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HOTEL STYLE
Quiet
Mid-range
Languages Spoken
English, Spanish, Portuguese
Location
Avenida Baia Dos Golfinhos 125, Praia da Pipa, Tibau do Sul, State of Rio Grande do Norte 59178-000 Brazil
Name/address in local language
Hotel Sun Bay
1,299 reviews
Getting there
Somewhat walkable
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The facilities are good and the receptionists very friendly giving all the necessary information in Spanish or Portuguese. The pool can be used during long hours and has a bar serving various drinks and also things to eat that bring it to your lounger/table. One detail is that the consumed is paid on site and the room is not charged to pay at check out. The location is good as it is a few blocks from downtown avoiding noise but only 5 blocks away you can access the beach. The room is simple but comfortable with a large balcony if you want to sit down for a drink. Something to modify is the location of the plugs since there is only one near the bed that is behind the backrest and you have to move the bed to access it. Cleanliness could be better. There are mini insects throughout the room, like little spiders that get everywhere: bathroom accessories, clothes, bags. While the hotel can’t control them showing up being surrounded by nature, they could do something to at least fumigate. Breakfast is fine, they could add more variety of fruits and omelette.
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Date of stay: January 2025
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Very nice, clean pools. Restaurant with a varied menu. The fish served well for 2 people, hot, freshly made, very delicious. The breakfast is very filling, diverse, with a variety of breads and cakes, natural juices, yogurt, cereals, teas, seasonal fruits, eggs, cheeses, hominy, fresh tapioca and much more. You walk to the center of Pipa. Leave your car in the hotel parking lot. The room is spacious, with a balcony (2801), comfortable bed, shampoo, soap, shower with warm water. Very peaceful sleep. The staff is very attentive. The only detail: it is urgent to buy new sheets and towels. The building's infrastructure needs repairs and new painting. I intend to stay there again.
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Date of stay: August 2023
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Room Tip:Não há problema em selecionar o 3o horário (9h00) para tomar o café da manhã. O buffet continua...
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I spent the first days of my honeymoon at this hotel and, a week before the trip, I chatted via WhatsApp and requested an emerald romantic kit to surprise my husband. However, the surprise we had was arriving at the room and not having anything prepared. It was a disappointment and when I asked them about it, they just apologized and said that the kit had not been registered. We stayed in the suite with a hydromassage, the room was full of ants, even walking on top of our bed and again when we contacted the staff, they did not offer us any solution. The lighting in the room is poor, as there is only one switch that turns on the bathroom, shower and sink lights at once, and when they are turned on, whoever is sleeping is woken up. As for location, for those with a car, the hotel can be a good value for money. Because despite being located on the main avenue of Pipa, it is right at the beginning, and to get to the center or access to the main beaches, you have to walk a lot, as we were by car, this was not a problem. The parking lot does not accommodate all guests' vehicles and we had to leave our car in another parking lot a few meters away (at the hotel's expense). We had rainy days in the city and most of the hotel is uncovered and the place does not offer umbrellas to guests, which ends up becoming a problem for us to get to breakfast or any other area outside the rooms. On the other hand, the hotel offers a good breakfast and also a nice pool area.
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Date of stay: February 2024Trip type: Traveled as a couple
Room Tip:Se estiver sem carro, não escolha este hotel. Longe das principais atrações como restaurantes e...
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I liked everything about the hotel, starting with the courteous service from all the hotel staff. The restaurant has great fish options and regional northeastern cuisine. Abundant and tasty food. Breakfast has a multitude of dishes, renewable every day. The rooms are very spacious and quiet and the large pool has a swim-up bar. As for the location, it is just a few hundred meters from the center of Pipa. Nothing that a short walk can't solve.
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Date of stay: October 2023Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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We were at a couple at Sun Bay last weekend, it definitely exceeded our expectations. Located just 700m from where the main bars, shops and restaurants on Avenida Baía dos Golfinhos are concentrated at night, you can easily walk there at any time. As for the hotel, good structure, large and airy rooms, great pool and the service from everyone, I mean everyone, was undoubtedly excellent. I recommend the feijoada that they serve on some specific days, fair prices for consumption at the hotel. I definitely recommend it and hope to return soon!!! Stay from 07 to 11/03!!!
