positive things: best position ever, located 1 minute on foot from the beach; from my window (9th floor) i can see the ocean, a wonderful view. rich breakfast. negative things: bed room service, you have to call several times to get something.bed elevator, always broken.very noisy, the bathroom door of the neighboars was communucating wirh our room and I let... More

Expensive for what it offers. The rooms have no acoustic isolation, you can hear the people talking in the neighboor rooms as if they were right next to you and can ever listen them flushing the toilet. To make ot worst the blackout on the windows are not long enough and it is one of the most sunny cities in... More

absolutely the worst hotel in which i have ever stayed. was here with a group, it became the joke of our trip. some floors had no electricity, some floors the key entry would not work, all rooms were seriously minimal and not really clean. The entire hotel is run down. And one of the front desk women was not at... More

From the moment my boyfriend and I arrived I could see what our stay was going to entail. The building is literally falling apart! I think only one person who worked at the hotel could speak English,and even she couldn't communicate properly. The elevators were ancient and quite scary as well as unbearably slow - we on a few occassions... More

We stayed here 3 weeks - the roomrate we got via travel agency in germany was unbeatable- the breakfast is ok- a lot of different stuff - also we could order fried eggs without being charged extra- but the breakfast room was to small for all guests, sometime you had to wait for a table- the staff was very helpful... More

I took holiday in Salvador in May 2010 and stayed at the Sol Barra Express.In my many years of travel around the world, I never experienced items disappearing from the room until staying at this property. I spoke with the management and security for the property yet NOTHING was resolved. BEWARE!!! If you must stay at this property please place... More

The hotel has a great location, a few steps from the Porto da Barra beach and walking distance from the Barra lighthouse. You can also take a bus in front of the hotel to go to Pelourinho (Historic Center). The hotel is used by big travel agencies, and that is how I came it, after a frustating experience on a... More

I had reserved a room at Sol Barra Hotel from 15 to 20 July 2009. The reservation was made through Hotelopia. When I arrived at the Hotel Sol Barra, the reservation was not available and I had to pay twice for the only night I stayed there. Meanwhile Hotelopia collected all the expenses for the hotel in advance. Sol Barra... More