Aldeia da Cuada - Turismo de Aldeia

Just … amazing! Such a peaceful old-style-new environment. Great houses, lost in the green facing the ocean. Quality and attention to details in everything. Great warm pool giving on the mountains and exceptional breakfast. Would definitely recommend this treat!

We had an excellent experience here. Rustic yes with some modern accommodations. Just what we wanted. The walkways are a little challenging. Perfect location for the Ferreiro waterfalls ( about one kilometer) and another waterfalls called Poço do Bacalhou about two kilometers away. Hope this helps.

We stayed for two nights and were truly pleasantly surprised by the pastoral atmosphere, the beautiful scenery, the nature, and the friendly staff — it felt like we had arrived in paradise.||That impression changed the following evening. When we returned to the hotel around 6:00 PM after a day of hiking, we were shocked to discover that a company event was taking place inside the hotel. The pool area was completely occupied, and many people who were clearly not hotel guests were wandering between the villas. Naturally, there was also no parking available.||All the peace, calm, and relaxation we had enjoyed on the first day simply disappeared. It was extremely disappointing and inconsiderate of the hotel management to allow such an event in a place that promotes itself as peaceful and tranquil.||Overall, it completely ruined our last night — a truly disappointing experience.

Wonderful place, super cosy, wonderful staff and great Spot for starting longer hikes. Be prepared that it sometimes takes some minutes to get to your Hut via a stony path.. In case you have issues with walking, you should consider this.

A peaceful paradise village at the edge of Europe. Incredibly serene and restored to keep the historic charm. The restaurant breakfast and dinner were amazing as well. The folks who organize and work here have cracked the code to doing turism right: amazing service, unique experience, sustainable and respectful to the heritage and nature.

We were supposed to stay our last 3 nights in the Azores at this village. Our flight was cancelled and moved to the following day, therefore we only were two nights at this place. The first day and night were pleasant, surprisingly good and calm. The place advertises they have an outdoor heated pool - which they do have, and we visited it on the first night - it was truly magical. BUT! On the second day, which is the last night of our honeymoon, we arrived at the village to see there is no parking (at all!!!). We had to call them to move the staff car for us to have a place to park. Then, we saw a huge crowd of people - coming to the pool - swimming, barbecuing and what not. These are NOT village guests. This completely ruined our last night in the Azores. They didn’t even think to mention the fact this is happening. We just found it out as an unfortunate thing to know. Talking to them did no good - “the complained will be conveyed to the manager” which was also not available, according to them, to speak to me. So so so disappointing. After looking through google, I also found a post that someone had a similar yet different experience, where he was notified of a movie being dined near his villa, at 8:00AM of that same day, and he was asked to not access certain adjacent areas. So, maybe our case is not that unusual for this place after all. Big big shame.

Aldeia da Cuada is perhaps the best place to stay on Flores. It is a very nice and authentic place indeed (a village transformed into a hotel), and we strongly recommend it despite some shortcomings. The staff is extremely helpful and nice, the house we had during our 3-night stay (called Xavier) was cosy and stylish. The surroundings are great, and the pool is a nice addition. These are important things on Flores which is a beautiful island but perhaps the least enjoyable (and the only suffocating one) we have seen in the Azores (of the 5 islands we know), with Instagram crowds and trekkers, surly local people apparently getting fed up with Instagram crowds (and we speak Portuguese), all services far beyond their capacity, and serious supply issues in run-down supermarkets (the only exception being Hélio's at Lajes).||The reasons we don't give five stars to Aldeia da Cuada are small things which could be improved with some attention: an umbrella in the room (on an island where it constantly rains) to get to the restaurant, the garbage cans which should be emptied automatically (and not upon request) every day (or 2 days), the filtered water bottle which should be filled up automatically, too, otherwise it's not of much use. The dehumidifier is small, the environment is EXTREMELY humid, thus its water tank fills up in 3-4 hours, then it stops. The kitchen is functional, but there was no chopping board, salt or oil, and since you are far away from any grocery stores, it's a bit of a nuisance to do extra trips for supplies, especially that cooking may be the only option to survice, as you have no chance to eat at the hotel restaurant without booking ahead well in time. ||One comment: the hotel charges 70 euros for breakfast for 2 adults and 2 children (6 and 10y old), which is definitely steep even if we consider logistics and supply issues.||All in all, a nice place on an island where we don't really want to go back.

A wonderful place to stay. Each house is unique and lovingly furnished with attention to detail. Clean, authentic, surrounded by nature. The breakfast buffet is excellent. The staff were very friendly and attentive.