When we booked in, the elderly manageress asked for passports in Portuguese and when I asked if she meant 'passport', she asked again in Portuguese, so guessing that was what she meant, I showed her the passports and she took them. When telling me about breakfast time she pointed at a card that said 08:30 - 10:30 and mimed someone eating. I thought that as she has to deal with German and English guests she should at least know the word 'passport' and 'breakfast'. She understands spoken English but seems reluctant to use it.
We found room 103 to be very basic. There were no tea-making facilities etc, which is something we have always found elsewhere.There was a portable television in the room but it was old, wouldn't stay on without us jamming the 'on' button and the remote control was obviously for a video player and didn't operate the TV very well. We had access to one American travel channel. After a busy day it would have been nice to relax with a decent TV.
Although the room looked clean, after I put my bag under the bed it was covered in dust. Towels were provided and changed regularly. The bathroom had a basic shower, and although the water is extremely hot it soon runs out.
We didn't converse much with the other guests as they were all German, although we exchanged 'morgen' etc and had a chat with a couple on the last day.
The management left us alone so we didn't feel pestered or that we were expected to stay out all day