A lovely, well maintained,comfortable, spacious house. Stayed in July 2018 with family of 6. This house catered for all our needs. 3 good sized bedrooms and 3 large bathrooms. The upstairs bedroom has its own living area and outside terrace. Very comfortable living area downstairs with 2 nice leather sofas, nice to relax in and watch movies on the new curved TV. A good range of channels BB1 &2, ITV and CH4 and Satellite TV with lots of English speaking channels, albeit Portuguese subtitles ( good way to learn the language) .Also plenty of books and DVDs and CDs. Large swimming pool ,and terrace area and separate BBQ area, plenty of room for all the family. Bring a jumper , can be chilly at night. Private, quiet location.
Beaches - 10 min walk from Coelha beach through a shortcut in the cul de sac opposite the villa, Sao Rafael beach is about 20 min walk but well worth a visit . All the beaches have a bar/ café.
Supermarket - Spar about 5 mins in car ( 15 min walk) , Oceania a further few minutes but much bigger and has better range. Apolonia is a bit like Waitrose / Marks , very expensive, but has all the English brands etc. Algarve Shopping Centre in GUIA about 8km , has Continente supermarket, its HUGE like a Walmart and much cheaper than the others, do your big shop here. Also a range of retail outlets Zara/ Berska/ Sephora to name but a few.
Restaurants - Easily 10 restaurants within 10 mins walk of the villa. Marinheiro and Dom Dimis are a must, so good we went twice to each of them, excellent fine dining and reasonable enough, book in advance though. Jombre also good. Scoobies bar about 5 mins from the villa, decent for breakfast and lunch. Has a pool and also caters for late check outs and minds luggage etc. You can also get a taxi ( mini bus) from Scoobies about 15 euro to Albufeira. I also think they do airport runs.
Trips - If you get a chance take a trip to Alvor, a lovely picturesque fishing village about half an hour away. Villamoura is also worth a visit with a lovely good marina , loads of restaurants where you can just sit and people watch.
Boating trips - DO NOT take the boat trip to the caves from Villamoura that lasts 4 hrs, read the reviews before you book any trips. There are lots of boat trips from Albufeira marina, but we didn't get a chance to go on them, read up on them before you go.
All in all I would highly recommend this villa, in a private location close to several restaurants and beaches.