Intro to my experience and the hotel description:

In February 2009, I toured southern Brazil. Upon my question after a hotel at the state owned tourist information centre in the bus terminal of Florianapolis - Brazil, a lady advised to spend my stay on the Santa Catarina island in the town of Praia da Santinho. After arriving on the premise, the owner, he's called "Max" showed me a room, which was seedy und uncleaned for quiet a while. On my question ,whether this was the luxurious room he promides me on the phone, he showed me another room on the top of the hotel/camp. This section of the hotel was clearly newer, but still seemed unclean to me. But nevertheless, I told him to book the room, as the view from the room was beautiful. He told me, that he wanted me to stay in his hotel and that he wanted to offer me a good rate.

Costs:

He asked me for about USD 800, which I found expensive. He then went down to 725 USD for 7 nights and said, that all... more