Hotel Iberostar Bahia Reviews

We stayed at the Iberostar Bahia for 2 weeks in August! We had an absolutely fantastic holiday!

The hotel was clean and friendly, with all the facilities you would expect to find in a 5 star hotel! The swimming pool is excellent with plenty of sunbeds. The entertainment was great, there was always something going on! You could never get board! The rooms were more like superior suites then hotel rooms! All balconys have an excellent view, and your mini bar is re stocked daily!

The food in the hotel was outstanding! They serve food contantly, you would never go hungry in this hotel, the food is served to the highest standard as well! There are an array of restaurants to choice from:-

Breakfast
* Main buffet restaurant
* Beach Snack Bar

Lunch
* Main Buffet restaurant
* Beach Snack Bar
* Steak House

Dinner
Main Buffet Restaurant
Japanese
Mediterean
Steak House

Ice cream and snacks are served all day!

Snack are served all night at the main buffet restaurant

There a great variety of food to choose from including fresh fish, salads, pizzas, pastas, steaks, chicken, pork, vegatables, fruit, cheese, you name it the hotel does it! My husband came back a stone heavier.

The bars are also fantastic, they are many bars, so getting a drink of your choice is never a problem.

The beach was absolutely breath taking it can only be described in one word 'Paradise'.

The town of Praia do forte in beautiful, with an array of shops, bars and restaurants, it also has a turtle sanctary which makes a great day out!

Brazil it self is a beatiful country filled with colour and full of culture! There is so much to do and see, two weeks isn't long enough!

The only downside is that you come home longing to go back

The hotel had officially opened two days prior to our arrival and certainly lived up to its five star rating.

A very high standard of accommodation was on offer with excellent facilities.

My sister and I went all inclusive and found this to be excellent value for money as it included all drinks and cocktails and extensive menu choices in both the main and speciality (Brazilian, Japanese and Mediterranean) restaurants.

The golf course is still to open, but this didn't bother us, nor the fact that building work was still going on to complete the third accommodation block. In fact, it took us three days to realise where the building work was going on!

My basic Spanish came in handy as many of the staff spoke limited English (if at all), but I understand that they are currently taking lessons. However, they remained very polite and extremely helpful despite the language barrier.

The weather was a bit mixed. Starting hot and sunny and then raining around lunchtime, but often brightening up later in the afternoon. However, this is to be expected, as June is traditionally a Brazilian winter month.

We booked a two night trip to Rio which although cost more than half the original holiday cost, was a must and enabled us to see the main sights and join in with the football celebrations. We partied on Sugar Loaf Mountain in a sea of yellow and green as Brazil celebrated it's win over Ghana.

We were both very impressed, by the standard of the hotel; it's staff and facilities. Overall an excellent holiday experience and one that we would highly recommend.

My wife and I visited the Iberostar Hotel, in Praia do Forte (Bahia, Brazil)last year for my 45th birthday and i have to say it was the best holiday of my life.
The hotel was fantastic, so much more than what i had expected!
The food was amazing in all the different types of restuarants there was to choose from.
The Staff at the hotel were very friendly, although they couldnt speak much english, they tried to be as frendly as possible.
We ventured out into Brazil to explore with some of the best tours and trips i have ever encountered. (the 3 day tour to RIO is a must, must to do....) These were book through our holiday company First Choice. We were told that the hotel reception had tours we could purchase but this IS NOT recommended. They state their trips have:
*Fully insured tours
*English speaking guides
*Esorted Security Guards
Although there trips are slightly cheaper, after speakin to a few other guests within the hotel. We were informed of a couple of horror stories. Issuing the fact of not using non-english company and guides. This infact turned out to be very true and a few accidents took place with other guests from the hotel whom had book through the reception for their trips and it was later revealed that the tours they went on were not insured, no security guards were there and they didnt speak english, so all the information told was in portugese! Their holiday insurance also did not cover any of their costs or accidents because of the local company tours they went with. So its recommended that for the trips BOOK with your holiday company, for a little extra cost your safety is guarenteed and you'll have english guides with you all day.
On the whole my holiday to Brazil was one unforgettable experience!!!! I shall be returning