Poiana Verde

The food, the programs, the view, and the fresh air were all amazing. The owners are wonderful and will give you just about anything you need to make your stay special. This feels like a little piece of heaven in the country. It was my favorite place I've been in three years. I think I'm going to move here. Congratulations to the owners!

I loved the location, but with the place as it is now, I wouldn't spend another vacation here if I had another option. That's a shame, because a bit of effort could turn it into a real PEARL. At a decent price, it's an okay place to sleep, but things could clearly be better. Local products priced fairly on the menu might help make it feel warmer and cosier. Maybe the children at the camps have left rough marks on the furniture. There are plenty of parking spaces, the staff were pleasant, helpful, and nice, and we could pay with vacation vouchers. The rooms had beds to sleep in, and the outside terrace was great. The leisure area was another plus, and there is a restaurant. Still, the restaurant food seemed like supermarket food, bland and expensive. The zipline was a "not today, tomorrow" situation. When the people running it finally showed up, only the kids could use it, for just 3-4 turns. Terribly disappointing. There was no fixed-price vacation package either, which could be improved. The staff could be more interactive and make guests feel at home. It would be easy to joke with customers, ask how their day went, or what they'd visited, instead of taking a cigarette break. The name "Perla" means "Pearl," which feels overdone now. Maybe it was a pearl when it was built or renovated, but time and tourists have left their marks. There was a sewage smell in every room, no carpets on the floor despite what the presentation photos show, and getting warm water was a lottery. The windows didn't close properly, the curtains were a mess, and water dripping from the roof onto the terrace umbrellas kept up a Chinese drop through the night. The location itself is nice, but keep in mind that driving 80 km around here takes 2 to 2.5 hours.

When we visited, the restaurant wasn't serving food. We could see the staff eating at the table by the entrance.

The food and bedding were decent. It's a bit noisy because it's so close to the road, but there's not much to be done about that.