Cerca Velha Vacations from $1,062

Couldn’t fault a thing. Amazing for our 2 year old and staff went above and beyond. Will be back next year

If you are looking for an adult only small hotel near Lagos, this hotel will meet your needs. We had all our breakfasts there and you would find plenty of fresh fruits , cheeses, pastries and hot food, Dinner was excellent and they had a great wine list. What makes them truly special is their staff. They always greet you with a smile and are eager to help you organize your excursions. Best massage I had in a long time. Ask for Maya. The hotel manager was also very responsive to our needs. They have construction next to it and they were transparent about it before our arrival Perfect setup. Best sunrise and sunset! 10 minutes from Lagos, free parking. I would definitely recommend this hotel and would return if I come back in the Algarve.

Fantastic views and while the apartment appears clean we were met with cockroaches inside the apartment towards the end of our stay. Raised this with the agents who said they were not interested as we had checked out. Love the area but will not be returning to these apartments.

Great location and the room we had had a fantastic sea view. The property could do with a refurbishment and the food from the roof terrace wasn’t great, although my friend enjoyed hers.

Queues for everything here. Checking took nearly an hour, queues for sun beds, for food (I’ll get to the food), for drinks (you can get only 2 drinks per person, so a family of 4 need 2 members to go to the bar). Always running out of drinks around the pool. The food was terrible. I stayed for 6 days and ate in the hotel only 4 times. The worst cuts of “meat” used which resulted in mainly bones. Oh and the “kebab hut” took 30 mins to queue up for and 1 per person. So again, if the family want to eat from a snack bar they all need to queue for half an hour together. Really not what you expect from a hotel billing themselves as 4 star. Staff didn’t want to help with anything. Bars closed at 11, but last orders at 10.30 and lights turned off and kicked out at 11. You can then head to the piano bar, but must pay for the same drinks that you were just consuming in the beach bar. Additionally a security guy (PSG logo on T-shirt) would come around the pool each day at 4pm and aggressively “police” what was happening: people messing about in the pool, throwing a ball in the pool (yes! A ball!), sitting on the side of the pool drinking. All things that people were allowed to do for the 7 hours that not a single staff member was there, but at 4pm suddenly there were rules. The staff were predominantly not Portuguese and there was a huge language barrier. Don’t stay here