After very difficult journey it took a day or two to settle in here. We were initially disappointed that the pool shown in almost all the photos of this hotel across all websites is not actually this hotels pool it’s a view of a beautiful pool on the roof of a hotel across the road from the apartment balconies facing the bay. This hotels pool is nice but could do with some elevation in comfort and appeal. Everything is painted dreary grey colour and it’s not an inviting space. It’s ok for an hour or two when it’s not in full shade to have a swim but if the pool is important to you then it’s not the best. That said the benefits of the large apartment we had with balcony outweighed this and we were fairly happy to make our way to the beach most days. The beach is a trek. Ubers range from €20 but be warned if it rains or traffic is heavy it can cost €60 to get back. There is a free shuttle you can use to get to a bus stop that take you to the beach .. the bus costs €2 pp you can take it from near the arena. Overall we like Brickel it’s very smart, very cool and very clean. There is a publix supermarket 5 minutes away (you can cut straight across to each) and having self catering was very...After very difficult journey it took a day or two to settle in here. We were initially disappointed that the pool shown in almost all the photos of this hotel across all websites is not actually this hotels pool it’s a view of a beautiful pool on the roof of a hotel across the road from the apartment balconies facing the bay.
This hotels pool is nice but could do with some elevation in comfort and appeal. Everything is painted dreary grey colour and it’s not an inviting space. It’s ok for an hour or two when it’s not in full shade to have a swim but if the pool is important to you then it’s not the best.
That said the benefits of the large apartment we had with balcony outweighed this and we were fairly happy to make our way to the beach most days. The beach is a trek. Ubers range from €20 but be warned if it rains or traffic is heavy it can cost €60 to get back.
There is a free shuttle you can use to get to a bus stop that take you to the beach .. the bus costs €2 pp you can take it from near the arena.
Overall we like Brickel it’s very smart, very cool and very clean. There is a publix supermarket 5 minutes away (you can cut straight across to each) and having self catering was very relaxing.. we enjoyed evenings on our balcony and it was fairly quiet at night.More