I would like to say I spent a great relaxing week here at the hotel, but was here for a week long…read morecompany meeting. On a side note and I have been to these types of events for many years, this by and far was the best hotel top to bottom I have had the pleasure of visiting. The customer service is fantastic. If you have a need, car, food, clothes cleaned. The staff will get it taken care of. The rooms are excellent, with a beautiful balcony. I would have taken some pictures but really never had a chance during the week. Unfortunately, my baggage was delayed so my first free day to explore and swim was hampered by still wearing the same clothes so I didn't end up getting to enjoy the beautiful pool.
The showers and tubs are great and I really liked the rainfall head in the shower. It had a feature to keep you from getting too hot of water. The TV was great and had a few English language channels to watch. The internet worked well during the entire visit too. The food at breakfast is the best I have experienced and is included in your stay. They literally have pretty much everything. The highlight is the orange juice and citrus that was some of the best I have ever tasted. The baked items rolls, croissants, and sweet buns were all excellent. They included any type of coffee so I kept getting lattes too. The lattes make Starbucks look like a poor imitation.
There are several bars on site as well as several restaurants. Sadly, I was already pretty booked for dinning activities during the week and didn't get to try the specialty restaurants. We did get a special event buffet lunch in the same restaurant that offers breakfast but that is not a typical offering. I did get lunch at the pool side restaurant which was an excellent Shrimp Salad.
They do have a very good in room coffee machine as well with both coffee pod and espresso. I used all 4 each day for an extra boost in the morning. Also there is a near by market that's probably 1k away and you can walk to that has a good array of extra bottled water and soda to take back to the hotel. I reallocated space in the fridge to cool it down. There are no ice machines.
There is a lot to see and do nearby and the hotel is around 30 minutes from the Faro airport. The dolphin sightseeing boat ride is the one event I was able to fit in and was quite fun.
The weather during mid may was spectacular, clear sunny and perfect temperatures.
I would love to return but it is an EPIC long airplane ride to get here from most USA locations unless you live in a city with direct flights to Lisbon, but well worth it.