We stayed at Pinhal da Marina for a week during our first trip to Algarve. It's a great place, ideal for families. Overall an extremely enjoyable experience. Very quiet and relaxing. Good facilities and very friendly staff. Will return.
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These apartments were lovely. The reception staff are polite. The on site pool restaurant is lovely. Fresh cooked meals. Not cheap but very good quality. Fab pools - we overlooked the quiet one and it was so peaceful. The other pool created lots of happy memories for my two children, aged 11 and 7. The footy pitch was a godsend for my little boy who is. Football fanatic.
20 minute walk in villamoura at night. Fan place. Loved it all. The beach was gorgeous - get a taxi to nosolo beach bar and have the best lunch with a live dj. Taxis home are around 4 to 5 euro. We never walked home at night.
My only one single criticism is that there is no on site shop. That would have made the holiday perfect.
When you do stock up don't go to the spar Just carry on a few minutes later and go to Jaffers. So much better and a little cheaper.
Vilamoura is the most expensive place I've ever been to so bring lots of euros. But an amazing holiday.
We stayed here in August, I would say after reading the reviews, I would not agree with comments that the apartment is very clean. It was clean but could have been better, during our stay the floors and the bathroom were only cleaned,no tables dusted and there were finger prints on the kitchen units and hob. The pools were lovely,the restaurant staff were very nice and the food was lovely and well priced. The landscaping needs to be improved. There were a lot of weeds running through the plants and the exterior of the resort looked very shabby compared to the other properties in the location. The apartment is dated and the bedroom was awful, in fact it lowered my mood.
I have never written a review before but after our 4th visit to this lovely complex I feel that we have found a reasonably priced, spotlessly clean and convenient hotel in a great location It is within easy walking distance from the marina but far enough away for the peace and quiet that we like The 2 pools are great We normally sit by the adult one and always plenty of sun beds and shade, which was very necessary this year and there is no need to get up at the crack of dawn to put towels out
The staff are wonderful and will go out of their way to assist Special thanks to receptionist who has been there every time we have checked in and is so nice and helpful Sorry don’t know her name
We visit Portugal at least once a year and will always now return to Pinhal da Marina
We stayed at the apartment for a week. i'll try to make this as fair as poss:
PROS
- great location. the area is beautiful and the complex is only a few mins away from the marina. there's also a great supermarket called Continente which has everything you could ever really need. don't bother going to Lidl there wasn't even beans!
- attractions are fairly close by. Aquashow, Zoomarine and the Beach are all within 20m drive. You can also use a bus which apparently stops outside the hotel every 20m but we hired so didnt use that. The hotel reception can also call a cab for you if you need.
- the apartment had the basic necessities - kettle, toaster and a big enough fridge freezer. they also had a clothes airer on the balcony which was useful to dry stuff on.
- a big balcony which had a dining table and two loungers came in handy.
- quite spacious and TV had a couple of english channels we could watch but we were out most of the time so not used that much.
- the staff were quite approachable, friendly.
- there are two pools, the main one is fairly big and we enjoyed using it.
CONS
- our apartment was dated, dark and especially the bedrooms were poorly lit. the hallway also poorly lit.
- the blankets were old fashioned, a weird brown colour which was not appealing to use.
- at night the toilet seemed to smell? there was urine stains on the floor in front of the toilet which you can also smell. not very nice.
- sheets and towels were not changed regularly enough, think we were given fresh towels twice in a week and the sheets were only changed once.
- breakfast options extremely limited, we cooked breakfast for ourselves the whole time.
- the dishwasher had a very odd unpleasant smell, we didn't use it.
- the electric hob was constantly cutting off - you had to press a button to restart it- very annoying!
Note:
Not strictly to do with the hotel but worth noting If you are driving it can get quite congested on the way to the marina at night. Parking is difficult to find and you have to pay 1 euro 20c per hr until midnight.
Will def return to Vilamoura but use a different hotel.
While on holiday in the area we were lucky enough to receive tennis lessons from Andre Ferrera. Andre puts great energy into his lessons and they are fun for all ages (including my moody teens!). Thanks to Andre we have all improved our game and feel much fitter too. He has inspired us to carry on playing now we are home.
