I just noticed that this is already #1 of almost 300 "specialized hotels in Brasília", so I guess I'm just contributing to maintain it in the lead.
Hard not to make positive comments all around. Is it a perfect place? No, I will point a few details that stood out a bit negatively, but overall, it's outstanding. But as I wrote in my title - this is not some cheap B&B - it's an exclusive place, 23 rooms only, almost 1 employee per guest, depending on how many rooms are occupied (there are 50 employees). And I do recommend, if you can wait a bit, go in August 2022 and after, as they are finishing a special building in their vineyard which will be a wine cellar and a restaurant serving exquisite meats with their own wines.
Where to start? Well, I don't quite recall the original contact, but soon we were interacting with reservations by WhatsApp and e-mail and we paid in 2 installments in November and December 2021 to stay in January 2022. 3 adults, R$ 2200 only including breakfast. At checkout, another R$ 1.500 for all the snacks and meals we had there, as it's far from any other commerce, so a stay there is to park the car when you arrive and then drive off when you check out.
We requested the quietest mezzanine room - not a separate chalet, but a set of 6 joined little chalets, with a downstairs for the couple, and an upstairs which my 19 year old daughter made her territory - and there was a bed for another sibling or friend. And it was so quiet - room 21, the furthest from the lobby and restaurant building. The acoustics are perfect. The room is comfy - the lighting could be a bit stronger, as could the shower, but it's all very sustainable, so we understand not to expect urban intensity. The hammock on the outside with a view to the smaller and larger lagoons was peace - getting up at around 6 am it was amazing to listen to the symphony of birds.
The breakfast is absolutely one of the best I've had in quite a while, though I must say, the pão de queijo was a bit disappointing... all local produce though and made-to-order eggs, grilled cheese, sausages.
The restaurant's food is top-notch, but it is made up of portions like "nouvelle cuisine" - so we were a bit taken aback at our 1st dinner, as the prices made us think there'd be a bit more on our plates. However, the risottos, broths, pasta and meats we had there during 3 meals were outstanding.
We had snacks by the pool side - really not anything special, especially compared to the quality of the restaurant's food, but still above average. The pool itself is really rather simple and there is ultimately very little to do - except disconnect from day to day urban life (I did have to work a bit - high speed wi-fi). One can actually swim in one of the lagoons with a lot of fish, but the water is a bit murky and if one wants to float, not sure they'll enjoy getting small fish bites - they leave no mark, but it's a strange feeling. There are also free pedal-swans, but we didn't really notice many people using it - I particularly don't enjoy that exercise on my day off.
One of the highlights was the morning nature-walk that ends in a wine tasting and recounting of the history how this became the 1st vineyard in our region. Their rosé for tasting really is surprisingly tasty - syrah-based. However, we didn't get any wine to go - we usually spend about 1/3 of the price they were asking for other sufficiently good wines.
The service standards are tops all around - everyone really friendly and ready to explain. It's clear that they are imbued in the Triacca team spirit.
At checkout there was a mistake on my bill of R$ 500 - some items were charged twice and 2 not-so-cheap items were sent to our room, not sure if by mistake or by malice by other guests. Maybe the staff didn't compare signatures. Room for improvement, but the receptionist was profusely sorry and even embarrassed by what happened
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