Santa Catarina Algarve

“Couple ”

Location is perfect for beach and restaurants/bars. Bacon ans proper sausages could be added to breakfast menu. Staff very friendly and helpful. Could do with a slip mat in the bath as it is very slippery and could be dangerous. Views not great

“Nice hotel in a lovely location”

I stayed here recently with friends and the hotel is in a lovely spot overlooking the beach. Lots of bars and restaurants all very close on the main drag so great location! The staff were helpful and friendly and the rooms were nice and clean. Not the comfiest of beds but the hotel itself was good … more

I stayed here recently with friends and the hotel is in a lovely spot overlooking the beach. Lots of bars and restaurants all very close on the main drag so great location! The staff were helpful and friendly and the rooms were nice and clean. Not the comfiest of beds but the hotel itself was good value. Really liked the area so I will be back at some point!

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“A mix of positive and negatives”

Firstly the positives. The position/location of the hotel is really good. It is just a short walk to the 'strip' where most of bars and restaurants and shops are. It is also only a few minutes walk to the beach. Although we had a street facing room there really wasn't much noise. We were on 6th fl… more

Firstly the positives. The position/location of the hotel is really good. It is just a short walk to the 'strip' where most of bars and restaurants and shops are. It is also only a few minutes walk to the beach. Although we had a street facing room there really wasn't much noise. We were on 6th floor room 609 and had a good sea view. The rooms were cleaned daily. We arrived early and our room was ready. The staff were very welcoming and helpful with local buses etc and sorted any issues very promptly. The WiFi was very good. The aircon was effective when we used it. The safe was reasonably priced at 2.50 euros a day and there was a small but useful fridge in the room. Now for the negatives. The breakfast buffet was a bit hit or miss. Sometimes things would run out and unless brought to the staff's attention weren't replenished. You could wait for the egg and in waiting the sausage would run out and the hot choices weren't very hot. The ' fruit juices' were horrible and very artificial in taste and colour. We were half board and dinner or lunch were interchangeable as long as you gave them notice. However the buffet dinner was bland in taste and replenished slowly when prompted if they ran out. The biggest problem for us was that the food was always practically cold and after complaining they did start covering the food trays but it didn't help. We gave up and only ate in the restaurant for half our 2 week stay and went elsewhere to eat in the evening. There was nowhere on the balcony to dry beach towels other than on the back of chairs which then meant you had nowhere to sit. A small drying rack would be helpful and could be fitted without spoiling aesthetics of hotel. There weren't enough plug sockets in the room we had to unplug bedside lamps to charge our phones overnight. The walls between the rooms are very thin and we could hear the child in the next room crying and the TV from.both sides In summary as long as you realise there is no pool at this hotel and are prepared for the above you should have an enjoyable stay.

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