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Date of stay: March 2024
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Terrible. Swimming pool with tiles falling off the edge, very old bathroom, plastic curtain, shower without pressure. Coming home from the beach and washing your hair is a chore! Wood lacking maintenance. Never ever at any time has 4 stars. 2 or 3 at most. Horrible parking in the mud of a vacant lot. The one at the hotel only has space for imported cars lol. If you come from the south by plane and rent a normal car, be prepared to be treated badly. Worst place I've ever stayed in my life! The boys at the restaurant are adorable. But the hotel itself, horrible. It doesn't have the basics, which would be a valet and an umbrella to take you to your room if it's raining. Small things that are so obvious in any hotel. There is no 110v socket. Room service cannot be paid for at the end of the stay. Ordered, paid instantly. Pool towel? I also pay. There are many unpleasant and uncomfortable details. Everything difficult. Service leaves a lot to be desired! Ugh
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Date of stay: February 2024
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Trip type: Traveled with family
Room Tip:Definitivamente não é o que parece. Parece bom. Talvez uma ou outra acomodação seja. Mas a...
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The service leaves much to be desired. Bad reception. The hotel does not contain the number of guests, so there are breakfast shifts that you can not even choose. Everything consumed in the hotel must be paid immediately, including, pasmem, the pool towel rent. I really do not indicate and will definitely not return again in this hotel. Only what seems good is the swimming pool which is beautiful and has the water heated, but I didn't even enter.
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Date of stay: September 2024Trip type: Traveled with family
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The hotel is quite large and spacious. It is located right at the beginning of the accommodation in pipa... a little away from the beach (about 10 to 15min walk). To the points: the schedule for breakfast is very bad. The guests are divided by turns and you can't choose, so we were put to have coffee from 9:00 to 10:00. This needs to be changed as soon as possible! The room we stayed was large and accommodated 4 people comfortably. The bathroom is a problem. Yellow tiles gave a dirty look that bothered. The pool has a great size, although it is deep (1,75 to 1,90)... so the hotel kept boys in the pool to make the moment more comfortable.
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Date of stay: October 2024
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Trip type: Traveled with friends
Room Tip:O café da manha é problema real! E pra quem tem problema de acessibilidade definitivamente não vá...
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I stayed at this hotel in September 24 and had 3 problems: 1. There's time for breakfast. This is very unpleasant because on holiday, I don't want to have time for anything and much less commit to time to get up. 2. I made the reservation and I was told nothing. I got there and had to pay an extra 32,09% (I booked for 816,48 and I had to pay an extra 262,00) to stay in a decent room, because they put me and my husband (we are 66 years old) in a hotel pickup. I got there, went down the bottom of the hotel, went up one staircase, then went down another and then went up again and I don't even know where it ended. Detail: the wooden staircase, in time, not comfortable for an old person. 3. The manager we received needs training to talk to customers, listen to customers, know what they need, negotiate, goodwill, emotional control. So if you go there, be careful. Make sure where they'll put you and prepare to have breakfast schedule
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Date of stay: September 2024
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
Room Tip:Certifique se o valor que você pagou é para um quarto decente, que seja de fácil acesso ou se lá...
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The hotel is sectioned off into joined buildings with about 6 rooms per building. When we walked into the building it reeked with a mold smell. Long day and tired so we went down to the pool for about an hour and when we came back we decided we could not tolerate the smell and we told the front desk we are going to another hotel. Plus for breakfast you had to preset a time, eat and get out like we were in the military. The other hotels I could go to breakfast at 6:30am and stay until 10:30am if I wanted to. They lied saying we stayed for 5 hrs. and charged us for one night and I have phone records when we called asking for directions and the call to the extremely accommodating Hotel Oka da Mata where the staff was awesome. We stayed about an hour and a half. I rarely give a bad review because I go by the cliche "If you cannot say something nice, do not say anything at all". But this treatment was so bad I have to say something. They SUCK!
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Date of stay: October 2022
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Room Tip:Find another hotel
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Olha,anda um pouquinho porque não desce direto para a praia porque tem área de preservação. Mas se for pela vila que é do lado,chega bem no parte da praia movimentada. E é uma caminhada dentro da vila de Pipa, tranquilo.
Tenés que ir al centro (6 cuadras), bajar a la playa y caminar en sentido contrario por la playa, con la marea baja
Si está la marea alta no podes pasar
He estado en el Hotel Sunbay desde 24 al 29 de Enero 2019. El hotel sigue con malos olores en las habitaciones, mucha humedad , malos colchones, falta limpieza, etc .
There are more places to choose from in the Praia da Pipa area.
PRICE RANGE
$69 - $102 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
pipa ocean view hotel pipa
FORMERLY KNOWN AS
Pipa Ocean View
LOCATION
BrazilState of Rio Grande do NorteTibau do SulPraia da Pipa
NUMBER OF ROOMS
132
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