Hotel Maritur - Adults Only

Una experiencia muy buena. El servicio, el personal y las instalaciones estupendas

很適合自駕，早餐很豐盛

This is a nice hotel in quiet surroundings and the staff are lovely. Having read the positive reviews before we booked, I can agree with them but with one or two negative issues. 1. We stayed B&B (half board not being an option with Jet2) There was not much variety in the continental breakfast, the same fruit on offer each day and limited variety of preserves. If you want a full English cooked breakfast you have to specifically ask for full breakfast or you will get one egg, one sausage and one rasher of bacon. 2. The evening meal menu is very limited and some items not available when you order. The service was very slow, we waited an hour for grilled chicken and chips one evening. There were a maximum of six couples eating that evening and everyone was commenting on the long waiting time. There's lovely restaurant nearby, Casa Vella, it's signposted so you can't miss it, good food and reasonably priced. Unfortunately we didn't get to visit any of the others nearby as it was usually raining in the evening so we had to eat in the hotel. There are two nice beaches a short walk from the hotel. You can also walk along the cliff top for a little way if you don't mind scrambling up and down a bit. If you get the bus round to Algarve Shopping you can use the same ticket to continue to Albufeira bus station, then it's a ten minute walk into Albufeira. It's a short bus ride to Gale and a nice walk to the Salgados Nature Reserve.

Firstly the staff were very friendly and tried really hard. Bed was made and room cleaned. However! This hotel is VERY tired. Workmen were there the whole time. Bathroom was clean but awful. Shower was from the ark with the chrome fittings badly tarnished. Breakfast was very poor with very basic options from one chiller. You had to ask for hot breakfast which was the same every day. One sausage, one egg and two sad looking bits of bacon. No other choice. The hotel needs a complete shutdown refurb. The only thing that saved this from a one star was the staff. We guessed that there were less than 10 rooms occupied, so perhaps others knew something we didn’t.

This hotel doesn’t look like a 4* from the outside, however once inside it is lovely. Facilities are good, food is good (we only had breakfast) Room with sea view is nice for a little extra. There was a kettle in the room but no tea bags or milk so would need to take your own. Very quiet as it was end of season when we visited but nice walks to beaches Arrifes, Sao Rafael (nice restaurant there, we had a lovely lunch) & Coelha (approx 30 minutes to walk there but worth it, nice restaurant for lunch too) Can walk to marina where there are bars and restaurants, in approx 15 mins, longer on the way back as it’s uphill! Or get a taxi. It’s a good 40 /45 minute walk to Albufeira old town square but plenty of restaurant choices / bars here. We stopped on the marina at the Irish bar for a drink to break up the walk!

Very quiet area almost residential with the odd hotel and 2 lovely beaches. Location was a short walk from the marina and old town, which can be walked quite easily, 15 to 20 mins to marina and a total of 35 mins to old town. There is a service bus quite near the hotel which takes 6 mins to the old town for 5.40 euro for two. Staff friendly no problem there. We went half board with no choice. Breakfast was buffet with a lady who would cook you an English breakfast as well as the usual cold food, all good there. We went with TUI who was not clear that all evening meals were served at the table from a menu and a suggested 3 course menu all was good. Room was very large, containing a large bathroom. We had a very large balcony which we couldn't use as it got no sun at all as it was over the reception area at the front of the hotel. Sea view rooms would have got a lovely sea view as it faced the Atlantic. The only thing I would criticise is the condition of the sun beds some were broken and all of them were just fit for the skip. Room was cleaned daily and towels were changed daily.