Mercure Angra dos Reis

Resort, full of kids, very noisy, crazy breakfast, 4 star is completely wrong. Pool is the only thing i like about this place

During covid era, that is the deal: hotels have policies. The thing here is that it’s overwhelming and hypocritical, not practical. They make you sign tons of papers, give you pages of rules, signs everywhere, very strict on vaccination cards (which is NOT the law yet, btw), BUT in actuality, no one follows any it. The pool area was full of people, breakfast area packed, one small elevator functioning for the entire hotel (5-6 floors). If they really cared about security, they’d restrict number of guests and fix their elevator.. Just made it feel stressful, people come here to relax. Those who are afraid should stay home for now, not require hotels to be more bureaucratic. I did not feel “safer.” Breakfast was pretty good, but other food was bad and ridiculously expensive. It is very much a family place so if you think it’ll be more adult environment, it’s not. It’s not on the beach, it’s a port. The pool area is really cool, and it makes for a nice sunset spot (if you find one in the crowd.) Convenient if you book a tour through them, boats leave from right in their dock. I would come back if they made it more relaxing experience than what I got.