Albufeira (Portugal) 4 Star Self Catering Hotel

Advantages: Near all amenities. Good central Location.
Disadvantages: You cannot book the sun (pity)

...Flights: The nearest airport is Faro in Portugal. BA flies there as do the main cheapos. Ryan Air flies from Stanstead whilst Easy Jet flies from Gatwick, Luton and Stanstead. The earlier the flight is booked the cheaper the cost. Faro Airport: A smallish airport. Quite quick once landed but not too funny when flying back, as once you're through security, the shops and eating area is quite small. Expect long and slow queues when trying to eat or drink. Taxi's: Are available from the airport but I dont know their cost. If you're with a tour operator they will usually supply transport. If you've booked with the hotel direct, they can arrange an air-conditioned taxi for a fee of about 30 Euro's. Travelling time to Albufeira is about 40 mins. Albufeira: Imagine a road about 1 mile long, with a few roundabouts dotted along...

martinwi 17.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Brisa Sol Hotel Apartmento, Albufeira

Holiday fun at this hotel

Advantages: the food, staff, the pools
Disadvantages: might be a bit too quiet for some person

...Falesia Hotel The hotel isn't actually in Albufeira but in Acoteias, which is about 15 minutes from the city of Albufeira, 20 minutes from Villamoura and 30-40 minutes from Faro Airport. We booked the holiday through Thomson. This is classed as a Thompson Gold holiday as the hotel is a 4 star. We paid £330 per person for 7 nights half board in the month of April. So was it worth it? Let's see. When we arrived at the hotel, we had to queue up for our rooms to get allocated. The people on the desk were friendly and helpful. The Room The hotels has 170 rooms. I think because I had requested a double bed, our options were limited. We were given a room on the second floor but unlike the rest of the rooms that had keycards, we given keys. Room 211A. The room was nice but seemed to be a lot smaller than the other...

galaxynicole 21.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Falesia Hotel, Albufeira

This is my 1st choice hotel for Albufeira.....

Advantages: Excellent Location, Clean, Good Food
Disadvantages: No fridges in rooms

...This is my third time staying in Albufeira (March 2007). I have previously stayed at the Paraisio and Brisa Sol which are also four star hotels next door to the Vale Gale Cerra Alagoa. Out of all three hotels this is my first choice, followed by the paraisio. The staff in the hotel speak good english and service was very efficient. I was also give an upgrade to my room. I was put on 2nd floor and got moved to the 3rd floor in a newer room. (the hotel are in the process of modernising all the rooms, so I would recommend you try to get one with at least the number 42 at the end i.e. 142,242,342,44) The hotel operate on a key card system as opposed to having to carry keys around. I also lost my key card and the staff did not charge me, nor seem unduly worried. The room itself was large with two twin beds pushed together...

Cojoba 23.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Vila Gale Cerro Alagoa, Albufeira

Alfagar, Albufeira

Advantages: size. it has three pools, two tennis courts, bar, reasurant, shop...
Disadvantages: location its a 20 min walk away from the lively town

...Alfagar apartments Albufeira. We were on the coach from the Airport at Faro for about 1hr before being dropped off at the Alfagar Apartments. When we arrived at about tea time we went to the reception and were greeted by the receptionist who took our passports over night (we were later told by a English man living in Albufeira that due to passport cloning we should have refused to do this.) and he arranged for a member of staff to take us to our room in his people carrier. The room was only a minuet away but there were two ways to go, one was up stairs but with our cases that wasn't practical and the other was around the pool but it was the busiest time of the day when we arrived so the staff took us in there car the long way round which I thought was very nice of them. The rooms The room was a 1 bed self catering room...

tinac37 25.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of Alfagar, Albufeira

A "late booking" holiday to Albufeira

Advantages: A small, friendly and very clean establishment with excellent views over the town
Disadvantages: A fairly steep climb from the town up 90 steps and a hill.

...or coffee and usually eggs, fried, scrambled or boiled together with bacon, followed by toast. The hotel has a nice terrace with a small pool but the beach is splendid which was just what we were looking forward to and we had a good week mainly sunning ourselves there, cooling off in the Atlantic rollers and having good feasts when hungry. We had a good week and would go again to the Mansao Bertolina Unfortunately Albufeira is in the throes of very major roadworks at present so we would recommend waiting until these are finished before going there on holiday as there is a lot of dust and rubble about. The local tourist office reckoned that the roadworks would be finished by the end of June 2006 but to us this looked impossible and the general view seemed to be that September/October would be more like it. Nevertheless the local business...

josco 24.05.2006 · Read review
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Review of Hotel Mansao Bertolina, Albufeira

Al-b-Sunburnt !!

