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Looking for a place to stay in Recife? Then look no further than Golden Beach Flats, a family-friendly hotel that brings the best of Recife to your doorstep.
Rooms at Recife Golden Tulip provide air conditioning, a minibar, and a kitchenette, and guests can stay connected with free wifi.
In addition, while staying at Golden Tulip Recife guests have access to 24 hour front desk and a sun terrace. You can also enjoy a pool and free breakfast. Need a place to park? Free parking is available at Golden Tulip Recife.
While in Recife be sure to experience nearby seafood restaurants such as Paranoia Do Mar, Mare Cheia, or Marinhu's.
We’re sure you’ll enjoy your stay at Golden Beach Flats as you experience everything Recife has to offer.
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HOTEL STYLE
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Bay View
Languages Spoken
English, Spanish, Portuguese
Location
Avenida Bernardo Vieira de Melo 1204, Jaboatao dos Guararapes, State of Pernambuco 54400-000 Brazil
Name/address in local language
Flats Golden Beach
240 reviews
Getting there
Car recommended
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I stayed 6 nights at this hotel and i've got absolutely anything to complain about it, despite the fact that it was being refurbished. I found the room really good and as it is flat, there's a pretty good kitchen, separated by a wall, with a 2 seats table. The bed was comfortable, nice shower, new air conditioning system and a flat TV. Wifi was included but I had to ask at the reception, satisfatory signal by the way. Breakfast was nice and one can fine typical sweets and native fruit juices every day. Parking is free for hotel guests. Small gym and a nice pool are also available free of charge. Just across the street you find a chain drugstore and a local restaurant with variable prices and nicely served portions.
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Date of stay: September 2013
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Trip type: Travelled on business
Room Tip:Ask for a higher room with view to the ocean. Its breath taking when you wake up in the morning.
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My wife and I went for a two week vacation to Brazil along with our daughter and her husband. Our daughter was born in Recife, so this was an opportunity for her to show her husband where she had lived the first eight years of her life! The hotel location is great along the Recife coastline. It is also within reasonable distance of the airport. We had to change rooms because of a defective a/c unit, but when we got a recently renovated room it was a great improvement. The kitchenette in one of our rooms was very practical for "family" use".The breakfast served was good, the pool area acceptable and the price we got was within the service and ammenities offered. We stayed at this hotel for the first three nights of our two week vacation in that general area of Brazil, and we decided to use the hotel again for the last night in Brazil because of the proximity of the airport and an acceptable level of service.
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Date of stay: March 2012
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Trip type: Travelled with family
Room Tip:Get a "renovated" room!
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We ended up staying here 4 nights instead of one. We had one of the refurbished rooms which was very spacious and modern. Nice view over the sea. All for 55 pounds a night compared to nearby hotels which were in excess of 150 pounds per night. At low tide there's a small beach and large rock pools to bath in. I was here with my fiancee who's family live nearby so used this as a mini apartment. My only gripes were the service was not up to scratch, long waits and dependent on the person at reception, could be rude. Secondly, we specifically asked for a double bed and they only had a "triple" room (three small beds) blaming booking.com yet our receipt clearly showed maximum occupancy of 2.
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Date of stay: March 2013
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip:From other reviews I read... make sure you ask for a refurbed room!
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Though not near the main downtown, the beach front location was very nice. I was told that the entire Recife beach is a shark warning area. There are also signs on the beach. Right in front of this hotel, however, is a small, natural rock outcropping such that when the tide is out a natural protected area is formed for swimming.
The hotel itself has been very neglected. It took us five rooms before we found an acceptable one (main door to room would not lock; bathroom door would not close fully; due to wind coming from sea, the poor seals on sliding door made a very loud howling sound; air conditioner did not work).
On top of that, we did not get the rate advertised online at lastminute.com. Lastminute.com quoted the rate in our currency (USD). The hotel, of course, charges in Brazilian Reals; however, the exchange rate they provided was so bad, that the room ended up costing much more.
I would not recommend this hotel.
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Date of stay: August 2007
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First of all, there is no 'Golden Tulip' brand attached to this property anymore. Their internet site is: http://www.goldenbeach-pe.com.br/ Go check the pics on that site and then compare with the pics I have posted, it is sarcastic!
Secondly, trust the reviews and don't even consider staying at this property. Eventhough it might not sound that expensive during off-season, it is not worth any money. The hotel is far away from a 4-star property, not necessarily a rip-off but definitely it is a dump! Anyway anything else on the beach of Recife is not any better either...
The rooms are very spartan and are equal to any 35 dollar roadside motel in the U.S. The bathroom very basic and the bath itself very aged; surprisingly the shower had very good pressure and flow and the cold/hot water functioned perfectly. The balcony had a good view. Hallways on the floors look terrible, like in a hospital from the 50ies. There are even holes in the ceiling.
The restaurant is not worth mentioning, I never had a worse hotel breakfast. The lobby and common area is kind of deserted, this hotel had its time quite a while ago. It was probably built as event hotel.
