Da Luz

Cape Verde , Cape Verde
SANTA MARIA, Zona Tanquinnho Norte, 3
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46 reviews shown

6/10

Pleasant

28 Dec 2025

Julia

Breakfast (they started charging for the egg), hot water in the shower and smell of mold on the room

Partner

2/10

Poor

17 Dec 2025

Daniel

We chose Last Luz Hotel based on what appeared to be reasonable reviews, however our experience was extremely disappointing.

There was no hot water in the shower, and the Wi-Fi did not work in the rooms, which was a major inconvenience. The linen and towels were visibly stained, which is unacceptable for any hotel.

Our booking included a complimentary bottle of sparkling wine, which was never provided. I raised this issue four separate times with reception, and each time was told they were “speaking to the reception manager, Elso Lopes.” Despite this, there was no follow-up, no communication, and no resolution.

Breakfast was also very poorly managed. We arrived at 7:00am and asked for eggs, only to be met with a rude response stating we would need to wait. We were happy to do so, however by 8:00am there were still no eggs, at which point we left without eating.

Overall, the service was hostile and unwelcoming. Staff did not smile, appeared disengaged, and gave the impression they did not want to be there. Basic hospitality and customer service standards were not met.

Unfortunately, based on our experience, I would not recommend this hotel

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

01 Dec 2025

Christof

We stayed in a ground-floor room. The laminate flooring was already swollen from the damp and smelled musty. The patio door couldn't be locked. The shower cubicle didn't have a sliding door. There were plenty of towels, and everything was clean. The beds were good, and although the air conditioning could be adjusted, it seemed to make hardly any difference. Breakfast was okay; scrambled eggs cost an extra €1. We only stayed one night (€122). The atmosphere was very pleasant, and the staff was friendly.

Partner

4/10

Poor

19 Jan 2025

Alexander

I stayed here for one night before catching a flight to another island. At €100 per night – the most expensive rate I’ve paid on Cape Verde – it was a huge disappointment.

As a Gold Member on Expedia, I was promised a bottle of sparkling wine, which was missing. Instead, my room came with a cockroach (photo attached). Maybe it drank the wine for me.

The air conditioning didn’t work, the shower drain was clogged, and mosquitoes thrived in the stagnant water. Housekeeping seemed questionable too – the first thing I saw was a squished mosquito smeared on the wall. When I asked for another room, the night porter said the hotel was fully booked.

For one night, it’s manageable, but for this price, you’d expect better. Breakfast was fine, though I never got my omelet after waiting 30 minutes. The cockroach, however, met its end and became a feast for ants by morning.

I wouldn’t recommend this hotel – it’s way overpriced and feels too \"eco-friendly\" for comfort.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jan 2024

Antonio

Friendly, caring, clean and great price value.

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

04 Oct 2023

marc

A recommander pour un séjour à Santa Maria

Hôtel propre, équipements en bon état, les chambres sont spacieuses (coin salon, balcon donnant sur la piscine). La piscine est très agréable. Petit déjeuner très correct. Le personnel est aux petits soins. Le quartier est calme, en retrait de la zone touristique mais en 5 minutes vous êtes sur la grande rue piétonne et ses multiples bars, restos et magasins.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Nov 2022

Verified traveler

Good location great value nice people

Organised an airport transfer but no one came to collect, luckily there was a night guard who could still check us in and we did get a free upgrade. Also extending the stay was very easy. Location is good very near the beach and room condition was great also. Would recommend

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

22 May 2022

Maria

Service friendly environment

Business_and_leisure

6/10

Pleasant

07 May 2022

Evan

Good hotel but lacking in some areas

Nice enough hotel just a short walk to the centre of the town.
First night there was a loud buzzing from electricity box that kept me up all night. That was sorted the next day.
I had 2 VIP Gold offers on my account. They failed to provide either of them. Didn’t receive a bottle of sparkling wine on checkin. Indeed they charged me €2 for a bottle of water.
I was also entitled to free late checkout. They refused unless I paid €25 (so there was obviously availability).
The shower seems to run out of hot water by 9am. So I couldn’t shower before checking out.
It’s ok for the price, but might be worth ignoring any Gold benefits offered (you won’t get them) and paying a bit more to stay somewhere else.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

07 Apr 2022

Nicolai

Great and modern little hotel. Centrally located and within a short walk from most restaurants, beach, bars, and main street

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jul 2021

Verified traveler

Very nice

Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jun 2021

John-Paul

Affordable, clean, and friendly stay.

8/10

Excellent

20 Jan 2020

Otsemobor

good

It was generally a good experience.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jan 2020

Scott Major

Convenient and quiet location

The property is very clean and well staffed. It is quiet day and night yet only a short walk to the restaurants, beaches and souvenir shops of Santa Maria.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

31 Dec 2019

temitope

Average

Breakfast spread was really scanty. On my last morning we literally only had bread, egg, cheese. No bacon, no sausages, no cereal, no fresh juice, no yoghurt

I couldn’t sit in my ground floor room balcony because water from the AC units in the top rooms was channeled to my balcony. Disgusting.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jun 2019

Rachel

Lovely stay!
Clean, modern, beautiful hotel. Lovely location, close to the beach and some great restaurants but out the way enough that you feel like one of the locals.
Really happy friendly staff, from reception, kitchen to house keeping. Everyone says good morning and couldn’t help you enough!
Towels were provided everyday, aircon worked beautifully, shower was lovely, beds really comfy.