Advantages: Very central
Disadvantages: Can be quite nosiy ... see very central !!

...*** PLEASE BE AWARE THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SOME INFREQUENT MILD SWEARING *** Hotel Aldeia 3-Star Hotel Ave Dr. Francisco Sa Carneiro, Albufeira 8200-280, Portugal For those of you who know me a little via the site, then you may know I went off to Germany on my holidays ? camping !! A far cry from the 4 and 5 star hotels I stay in when on business. Remember the latter ? business! When I am paying my own way, it's usually considerably less favourable sleeping establishments involving hard floors, bugs, and occasional rocks! For those of you who don't know me from the site, well, I did set off camping with 7 mates (6 boys and 1 girl) via motorised vehicles, and travelled to a campsite just outside Dortmund in Deutschland for the World Cup. That will need to be the subject of an alternative review if I can find a suitable...

newty1977 08.07.2006 · Read review
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Review of Hotel da Aldeia, Albufeira

Vila Alba Apartments, Albufeira, Portugal

Advantages: Fairly quiet area, good location, family friendly, rooms in good condition
Disadvantages: Quality of kitchen facilities could have been better

...I visited the Algarve last summer with a few friends and stayed at Vila Alba apartments during our two-week stay. I really enjoyed my stay here and would not hesitate to return - the apartment became a large aspect of the holiday! The location of the apartments is not in Albufeira itself, but just outside. Although the apartments are simply a 5-10 minute walk from The Strip (where there are many cafes, bars and little shops), it is a fairly quiet area, with little to no disturbance. The apartments are quite detached from one another, so this further lessens the noise levels. The apartments are around a 20 minute walk to the beach. The rooms themselves are of very good quality. The lounge area includea a TV with several channels; some in Portugese and some English. Even the CBeebies channel was available, which is great if you...

tracy112 16.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Vila Alba Apartments, Albufeira

Perola Do Algarve - Albufeira

Advantages: Central location between old town and the strip, quiet, room was a nice size,
Disadvantages: Run-down, shabby, strange layout, sunbeds looked old, indoor pool opening times are strange,

...and golden. Also hop onto the tourist train, it's cheap and saves your feet! Overall lots of run down shabby places, not as pretty as Madeira. Also lots of graffitti and poor people (including little kids rumaging in bins) We paid £140 each so wasn't expecting much in the way of the hotel but it is rated as 4* but is more like a 2*. If you really want to visit Albufeira stay at the Monchelo hotel, we had a sneky peek around this and it was lush. But don't go during December, this seems to be when all the demolition, roadworks, JCBS on the beaches! and all other improvements are going on!!...

Vicki_87 10.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Perola Do Algarve, Albufeira

Hotel International

Advantages: Location, breakfasts
Disadvantages: Poor rooms

...I recently went on a cultural girlie trip with a friend to Paris. I was left to do all the booking. I was looking for a reasonable hotel, near a metro stop, which included breakfast. I came across the Hotel International on various travel sites and it seemed fairly highly rated so I booked us in for three nights. LOCATION: The hotel is located 6 Rue Auguste Barbier in the 11th Arrondissement. The nearest Metro stop is Garcourt which was a two minute walk away and it was a five minute walk to Republique which gives good links to other lines. It's not really central enough to avoid the Metro and walk to the attractions but it was located so close to a stop that it seemed ideal. PRICE: Prices vary depending on size of room and season. There are singles, doubles and triples available. We paid Euro254 for the whole time...

tartlette83 17.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Hotel International, Paris

Is it a hotel, is it self catering?

Advantages: warm sea, sun, spacious rooms
Disadvantages: noisy kids

...Our last "proper" holiday before we pack up and become water gypsies(and for those of you who don't know what I mean, please take a look at my homepage) was a nine- night self catering holiday to Albufeira last September. Yes, I know, it's taken me ages to tell you about it. ~~~ We'd never visited Portugal but I, for one, had always wanted to go somewhere where the sea was warm,and I could happily immerse myself for hours on end. Sam was in RAF before we met and has been to Australia, the Maldives, Goa, Cyprus, etc, etc so he doesn't have the same longings! ~~~ So I trawled the internet and Expedia came up trumps with the Apartementos de Cerro Mar costing around £634 for the two of us for 9 nights flying with Excel airways from Gatwick to Faro. I was able to choose from several options for airports and times of flights with the cost...

sylviesinc 24.02.2006 (04.03.2006) · Read review
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Review of Cerro Mar Apartments, Albufeira