I was on holidays in Albufeira from May 29 to June 2. Although I was initially concerned due to some reviews, I ended up being very pleased with my stay. The staff were incredibly welcoming, friendly, and customer-oriented, always ready to help. My room was quite large (situated on the 3rd floor, reception floor, offering views of the old city and the ocean). It had a refrigerator, air conditioning, and a safe (available for an additional fee). The room was clean and comfortable, and it was cleaned every day (contrary to some reviews claiming otherwise). The breakfast was really good, enough food to choose what to eat. Just a recommendation to add some vegetables. The location is really excellent! There are restaurants, bars, shops, and a pharmacy nearby, and access to the beach is just a three-minute walk from the hotel. Perfect! Regarding comments about the “mountainous terrain” and the “difficult climb to the hotel”: Albufeira is situated in a rocky area with lots of descents and ascents. If you have difficulty walking or have musculoskeletal problems, you might need to choose another city. As for noise, I generally can recommend everyone to have earplugs at any trip to avoid issues with sleeping. It's clear, that if you want to stay close to the city center, the beach, bars, and restaurants in a resort town, you should be prepared for its nightlife. If you are not, then better to choose a quiet family hotel on the outskirts of the city, where it will be peaceful, but you'll need a taxi to get to all the party spots. So, can say, that I was delighted with my holidays in Albufeira and this hotel. If I ever return, I will definitely stay at this hotel again!

Location, staff, CATS

Had a funny smell, no outlets by the beds, no room hair dryers, no long mirrors for dressing

Central to everything, nice breakfast, good pool and nice staff

Smell in bathroom when arrived and there for two days, ants in the room and asked if we had any sweet food which we hadn’t which felt like abit of an acquisition, no hairdryer in the room and had to put €10 deposit on one and had to wait for 3rd day of stay to finally receive one, no tea/coffee making facilities, no iron/steamer in room, couldn’t use safe as no lock in it, not enough plug sockets in room, very noisy during the night as no soundproofing and people banging doors when entering their rooms even after 12

slightly dated hotel but very clean and tidy with friendly staff in a good location.just far enough from the hustle and bustle of the square with great shops, restaurants and night life.

the only things I can only say are wrong are the room doors aren't fire doors and extremely flimsy, there's no hairdryers in the bathroom for the women so had to hire one from reception.

Hotel Vila Recife was a great location only a 5 minute walk to the old town and had everything you needed near by. It was close to all the shops, restaurants and bars with the beach only a short walk away as well. Great facilities at the hotel - pool, aircon, tv, fridge, breakfast (although we didn’t get breakfast in the hotel) etc… We throughly enjoyed our stay in Albufeira and having a good hotel to stay in added to this. The receptionist let us leave our bags until our room was ready on the day we arrived. Everyone seemed very friendly in the hotel, from reading the mixed reviews before coming we didn’t know what to expect but honestly it exceeded our expectations!! Would definitely stay here again if I came back to Albufeira and would recommend this hotel as the location is ideal.

The pool was quite small and didn’t have any parasols outside. If you want to be near the main strip it is a distance away but the location to the old town is amazing - we spent the majority of our holiday there.

the staff were very friendly and the hotel was kept very clean

there wasn’t anything to dislike but thought the pool and area could do with some maintenance

I don't understand why the rating of this accommodation is low. The location is just perfect, the staff is friendly, the rooms are clean and the staff always ready to help. I arrived very early before my check-in time, waited for 2 hours with a lot of headache, it was clear the effort they were making to try to get me into a room quickly, and it was done. I had a problem with my room air conditioning, I was quickly changed to another room (I would say even better) and my problem was solved. And I would like to highlight Pedro who is very polite, friendly, attentive and people like that deserve to be recognized. I highly recommend this hotel. It is simple, cozy and offers everything necessary for an excellent stay in this magical place.

beautiful building, fantastic location, friendly staff, great value for money

its too near the church, the bells go every 15mins during the day - however it will only effect you if you go for a nap in the afternoon to try sleep off your hangover ha

Amazing location just a short walk from the strip, it has a pool and a secret rooftop sunlounger place that we found a few days in lol. The staff were amazing especially Adrianno he was so helpful to me and my friends and was very polite with us.

There can be some ants but as long as you don’t leave food sitting out in your room it should be fine. The noise levels are high but if you’re booking this close to the strip then that’s what you expect

Great location + 3 mind-blowing rooftops + pool. The center of the center

The room is not cozy, did not like the wool blankets. They had no zip-cover. Overall room was not cozy somehow.