Hotel Sol e Mar Albufeira - Adults Only

Location was perfect, across the road from the Old Town and 25mins walk to the Marina, because it was boiling hot I wasn't to sure about walking in the middle of the day, next to the Hotel was a little train for (€7 hop off and On all day), we jumped on this for our Boat trip to see the Benogil cave, after we finished we hopped back on the little train and back to the hotel. Room was clean everyday, Air-con was a blessing you needed it, and the sea view wow, excellent breakfast. Dinner in the Hotel was fantastic and fresh every day, a great range of Portuguese food and the staff at the restaurant were really welcoming and friendly, especially Sarah, Shahadat and Eduardo. Luis at the bar was also friendly and made the best cocktails. We arrived late on our first night 1am and there was some dinner left for us in our room, which was a nice touch.

Everything about this hotel is 10/10! Our room was a great size, the bed was super comfy and the shower was wonderful. The staff were all very friendly, helpful and courteous. The breakfast was great - plenty of choice and we'll presented. We had the evening buffet twice and that, again, was great. A nice salad bar, about 4 mains & sides and some delicious desserts. And then there's the location of the topsy-turvy Hotel! The reception, restaurant and bar are street level Level 5) and the beach is Level 0. The bedrooms are on between and all beach facing. The Old Town is a two minute walk with a lovely selection of restaurants. There is a 'new' bit as well by the town square with plenty of livelier bars and restaurants.

I stayed there for about 4 weeks in December. Loved the room and the view with my little private balcony overlooking the beach and sea. Perfect. Staff were very helpful and very nice and accommodating for any requests, breakfast buffet had big variety and the hot food was well cooked with good ingredients.

Situated directly on the beautiful beach. The floors were recently redone and were clean and practical for a beach hotel. The location is perfect for old town as well. It’s a 5 minute ride to the bus area, (I say ride because we had two suitcases) and a 20 minute walk to the marina where we took a cave boat trip. The included buffet breakfast is fresh and delicious. Several small groceries close by and one medium one called Spar in old town.

On arriving at he hotel we were invited into breakfast, which was still ongoing. We were not expecting this, and we thought it was a lovely gesture, especially since we had been travelling from Manchester since 1.30am that morning. It was a very welcome experience. We also found all the staff very welcoming and helpful - reception, catering, and domestic staff were very friendly and did all they could for us to make our stay enjoyable. We loved the position of our room and the complete sea view which it offered. The balcony gave us a lovely view all day long and at night too.