What a little gem this apartment was, we loved everything about the apartment from its location on site, the ample size of bedrooms, bathrooms, living space and balcony. I’ve not booked accommodation this way before so was slightly nervous but not again.
Club Albufeira was a great base, we used three of the four pools preferring the one closest to the apartment and ate lunch at the snack bars at these pools. The whole site was clean and we witnessed ongoing cleaning and maintenance during our stay.
The apartment itself was clean, lovely to see little things like hand wash, washing up liquid etc. Great also to have a good hairdryer (I always bring mine as you never know but it stayed in the case). The Wi-fi was excellent but the tv signal hit and miss not that we were on holiday to watch tv we literally used the apartment to wash and sleep in!
Supermarket on site was handy for bread and milk and near the apartment, we eat out every night so didn’t need to venture further although Lidl and Aldi are up the road with a taxi rank outside if you need them.
The transfers from the airport arranged through Lorna worked perfectly, we purposely didn’t book a car as we know the resort and happily walked into town each night. The walk takes 20-40 mins depending on how fast/slow you and your family (kids!) walk. The walk is mainly along a pedestrianised route incorporating a fitness trail to keep you occupied and mostly downhill, cross the main road using the footbridge behind reception (it’s a little hidden).
We also booked our own taxis if going to the marina using the no in the apartment which meant the taxi arrived just after we got to reception, there is an English speaking option and no need to pay reception to book you one.
A couple of our favourite restaurants are Rossio on Rua Dr Santos, typical Portuguese food cooked by the owner with free port to finish! and The Beach Basket on Praca Miguel Bombarda, for any of the restaurants overlooking the sea you can’t beat a table with a view.
We had late flights home so left our luggage in reception whilst we spent the day in town, waffles and crepes for late breakfast at Italia down the marina then came back for a late lunch at the pool near reception.
I’ve just remembered the bonus was our room was ready when we arrived at 11am, thank you for this.
Would recommend this apartment to anyone looking for a relaxing break, it has everything you need and is in a great location, thank you Lorna.