Murdeira Village Resort

I absolutely love this place. It's so peaceful and unpretentious. The staff are really lovely and very helpful. The grounds are beautifully kept and the food is simple but good. A delight to stay here and although only 6 minutes from tne airport there is no noise.

The village was clean, the staff was very kind, and there's a free taxi from the hotel to go in the downtown which it takes 12 minutes. In front of the village there's a beach, very good for children's because it's fenced as an Harbour so no waves at all and make it safe for them. The breakfast was great with table indoor and outdoor on front of the sea. Great village!!!

It was a lovely time in Sal. My memory of the vacation would always be tainted by the poor service given by the hotel staff. On arrival at the hotel, they said i only paid for 1 room which i paid for 2 rooms in a single booking. This claim was absurd and i was very angry. I was kept out with my pregnant wife and sister till I reached out to hotels.com and they called the hotel to sort it out. Apparently the person handling the bookings in the hotel moved only one room when i requested my booking be moved due to flight cancellations.

I stayed here for 7 nights with breakfast included. The hot food at breakfast was the same every single day we were here (crepes, bacon, scrambled egg, fried egg) they have two choices of cereals and different types of bread. The only thing they change is the fruit selection and the “dessert” which has been cake (which are always soft and delicious) There are only two transfers out to Santa Maria (main town) everyday at 10.30am and 2.30pm and then pickup is at 12.30pm and 6.30pm. If you miss it or want to go out/come back outside of these times, then be prepared to pay between €6-8 for a taxi each time. The staff is really friendly and helpful. The rooms are simple but clean and the shower had a great pressure (our one did anyways) Not much to do in Sal..however we did go on an island tour which was so much fun!

Booked at last minute after a flight problem but turned out to be excellent. I would stay again

[Good] - Isolated, quiet location - Has a big pool with a nice bar, quiet and relaxing with less than 10 people - Has a free shuttle to Santa Maria (2 buses per day) [Not good] - Always windy (more windy than Santa Maria area) - Restaurant was OK, but not impressing (you can find great restaurants in Santa Maria area) - Hotel apartment located in 4-min-walk distance from the reception, pool, and restaurant

My husband and I have travelled the world and I have only given good ratings until this time. The staff was worse than unfriendly. They were cold and uncaring. We were there for a week and could not even get anyone to smile. Even the people we saw everyday would never say hello or offer any kind of greeting when we saw them. The maid service was erratic and they did not have a do not disturb sign so if you wanted to take a nap you had to call the front desk. We were warned it was dangerous (bad illnesses) to drink the water but you only got one bottle when you arrived.-- to brush your teeth for the week -- otherwise they would charge you. They had booklets in the lobby booking tours and the front desk did arrange for one but didn't give us the essential information - to bring a swimsuit to enjoy the salt baths.-- when we complained that they didn't give us the information they told us it wasn't their problem despite the fact that they were advertising these trips in their lobby. The resort is at the windiest location in this extremely windy island. If they had a few places other than the 6 longues to enjoy a little protection from the wind it would have been nice. I do have one positive comment. When the taxi we booked for the airport at 10 pm didn't show up they offered us the use of their shuttle which made me happy.