Vila d'este Hotel

This is an adults-only hotel in Búzios, with guests aged 14 and over. That makes the place a natural fit if your ideal evening involves a quiet drink, a proper meal and no children's club soundtrack competing with the sound of the sea.

English, Spanish and Portuguese are spoken by the hotel team, so you can deal with the practicalities of your stay without resorting to underwater hand signals. The hotel combines rooms, suites, villas, cottages and apartments, with the more useful choices centred on privacy, views and space rather than one single room style.

The mood shifts in the evening with Jazzy Nights on Thursdays and DJ Lounge on Saturdays. Not every night needs a programme, of course, but it is useful to know when the hotel turns the volume up a notch.

The address is R. Alto do Humaitá, 210, in the Humaitá area of Búzios, Brazil. The hotel sits about 1 kilometre from the town centre, close enough for an evening stroll rather than an expedition with a compass and emergency rations.

Armacao Beach, Bones Beach and Azeda Beach are among the beaches around the hotel. The property also has access to a private beach and is near a public beach, giving you several ways to put the day back into low gear once the diving is done.

The surroundings are part of the appeal for a diver travelling with a non-diving partner: the town, the beaches and the hotel itself all offer different ways to spend the same afternoon. An airport transfer is available through the hotel.

There are 23 rooms spread over two floors, with the choice running from straightforward standard rooms to suites, villas, cottages and apartments. For a couple, a sea-view room or suite is the obvious direction if the view matters; several categories also add a balcony, which gives you somewhere to sit rather than treating the bed as the only piece of furniture with a job.

A double room with a double bed suits two travelling together, while twin-bed rooms make sense when sharing without negotiating mattress territory every night. Triple and quadruple options are also available, as are single rooms, although the hotel's adults-only policy still applies to every guest.

The practical details vary by category, so check the individual room card carefully. Air conditioning, a private bathroom, television, Wi-Fi, minibar, safe, hairdryer and toiletries appear in selected room types rather than across the board. Some suites and villas add bathrobes, coffee facilities, blackout blinds, soundproofing and a balcony. That is the difference between choosing a room for its name and choosing one for how you actually want the night to work.

Room service is available during limited hours. A private bathroom is standard across the categories described, and several rooms and suites carry sea, water, garden or other views.

The hotel brings together a restaurant, a bar, a café and a snack bar, so you have more than one answer when you come back hungry and not quite ready for a full meal. Room service is also available during limited hours, which is handy when the most ambitious plan for the evening is food arriving at the door.

Breakfast is served as both a buffet and à la carte service. The Gazebo can also serve breakfast for guests who cannot attend the main breakfast service, and a floating breakfast with special rose-petal decoration is available for an occasion that requires rather more ceremony than a post-dive coffee.

The listed breakfast service runs from 1.00 am to 7.30 am, an unusually early window that may suit an early start. Gluten-free, skimmed and lactose-free options are available. The format of other included meals depends on the booking details, so check the selected arrangement rather than assuming that breakfast quietly turns into half-board by magic.

The recovery menu is well covered: an outdoor pool, a further pool, a spa bath, a sauna, a steam room, a solarium and massage facilities are all available. After a day of salt, sun and kit, that gives you several ways to unwind without having to organise another excursion.

The garden and terrace provide outdoor space, while the sun terrace is made for doing very little with some commitment. Pool facilities and pool or beach towels are available, and the hotel also has a private beach as well as access to a public beach.

If you and your partner have different ideas of rest, the arrangement works reasonably well: one can head for a treatment or the sauna while the other takes the pool or a walk towards the beaches. Excursion assistance is available through the hotel for days when staying still has lost its charm.

Check-in runs from 3.00 pm to midnight, with check-out by noon. Early check-in and late check-out can be requested, useful when travel times do not line up neatly with hotel clocks.

Airport transfers are available through the hotel, including shuttle arrangements. Arrange the service with the hotel before travelling. Wi-Fi is available throughout the property, and the practical support includes a 24-hour reception, concierge services, luggage storage, currency exchange, laundry and ironing services.

The hotel accepts cash, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Diners Club, PayPal and bank transfer. Accessible facilities are available, and the property includes a business centre and conference room. Registered guests are the only people permitted to access the rooms.

If you are travelling with anyone under 18, check the documentation requirements carefully before departure. Guests aged 14 and under are not admitted, and children travelling with one parent or legal guardian require additional travel authorisation documentation under the hotel's stated policy.