Pestana Alvor Praia Beach & Golf Hotel

“Lovely hotel - nice location”

Lovely hotel. Staff extremely friendly and helpful. Rooms comfortable and clean. Dining area has views of pool and beach. A little busy at times while waiting to be seated for breakfast which resulted in a queue at the desk. Great selection of hot and cold foods at breakfast buffet - lots of fre… more

Lovely hotel. Staff extremely friendly and helpful. Rooms comfortable and clean. Dining area has views of pool and beach. A little busy at times while waiting to be seated for breakfast which resulted in a queue at the desk. Great selection of hot and cold foods at breakfast buffet - lots of fresh fruits and vegetables which are constantly replenished. Toasters a bit tricky and more needed. Outdoor area very nice - lots of loungers and plenty of room for everyone. You can walk down to the beautiful beach from the hotel in 5 minutes. Lovely walk along the boardwalk all the way into Alvor which takes approx. 20/25 minutes. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at this hotel.

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“Very good property in Alvor”

This is not an AI generated review - I write reviews and post on several places including Tripadvisor. Excellent property with stunning, scenic sights from the room. Very helpful staff at the front desk and the restaurants and bars. Beautiful, spacious pool. Our only issue was that the representat… more

This is not an AI generated review - I write reviews and post on several places including Tripadvisor. Excellent property with stunning, scenic sights from the room. Very helpful staff at the front desk and the restaurants and bars. Beautiful, spacious pool. Our only issue was that the representation of the rooms was not as accurate and we switched rooms (paying more) once we got there. A "deluxe" room is still pretty small and they moved us to a separate wing of the hotel away from the main building where indeed it was more of what I had expected. The food at the main restaurant was very good not great, catering to the many different parts of the world that the guests were from so definitely a huge variety where there's something for everyone, especially for breakfast. Our caution for the beach area is that the restaurants by the beaches which are beautiful and the beach itself is not owned by the hotel like one would expect in the US or Bahamas etc. so pay extra for the beach use and make sure to get a reservation or you won't get into the restaurants by the beach. We found that to be very counterintuitive in that when you're on a beach vacation you don't want to have to be on schedule for a dinner reservation, just show up when you feel like, you're on vacation!!

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“Great location. Absolutely not 5 star.”

Super location. Lovely boardwalk to Alvor. Lovely air conditioning in room. Feedback. Breakfast bit of conveyer belt. Coffee station very poorly ran. Had to ask for milk… coffee machine ran out of water.. Staff not adequately trained… Struggled to get spoons for sugar.

“Disappointed”

Just returned from 6 days stay here: The positives: Great location for beach including a lift from the pool area; lovely pool area with beautiful view of the beach and local caves; good breakfast choices. friendly helpful staff. One of our rooms was modern and had good a/c - which is a must for me… more

Just returned from 6 days stay here: The positives: Great location for beach including a lift from the pool area; lovely pool area with beautiful view of the beach and local caves; good breakfast choices. friendly helpful staff. One of our rooms was modern and had good a/c - which is a must for me when the temperatures are high but the other room was dark, old style and the a/c didn’t work !! The negatives: I Booked a 3 bed room for 3 adults but was given a child fold out bed as a 3rd bed - which was broken ! Had to request a new bed but again it was a small fold out bed - not great for an adult - and it wasn’t specified when we made our booking. Photos showing beach area in front of the hotel gives private beach impression but this is pay for use at 18 euro per day for 2 beds and one umbrella - pricey! The pool area has a boardwalk effect but lots of the boards are loose/broken which made the area really noisy - the boards need removed or replaced as it’s not a relaxing space at all. Friends took the Steps to the beach but the gate didn’t work and needed a bit of manhandling by a passerby to get open - the gate and lock is rusted and has seen better days. Photos of the hotel show a bright reception area but we found it dark dated and uninviting - a lifeless dark reception / bar area - needs some attention. Some rooms are old and dark; AC set at 19 - which is a major issue for me and us no good when it’s 34 outside; we booked this hotel as it’s described as 5star but it’s more of an Older style hotel that has had some room upgrades - maybe 5 star in the past but definitely not now - it’s dated and needs a total refurb/investment to compete with similarly priced hotels in the area. We had an enjoyable holiday but would not rebook this hotel again. Overall - Disappointed.

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