We stayed in the hotel for one week B&B and we had a great holiday overall. We couldn't really fault anything. The staff were so nice and friendly and every area of the hotel was clean and comfortable.

We spent a bit more to book a sea view room on the 3rd floor (if you go lower the view is a nice but a bit restricted) our view was well worth every penny. We could always sit and relax when we got back after a day out and enjoy a glass of wine and a few nibbles before getting ready to go out for the evening. It was so relaxing and peaceful. all you could hear was the sound of the waves, then later a really hot shower and out into Alvor for a meal. Bedroom and bathroom lovely but take your own travel kettle, tea and coffee if you want a nice cuppa. TV was also great, lots of English channels, BBC, ITV, channel 4 and a few good film channels.

The hotel was about a 10 to 15 minute walk from Alvor town centre. We had a hire car, lots of free parking at the hotel and 3 minutes drive into town. Driving in Portugal is so easy and the roads are really quiet.

There are lots of good restaurants in Alvor (find Ruccula restaurant in the town centre, the food is fantastic and very reasonably priced). Eating out is about the same price as home (maybe slightly cheaper). A really nice bottle of house wine was about 8 Euros. The people were very friendly and all spoke excellent English. The local fish and meat dishes were excellent.

Breakfast at the hotel is fine, not a lot of choice of hot food but perfectly OK. You could have fruit, cereal, yoghurt. Cooked breakfast was a bit limited but not bad. There was a great choice of all different types of home baked bread and rolls with marmalades and jam. You wouldn't starve at breakfast, there was enough choice for everyone. Can't comment about dinner as we always ate out.

We went to Portugal for the golf. If you are in a Pestana hotel then you get 40% discount on the golf at the 4 local Pestana courses. It works out to be about £33 per round each. Watch out though, the buggy hire is 40 Euros! Electric trolley hire is about 20 Euros each! Pull trolleys 5 Euros. We went at the end of January/first week of Feb. It was lovely weather in the day, cold at night. The golf courses were busy but should imagine they would be packed from March onwards. As a two ball, we found that play was slow. Courses were in good condition. There are many other courses to play but as we were staying with the Pestana group it was good value to play the Pestana courses.

To sum up, we would really recommend the hotel. While we were there in the winter it seemed more suitable for adults and retired people. No children there at all but this is probably very different in the summer with a lot of families and children. The hotel had a nice pool and well kept gardens and was 50 yards from a lovely sandy beach. Small supermarket 2 minutes away but this was much more expensive than the supermarkets in town. All in all a beautiful area of Portugal and a great place to stay.

I stayed here in July 2011 with my mother, her boyf, brother, grandparents and a friend. We had a fabulous time, the rooms were spacious and spotlessly clean, the pool area was gorgeous and had a poolside bar, which you could get drinks and ice creams or snacks..and getting sunbeds were not a problem.. the best thing by a mile about this hotel was the location, the beach is literally a stone's throw away. Its perfect for people who love beach holidays, there is a little restraunt on the beach where you can get nice simple food for cheap. The centre of Alvor is easily reached in a good 10 minute walk but is easier accessed by getting a taxi which is only 5euros. The hotel will glady phone the taxi service and they arrive within minutes. The only complaint I would have about this hotel is that there is no nightly entertainment, the bar closes at 12 and theres nothing to do after this time, but as we found out this is easily sorted by a short walk down the quiet road outside the hotel, there is a bar called Russo's which stays open until 3 ish and has the friendliest staff in Alvor :) Overall, I would deffinititely reccomend this hotel to anyone and would return 100%!

My family were staying in Alvor for a wedding in November and we rented a few of the Villas on the beach in the DJII. I have to say we had an amazing time and the views were unbelievable. the beach was on our doorstep and I think it was even more special in the off season as it felt like our own private beach. I would imagine there are a lot of people passing by in the height of it. Staff were great and very accommodating to our needs.

Have stayed at this hotel several times and always enjoyed the same high standards of service. Lovely hotel with friendly, helpful staff. Great food and location.