I can’t fault our stay if I tried. And I would definitely consider staying again!

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

29 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

I stayed at Hotel Da Luz for a week, the hotel has been recemtly refurbished to a high standard, my room was clean and kept clean throughout the week. The staff were attentive and helpful, ordering me taxis when needed and answering my questions. Breakfast was a fairly standard continental one but for the cheap price i paid for they stay was better than expected. Angulo beach bar is just a few minutes away where you can hire paddle boards and windsurfers etc, swim
or just chill at the bar. I would recommend this hotel, very good value for money and would definately stay there again.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

19 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

The hotel manager (I think) was very accommodating for us as a family with a toddler - welcoming, helpful and flexible. The hotel staff in general were polite and friendly, though some reception staff could perhaps be a little more helpful with information (directions, local recommendations, taxi information). No specific issues though, we generally had a very pleasant stay.
Although there were still some snagging issues from recent renovations these would be expected from any renovation works and staff were very quick to resolve issues so I have no complaints at all.
The hotel facilities were very good and various spaces welcoming, clean and relaxing - pool, lobby, dining room, etc.
I'd highly recommend this hotel, and I hope we return!

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

01 Dec 2018

rowland

Value for money, helpful staff, it is quite close to the centre of santa maria and the beach and I would go back to the hotel without a second thought.

8/10

Excellent

09 Jul 2025

Anne Rigmor

Frokosten er bra. Renhold er bra.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Apr 2025

Helton

Hôtel et personnel au top, je recommande !

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

10 Mar 2025

Anita

Lage Top, zweckmässiges Hotel

Ich hatte ein Zimmer im EG, in der Dusche tropfte es von der Decke, wenn die Gäste über mir duschten. Zudem kein Duschvorhang... Klimaanlage war defekt.
Personal eher demotiviert.
Frühstück habe ich ausgelassen, hat überhaupt nicht frisch und lecker ausgesehen.

Self

2/10

Poor

25 Feb 2025

Claudia

WORST HOTEL EVER AND HOTELS IS NOT BEING RESPONSIB

Ohh my god, please do not go to this hotel. Its a scam, and hotels.com is not taking responsability of this. I arrived at 1am to the hotel, and they said they didnt have rooms available (and we had the reservation confirmed, and we had to go to another hotel, which was a motel, without water) and then the next day we went back adn they gave us a room, and surprise no hot water. For 100 euros, you rather go to many other places in the area. This hotel is really bad managed and they dont have hot water, check the reviews from google, not form hotels. And please think twice about using hotels.com, UNTIL TODAY THEY ARE NOT BEING RESPONSIBLE WITH THIS.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

12 Dec 2024

Sylvie

Séjour agréable

Très bon séjour le directeur est aux petits soins pour les clients cela est vraiment agréable . Le petit déjeuner pourrait être un peu plus diversifié et devoir payer 1 euros de supplément pour 1 omelette ressemble à une blague . Mais tout est correcte propre et frais

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

31 Mar 2024

Jukka

Vaatimaton hotelli

Sijainti ok. Muuten todella vaatimaton hotelli. Koko aikana ei tullut lämmintä vettä suihkusta, ilmastointi ei toiminut ja muutenkin nuhjuinen mesta.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

13 Nov 2023

Sergio

All you need for a confortable stay

10/10

Exceptional

21 Apr 2023

Corina

Das Personal war sehr freundlich und zuvorkommend. Sie haben uns bei jedem Problem unterstützt und uns sehr geholfen.
Das Frühstück war lecker und die Auswahl ausreichend.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

27 Nov 2022

Régis

Bon hôtel un peu excentré

Bon hôtel à Santa Maria mais un peu excentré (pas de panique, une quinzaine de minutes de marche et vous êtes au centre ville. Comptez 5 à 10 minutes pour la plage). Chambre confortable, wifi parfaite, piscine agréable et bon petit déjeuner. Seuls bémols, la navette aéroport pourtant commandée à l'avance n'est jamais venue et j'ai dû prendre un taxi (au même prix que celui convenu avec l'hôtel) et pour le retour, l'hôtel demandait 5 € de plus qu'initialement prévu. J'ai donc été chercher un taxi moi même. Ah oui. Pas de shampoing dans les chambres. Uniquement du savon. Il y a un petit magasin chinois à 50 mètres. Vous pourrez en acheter là bas au cas où

Self

10/10

Exceptional

01 Dec 2020

Julien

Hôtel Design

Magnifique hôtel en centre ville, au design très réussi. Tout le confort est là avec en bonus, un personnel charmant.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Mar 2020

Christina

Supernöjd....

