Nice location with lovely sea view. The resort has a nice pool. Easy access to the beach. Room was clean and comfortable. A kettle in the room would have added to additional comfort.
Breakfast was good with lot of options. There is a bar as well for drinks and coffee.
The staff are very polite and friendly.

The Dom Jaoa II. The first hotel we stayed in way back in 2006, which led to us purchasing time share with Pestana at the Alvor Park & Carlton in Madeira.
We just fancied an impromptu last minute break this time, before the Winter Madness in the UK, to catch up with Friends we’ve on made over the years in Alvor, and as our time at The Park had finished we thought a trip down memory lane would be nice.
That’s exactly what we got as the rooms have just been patched up badly, the pillows are definitely the same ones as we had 18 years ago, as the foam filling was that tired they felt like a collapsed lung, the mattress’s also appear to be old friends too, hidden under cheap mattress toppers, if you like sciatica, then you’ll love the beds, the air conditioning was also turned off due to the time of year and it’s aged clients ‘feel the cold’, bless ‘em, even though the Daytime temperatures left the rooms so stuffy at night, the only way to cool the rooms down is to open the balcony door, which under normal circumstances is absolutely fine and the sound of the sea at night is gorgeous, however, be prepared to take every conceivable mosquito deterrent as those little suckers had an absolute field day this year as we witnessed on many other guests scratching and itching as they tucked into their morning pasteis de nata.
Breakfast was also an interesting experience as between 8.30am and 10am it literally turns into a food fight, where sadly it seems some of the food is not rotated or handled correctly in my honest opinion, I hold a level 2 & 3 catering hygiene & safety certificate and some of what goes on was not ideal. If the sun is out and hot, or you have Skin Cancer, as I do and need a parasol to enjoy the outside, apparently they won’t make a special exception, as “Everyone Else might want one?”…..Oh ok I’ll sit in doors like a lepur then as I’d hate to put the pool staff to any trouble.
The good bits.
It’s in Alvor. Which of course is amazing.
They vacuum it a lot and the cleaning staff do the very best they can to keep this old dinosaur clean.
The Barman makes an absolutely banging Caipirinha.
As Pestana Beach Club owners. Pestana, please come on, stop the cost cutting again and do right by your clients, because bad news travels fast.