Amazing 4 star hotel. Has free hotel parking infront and right when you walk in you are greeted by…read morefriendly hotel staff. Orginally we booked the land view hotel room but for an extra 20 Euro a night we upgraded to the ocean view. You have to get the ocean view if you stay here! Literally you can hear the ocean waves crash on the beach below. Hotel is stunning. Beds are super soft and the sheets are very smooth. Please note you have to wear a bathing cap in the pool and pay an extra 5 Euros if you don't have one. Overall, very impressed with this hotel.

We spent 4 nights at Rocamar in August, 2022. We usually stay at the Tivoli in Carvoeiro when…read morevisiting the Algarve, but wanted to branch out this trip for something new. The beauty of the property is not adequately seen from the front or even the back, but from the beach below the cliff. We had an oceanfront room with a balcony. We were actually directly above the pool and a great view of it, too. The room was spacious although the bedspread and decor appears to have been from the 70s. We spent a lot of time at the pool bar and esplanade bar and want to give a big shout out to Vinny & Paulo, both of whom treated us with excellent hospitality daily. The buffet breakfast was a welcome morning fuel source for our cliff hikes and hours on the beaches. It included an array of fruits, vegetables, meats & cheeses and hot items catered to the British. The milk for cereal was warm and the Delta coffee machine was a disgrace to Portuguese coffee, however. A friendly older Portuguese man sanitized every table after guests were finished. Speaking of coffee... There are no coffee pots in the rooms and none in the lobby. Breakfast isn't served until 8AM, so if you want coffee before then, you have to go into Old Town to get a cup. There's an excellent pastelaria, Barhon, just 5 minutes away. One annoying thing about the hotel is access to the property before 8AM. The esplanade entrance is below the lobby. You cannot enter or exit the property from the esplanade until 8AM. Why on earth they have the exit locked until 8AM is beyond me. I'm also not sure what safety implications this has in the event of an emergency.

Wow, Pine Cliffs Hotel is fantastic...it's not really a traditional hotel though. We had a 2…read morebedroom, 2 bathroom condo on the golf course...with a full kitchen, dining/living room, balcony with great views and a washer and dryer! And it is top notch. We will definitely be back!

My husband and I stayed there many years ago and decided to try it again in 2023. It was fabulous!…read moreThe room was big and immaculate.. Their breakfast offers such a variety and immaculate. The staff are helpful and nonstop! The grounds are gorgeous! It's on a Cliff so the view is spectacular! Well of course my favorite part of all is the beach. Absolutely breathtaking! The beach chairs are awesome, restaurant at the beach is awesome and the staff is as well.... What is there not to love? We are heading back there this summer and we can't wait! I was reading some negative reviews and I thought you just can't please everyone no matter what you do. There is nothing negative about the Pine Cliffs. Yes it is expensive but it is a 5 star Hotel.

We stayed at vila petra in the last week of march, first week of april and had a pleasant time…read more Appartements are clean, spacious and come with an equipped kitchen. There is wifi in the lobby and we had wifi in our room. Pool is freezing at this time of year but nice and clean like the garden. Its not in the middle of the touristy center of albufeira wich is nice. There are plenty of great restaurants to eat nearby such as jardim rustico or os compadres. And you can walk to the center or beach in 15 mins. Make sure to rent a car while you stay in portugal. There is a great car rental place right around the corner called tropical impacto. They also sell tickets for tours and boatrides. Anyway, great place, good location and friendly staff.

I wanted a sunny break and booked this hotel via a travel agency so didn't get so much info on the…read morehotel only beforehand and the package was pretty good overall. I wouldn't stay in this hotel again though, because: - Located in the main club strip of Albufeira (I love to dance but mostly clubs were very tacky and I sleep like a rock but my husband couldn't get a wink!); - Hotels tend to "omit" in their website that they do have wi-fi (but only in the main lobby); - Some properties tend to squeeze their pennies and in the end the guest suffers. An example being that food in Portugal is homemade and pretty damn good but they clearly get the "most cheap stuff ever" and bang all together for a few of the meals; - Getting the half board you get breakfast (which I gladly had to skip as it was extremely poor for a 3* hotel) and dinner...usually in these deals drinks aren't included but water always is and in this one EVEN the water was an optional extra, so you either have to eat without a single drop or fork out cash for a bottle - 5 times more than if you were to buy it from the market... - No mini fridge at the room so no way to keep bottles cold; - What REALLY set me off was the horrendous quality of their coffee machine. I can't be without my coffee fix and I've never tasted such bad beans. Really tasted like something was burnt. The decoration is quite nice and the place has potential but they need to up their game to avoid losing guests and even stars. I mean, can't they get a more modern food buffet station instead of making their guests lift huge, heavy and hot lids with one hand and use the other hand to spoon up the food onto their plates? Also, avoid odd mistakes like putting croquettes in the cold salad bar and chips (that quickly become soggy) in the same heater as steamed vegetables? And the guys at the reception aren't very well informed and say that everything is around the corner but don't specify any info. Seriously? At least, I had a room change as I booked a double bedroom but got a room with 2 single beds and had to ask to change it; the plus side being the second room had also a nice bath with great shower pressure. And every night we had a different type of traditional fish for dinner, even though the dessert was some cheap cake from the market or the left overs from the morning's melon.

