of the downtown attractions. Front desk staff was absolutely fabulous: warm and very helpful. Carlos spent probably 10 minutes with us marking up a map and helping us create an itinerary for our stay. Rooms are quite large (by European standards), but the furnishings and bathroom fixtures are beginning to show their age. Could hear rambunctious kids in room next door (but only right before dinner, so wasn't a problem at night). Pool is quite tiny and in courtyard, so is really more decorative than functional.

The hotel was lovely. The location was excellent as we were in the middle of Ponta Delgada close to several things. We walked to dinner and shopping and found it well-located for all the other activities we did around the island. The rooms were clean and comfortable. We had the opportunity to stay in several hotel room types, including a standard family room and more common double occupancy rooms. They were all spacious and clean. The bathrooms could use a bit of an update but they were fine as well. Our included breakfast was lovely but it could improve a bit. Its good enough for getting your day started but some things could be better like offering eggs a la carte vs just scrambled eggs in a buffet-style offering. Our receptionist upon arrival was incredibly patient as we were a very large party with multiple rooms. She sorted out some occupancy issues with ease and made our welcome exceptional. We picked this hotel in part because it did have a pool which we thought could be a good distraction for the kids when the longer more complicated plans around the island were too tiring for the kids. But the pool is perhaps the weakest aspect of the hotel as it was VERY VERY cold for kids and was not as clean as it could be. I know most people don't come to this particular hotel in this type of location to use a pool, but if you are going to offer it its best to make it usable. That would be my only complaint. The hotel had limited parking which in our party we got to use but not constantly as it was small and one of the three cars we were driving was always left to find street parking. Luckily there was plenty of that around the hotel, but its very narrow streets so its best to have small cars or know how to park very tightly to the curb to avoid damages on the rental. Overall lovely and would stay there again. But probably best suited for couple or adults with older kids.