Terra Nostra Garden Hotel

Second time, with 2 smaller rooms this time instead of suite, but all the same exceptional experience! Top service and attitude, great and comfortable rooms with lovely balconies, excellent and locally infused breakfast, great diners with superb service, wide choice of local wines and local dishes, from classics to new ideas. All tasty, and new sushi restaurant was perfect too. The hotel reminds me Belmond properties, and I'm not clear why it is claimed as 4 star only - as it is much more superior than their sister flagship Grand Hotel Atlantico in Ponda Delgada, and certainly amongst most sought after places to stay at Sao Miguel. Will come back.

This hotel is simply amazing. We got offered an upgrade to a Suite. When we arrived to our room we had a basket of goodies waiting for us: 2 eye masks, a basket of fruit, water bottles, sweets. The hotel is simply beautiful. Every afternoon we were surprised by little gifts waiting for us in our room: chocolate bonbons or a brownie. The natural hot spring swimming pool open 24/7 is the best thing you can wish for. We loved to go for swims after dinner when it was cold at night and watch the stars. We had dinner twice in the hotel and the food was delicious. I would recommend the "cozido" soup, the lighter and more interesting version of the typical "cozido" – a meat dish cooked underground with the steam from the hot springs. We had a marvellous stay.

Everything was perfect. We booked this hotel as a treat at the end of our trip around the islands and it did not disappoint. When we arrived we were upgraded to a garden room with balcony which was wonderful. The bed was huge and very comfortable. The staff were so attentive. Breakfast was incredible. Every food you could possibly want. We even got a breakfast box to take to the airport as we had to check out very early on our last day. We loved the indoor pool when it was raining and obviously spent a lot of time in the gardens. This was a very relaxing few days before we had to fly home.

The location is perfect as it gives you access to the Terranos garden. And it’s lovely to be able to be there and walk around in the morning and evening when it’s less crowded. Other thing that stood out was the amazing staff. The front desk was incredibly helpful and we had terrific servers. One server in particular Carlos really went out of his way to make helpful suggestions to us. We were lucky enough to have him tonight, and he was one of the best servers I’ve ever had. I highly recommend this hotel.

Breakfast buffet that was included was tasty with plenty of options. Parking was free, which was nice - a car is certainly necessary in Sao Miguel. Room was awesome, cleaned multiple times per day. Indoor pool was excellent. Bar attached to hotel had delicious sandwiches.