Vila Maria Hotel - Adults Only

“Fabulous hotel!”

Fantastic hotel! Great facilities. Room was large and luxurious with a big bathroom and gorgeous balcony overlooking the pool. Breakfast buffet had loads of variety and the poolside snack bar had delicious food and drinks. The pool was fab with plenty of sunbeds and parasols. The evening entertai… more

Fantastic hotel! Great facilities. Room was large and luxurious with a big bathroom and gorgeous balcony overlooking the pool. Breakfast buffet had loads of variety and the poolside snack bar had delicious food and drinks. The pool was fab with plenty of sunbeds and parasols. The evening entertainment was very good. The staff were all friendly, helpful and professional.

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“Fantastic chilled break”

A lovely hotel ideal for a nice relaxed week away. Rooms are basic but similar to 80% of rooms around Europe, everything you need for your stay. Breakfast was really nice and lunch at snack bar was lovely as well (that chicken Caesar salad) We didn't have dinner at hotel as we eat out away from … more

A lovely hotel ideal for a nice relaxed week away. Rooms are basic but similar to 80% of rooms around Europe, everything you need for your stay. Breakfast was really nice and lunch at snack bar was lovely as well (that chicken Caesar salad) We didn't have dinner at hotel as we eat out away from hotel. The staff are so pleasant and polite and the hotel is spotless, pool is cold but you just about get used to it after a couple of mins. Drinks a little over priced in hotel, €6 a beer is available for €2/3 everywhere else but that's a very minor moan. Some nice bars and restaurants around the area too. We went the old town in the day but you could tell what it would be like of an evening so avoided that. We went albuefira marina most nights, Uber is cheap as anything there, €5 to the marina and lovely choice of chilled and relaxed bars and restaurants with amazing views of the harbour (especially the Italian) Enjoyed Jack's Irish bar and FAT CATS too, staff everywhere are wonderful. 100% would come back.

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“Clean hotel but sun beds are an issue”

Two female middle aged friends stayed here for our annual girly holiday - June 2026. Booked with Jet2. Coach transfer from Faro Airport to hotel was almost 2 hours (due to the numerous other drop offs). Had this route been direct then maybe a 40 minute transfer. Hotel very clean, in fact sp… more

Two female middle aged friends stayed here for our annual girly holiday - June 2026. Booked with Jet2. Coach transfer from Faro Airport to hotel was almost 2 hours (due to the numerous other drop offs). Had this route been direct then maybe a 40 minute transfer. Hotel very clean, in fact spotless, and staff were pleasant and friendly. Normally we are given a map of the local area but this was not offered (this is usually offered automatically at reception). Proximity to The Strip is about 8 - 10 minutes on foot and 35 - 40 minutes to Old Town. There is a land train which takes you into the Old Town and on to the Marina. Main issue was availability of sun beds by the pool area. There is a note in the room that says sun beds can’t be saved for longer than 30 minutes. This is not the case as sun beds had been reserved, using towels, for hours at a time with nobody using them and staff did nothing about this. It was frustrating to see sun beds saved for hours on end and guests wondering around trying to find a spare bed. The pool area is compact (I have been in larger back gardens). This is perfectly acceptable until the stag and hen groups arrive, of which there were 3 during our stay. When they get rowdy, have drinking competitions, begin shouting and using bad language, the pool area is not big enough to absorb the noise etc. The hotel is not far from the strip and therefore it is understandable why stag and hen parties stay at the hotel. For the life of us we were unable to find the lights in the pool side toilets: although we think this may be operator error. The drinks at the pool side bar were expensive, the soft drinks being more expensive than alcoholic drinks. We could only see live music / entertainment being offered twice a week during our stay - Tuesday and Saturday. However, it may be expected that those staying at the hotel use the local bars and restaurants.

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