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

10 Feb 2020

Carina

Mysigt litet hotel.Fräsha rum och bra frukost.Inget att klag på.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

Personale sempre disponibile e gentile
Colazione abbastanza gradevole

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

18 Nov 2019

SamSeb

Un personnel agréable et serviable mais qui manque cruellement d’anticipation dans le service client. Il faut en permanence demander la moindre chose. Établissement propre et bien entretenu mais qui a de sérieux problèmes de canalisation et de plomberie (odeurs, fuites...). Un gros point noir le petit déjeuner qui est resté invariablement le même pendant une semaine. Une piscine en maintenance toute la semaine et qui n’est pas prête d’être utilisée. C’est dommage que tant de petits détails font que cet établissement qui est correct et qui ne fait usine comme le reste des hôtels de l’île soit si mal tenu.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Nylig renovert. God frokost. God service på resepsjonen. Litt lite uteareal ved bassenget. Dette er et hotell som er perfekt å bruke hvis du bare skal sove og bo billig. 5 min gange til stranden

Business Friends

8/10

Excellent

30 Oct 2019

Jeff

Établissement très propre ! Personnel sympa
Appartement spacieux

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Struttura completamente ristrutturata. Pulizia eccellente in tutti i locali, camere spaziose e confortevoli. Unico neo, se proprio vogliamo fare i pignoli.....manca il portasapone nella doccia e sul mobile bagno. Colazione ricca e prodotti sempre freschi. Un bell’ambiente moderno dove rilassarsi. Il personale è di una gentilezza e cortesia infinite. Situato in un quartiere tranquillo ma allo stesso tempo a due passi dal centro e dalla spiaggia. Consiglieró sicuramente questo hotel ad amici. GRAZIE A TUTTI

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Oct 2019

Marcelo

Muito bom!!

Atendimento muito bom dos funcionários. Hotel confortável, limpo, silencioso, tudo funcionou bem (ar condicionado, Wifi etc.. Próximo a praia. Gostamos muito.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Sep 2019

Geoffrey

Superbe

Très bel établissement, personnel chaleureux et très arrangeant. Le restaurant devrait être mis en avant, on y mange superbement bien.
Excellent rapport qualité prix pour santa maria. Nous reviendrons.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

23 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Hotel praticamente nuovo, personale gentile e sempre disponibile e camere ampie e molto belle. Colazione dolce e salata adeguata al livello dell'hotel.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Aug 2019

Marta

Estupenda estancia

El hotel en muy buen estado, las cosas como nuevas
Buenos colchones
Cerca de la playa y en zona de Sta Maria de locales
Desayuno completo y muy rico

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

15 Aug 2019

AMANDINE

Hôtel bien placé, propre ! Personnel très gentil !

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 May 2019

Chloe

Fabuleux, le meilleur rapport qualité prix

Excellent séjour au Da Luz. Super hotel, très récent, tout confort. Petit déjeuner très bon, personnel très agréable et directrice très sympathique qui ont tout fait pour qu'on se sente à l'aise et que nous passions un bon séjour. L'hôtel est proche du coeur de Santa Maria et présente l'avantage de nous donner l'impression d'un véritable séjour au cap vert. Seul léger bémol, la présence de locaux une après-midi à la piscine de l'hôtel alors que ces derniers n'étaient pas clients mais seulement client du bar (voir bons clients vu la consommation en alcool). Pour le reste je recommande vivement cet hotel formidable et j'y retournerai si je passe un nouveau séjour à Sal.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

02 May 2019

Verified traveler

Correct sans plus attention à là wifi non sécurisée..

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

L’accueil est chaleureux.. nous avons eu un surclassement et une extension de séjour de quelques heures sans frais supplémentaires. Irène, la gérante, est super aimable et toujours à l’aide. Santa Maria est très petite donc même si cet hôtel est un peu loin de la zone des restaurants, bars et de la plage ça reste quelques minutes à pieds seulement. Le petit déjeuner pourrait être un peu plus riche et le staff parlant mieux anglais ou français mais sinon rien à reprocher. Je le recommande vivement et sans réserve.

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

14 Feb 2019

Vedran

Pleasant hotel lacking warmth

Overall our experience was good, the hotel looks good, it's clean and the breakfast is nice. Our main critique is that there is a big lacking of warmth and empathy from the staff. Contrary to what I expect from Cape Verdian people. Most of the staff seems grumpy and not focused. When entering the hotel, you are seldomly greeted, and when we had a problem with our key card and asked for help, a sigh was their first reaction. Also the staff during breakfast seemed overoccupied and was not really helpful. I believe an atmosphere of warm hospitality is the most important goal of any hotel, and last but not least: it costs nothing!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

16 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Goede prijs/kwaliteit verhouding!

Recent vernieuwd, mooi hotel. Altijd iemand bij de receptie bij wie ik mijn vragen kwijt kon. Het enige minpuntje was dat het doucheputje, en daardoor de badkamer, stonk en de douche niet heel warm werd.