The pool and relax area outside is also run down. The water in the pool isnt appealing and the shower full of mold. There is basically no real beach, dirty and deserted. The same goes for sauna and fitness center, its all ran down and outdated.
Now just check my pictures :)
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Date of stay: October 2012
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Trip type: Travelled with friends
Room Tip:high floor & seaview!
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Room 1808 - especially the bathroom - was not clean enough. Toilet would not flush and vault was broken. Food was good but had an unfrozen aspect.
Customer service could certainly improve... I made a reservation through goldentulip.com but the hostess could not find it in the computer. At the end, he gave me a curious advice: "You should not trust these websites... be sure you always call the front desk before going to the hotel. You are lucky that we still have rooms, otherwise you'd not have a place to stay"
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Date of stay: November 2011
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Trip type: Travelled on business
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My flight arrived really early in the morning so got to the hotel before 7am, by taxi which cost R$25. The porter showed me where I could go to get a cup of coffee. The receptionist was polite and helpful. I was able to check into my room by 1030. I made my booking through booking.com and it was all in order. The view from my room on the 17th floor was amazing. I watched the full moon over the ocean and watched the sun rise in the morning. The room was clean and spacious and the linen fresh. The much needed air conditioner worked marvellousy as did the wi-fi. The gate leading to the beach was manned 24hours and security very friendly. Early morning the beach is quiet and the whole stretch is cleaned regularly. At low tide, there are natural pools right in front of the hotel. The pool is clean and the gym offers fitness classes in the morning. Breakfast included juices, fruit, cereals, yoghurt, lots of different cakes and pastries, cheese, cold meats, and a hot selection of regional food such as couscous, calabresa, yam, sausage, scrambled egg. The coffee was fresh and different teas were provided. At least 2 of the reception staff spoke English, which is a great find in a city where very little English is spoken. I decided to stay another day and there were no hassles. I paid the same discounted price I had booked with. My room had been booked for some renovation on my original day of departure, but they obviously delayed this. The hotel is on a busy street with buses passing often, so access to anywhere in the city is easy. There is a pharmacy across the street, supermarkets close by and several restaurants within walking distance. Shopping Guararapes, the nearest mall is a few minutes away by bus.
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Date of stay: January 2014
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Trip type: Travelled solo
Room Tip:For a great view, get a room higher up.
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Having stayed for three nights at the wonderful new TRYP Pernambuco, and having heard wonderful recommendations from our friends, we decided to stay for four nights at Golden Beach Flats. Checking in we were told that they would accept cash only. And we would need to pay up front. Service at the front desk was very good and polite, and the valet service was very nice too.
But...when we entered our room, we were less than thrilled. For starters, the toilet did not flush. We probably could have lived with that for a while, but when we found small white worms in the bed, it was too much for us. We were happy that they did not have any other rooms, because we just wanted to leave. The service at the front desk was very polite again, and they returned our money without any questions.
I have to say that the view from the fifth floor towards the Ocean was very nice. The white beach and the blue water as well as the nice pool looked very good, but it was just too much to have to share your bed with worms. A lot has to change that we would even consider staying at this hotel again. We packed our bags and headed out to a nice clean hotel at Boa Viagem.
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Date of stay: November 2017Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip:Think twice if they give you suite 508
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We chose the place due to the pictures of the pool area and the 4stars. When we got there we were surprised and shocked about the property. We guess that the place has been beautiful and luxurious in the 90s, but no renovation has been ever done the way it looks today. The building itself is amazing and it's quite sad and disrespectful to let it end like this. The garden/pool area looked beautiful, but dirty and nobody around it. We used the elevator to the 8th floor and were shocked once again, it must be forbidden to have it still in use. It's so dangerous. We stayed about 5minutes in the room and decided to change the hotel, no matter how much it costs. In a corner we found the used, still wet towels of the guests before and in the cupboard was trash and other disgusting stuff. Smelly, dirty, old and not even the bed was with propper sheets. It's a pity what they do to this place!
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Date of stay: May 2016Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Stayed overnight during a WC trip to Brazil. The hotel is right on the seashore with nice views to the ocean, the sound of which was a respite from otherwise not-so-good hotel experience. I made a check-in late in the evening after the match, with 6am flight to catch next morning. No hot food was available by the time of my arrival neither in the hotel, nor in its vicinity (the property is in the middle of distressed quarter, next to a number of delapidated buildings), so I had to resort to sandwich smoothed with a couple of beers. The hotel was probably at his peak at hippies time, and on decline since then. Staff speaks little or no English, the room looks like exhibition sample from 60s or 70s. To add insult to injury, the ceiling by the room door started leaking 30 min before my (very early) wake up call, and the staff was all but disinterested about it, still probably weighing their options 20 minutes later when I was down fully packed and ready to go to airport. Recife's glamour has been fading for decades now, and, unfortunately, efforts to revitalize it through hosting WC games were in vain.
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Date of stay: June 2014Trip type: Travelled with friends
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PRICE RANGE
RM 139 - RM 190 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
golden tulip recife, recife golden tulip
LOCATION
BrazilState of PernambucoJaboatao dos Guararapes
NUMBER OF ROOMS
306
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