Me and the missus usually go Airbnb, but this time we chose a 3-star hotel right in the middle of…read moreAlbufeira. First of all, we were disgusted to discover that the hotel is located directly across from a street where every other building is a booming late night club/restaurant which caters almost exclusively for the type of British football hooligan-esque that usually flock to places like Lanzarote or Ibiza, but somehow washed ashore on the south cast and stumbled onto the street across from my hotel room where they chose to spend every night dancing, drinking, shouting and skirt-chasing until the wee hours every night of the week. The windows on the patio doors 3 feet from my bed were vibrating all night to the shatteringly loud, trashy clubbing beats. I half expected that a group of stray Everton supporters were gonna smash through the patio door, topless, flabby, big red faces, burned backs, cheap gold necklaces shouting , in thick East London accents"LETS GO FAACKING MENTOOOOLLL!" However, if it weren't for the locals, I still wouldn't recommend this hotel, because of a plethora of reasons. The staff all seemed ill-informed, the breakfast seemed good at first because the idea of reading the menu and seeing "bread, butter, water, juice, coffee, cappuccino, hot chocolate, toasting facility, mini-croissants, various cheeses and meat selection, various fresh fruits, and full British breakfast, and all unlimited buffet" seems good....but then you inspect the quality of all of those individual elements, and its all cheap, stale, over-rotated, and by the third day, it will make you sick to your stomach. As for the dinner...the food is a significant step up from breakfast and they try multiple options, but the waiters and hotel assistants are constantly hovering, talking very loudly to each other to re-fill the food stations, taking your places even if you haven't finished, so you can't relax. (oh...and they charge you for water at dinner!!) Also advert - "air-conditioned rooms"....reality - the air-conditioning doesn't work in any room, and we had to move twice, and it didn't work well in any room. You get the idea. The hotel looks nice and for the decor I give those stars.

Great view and location, friendly and helpful staff. However, the bed was very uncomfortable. It…read morewas squeaky and barely provided any support. Same with the pillows. I woke up with more back pain every day.

I had an incident at this hotel that started on August 18th…read more A large bag of chocolate and medicine disappeared from my room, when I return at night to the hotel, I asked for help at the reception. the person did not even bother trying to figure out what happened. He only indicated me that it was impossible that someone take something from my room and suggest that I had left it elsewhere. I called a manager and he had a worse attitude saying that the hotel was not responsible for any lost and that I could go to the police to make a report. The next day the girl at the reception helped me and discovered that the cleaning girl had thrown it away. the manager who was the same as last night said that she thrown the bag because it was in the trash( the bag was big and the bin are so small that this is difficult to believe) I can't understand how he can justified that mistake . Aside from the bad manners and poor knowledge of management He started yelling at us in front of other guests. It is unpleasant to have to pay for a hotel and received this kind of treatment. This manager is the worst. how dare he be so incompetent and disrespectful. I left today very disappointed from this Hotel. **Payments were not link to our reservations too so be have to show the email with the payment confirmation** Be aware of your personal belonging and receipts

A nice hotel, but requested a sea view that was not available upon arrival. The property is…read morebeautiful and the shuttle to and from Old Town Albufeira was very convenient. The breakfast buffet was delicious and a nice way to start our day. . I would stay here again.

Nice hotel with friendly and helpful staff. The spa is closed outside of peak season. You can get…read moreto the popular, area of old Town for about 5 euros and the marina area where the boat tours depart, for about 10 euros.

From the owner: Com um ambiente descontraído, uma localização privilegiada no centro de Albufeira, uma gastronomia…read morede excelência, inspirada nos sabores ricos e diversificados da região e num regime de "Tudo Incluído" o Real Bellavista Hotel & Spa, é o local ideal para desfrutar de uma estadia memorável em família. No regime de "Tudo Incluído", todas as estadias incluem refeições diárias com bebidas, animação para adultos e crianças, acesso a todas as funcionalidades do Real Spa Therapy e transferes para a praia e cidade de Albufeira. With a relaxed atmosphere, a prime location in the center of Albufeira, excellent cuisine inspired by the rich and diverse flavors of the region and an all-inclusive regime, the Real Bellavista Hotel & Spa is the ideal place to enjoy a stay. Memorable in family. In the "All Inclusive" regime, all stays include daily meals with drinks, entertainment for adults and children, access to all features of Real Spa Therapy and transfers to the beach and town of Albufeira.