Hotel Casabela

POSITIVES: Fantastic views Nice Pool area Clean NEGATIVES Parking spaces can be a real problem- not enough and far too small Room - paid for a sea view and ended up in a dungeon type room on the ground floor with access only via a narrow winding staircase with no lift access. This staircase in my opinion is dangerous for the elderly or even anyone having had a few drinks. (We fall into the elderly category) Avoid rooms 101-106!!!!!!!! No separate shower.Smallest bath towels ever experienced. Empty fridge,No water provided,No tea of coffee in the room Ants in the room and bathroom all the time. Room safe (Small) charged extra which consisted of being given the complete cylinder /barrel to insert into a hole in the safe! Breakfast terrible - no daily variation , mainly cold meats and cheese. Solid scrambled eggs etc etc . If you required cold milk for cereals or a cup of tea you had to request it! To sum the hotel up- 2 star at best very dated and overpriced-worst hotel that I have stayed at in visits to the Algarve in 29 years of visits.

There is no doubt the location of this hotel is stunning, it is a 20 minute walk to the nearest supermarket or restaurant though. The pool area is superb - hard to beat. Cleanliness is top notch. The hotel itself is a bit tired and out of date compared to others we have visited. For 4* I would expect tea and coffee making facilities in room, stocked mini-bar, a safe with lock, bath robes, decent bath towels and a toiletries regularly replenished. Now to food - this hardly reached acceptable. Breakfasts fruit often on the turn with the fizzy taste, eggs hard boiled, congealed scrambled and rubber fried eggs. Cereal choice poor. Good choice of pastries, breads and jams though, although sometimes a little stale. Coffee wet and warm! Hot water for tea warm. Lunches OK but very basic and served like a school dinner. Evening meal - extremely poor only managed one night thank goodness we were not on half board. This possibly makes the distance to a supermarket and restaurant more important. I would recommend if you plan to stay here hire a car! Great restaurants in Ferragudo and Carveiro. Would I stay again, I loved the break, if breakfasts were improved possibly.

We've stayed here before so were looking forward to going back. The gardens down to the beach were previously were tranquil and interesting, the pool a lovely attraction and great views. However, this time we were quite disappointed. The pool was still good. But the bar/cafe didn't open until 12 and closed at 6pm. Lots of people didn't arrive to sit around the pool until late afternoon so 6pm closing is too early. The lack of food on offer was poor. We didn't eat as we didn't want a toasted sandwich. Breakfast is not great. It's a buffet in a very small area so when the hotel is busy it's hard work. Same limited selection daily. Some days pastries good - other days quite stale. No atmosphere around the bar area in the evening. It was used to sit and wait for someone before going out. Good car parking, great location just out of town but an easy 25 min walk.

Hotel was incredibly nice staff super friendly very quiet and family friendly highly recommend to

L'hotel è lontano dal caos e situato in posizione tranquilla, ma vicina al centro in macchina (non fattibile a piedi). Le suite e le camere dal secondo piano in poi hanno una vista bellissima su tutta Ferragudo e sulla piscina che è altrettanto favolosa e valore aggiunto. L'hotel è un po' svecchiato e senza aria condizionata (le camere invece ce l'hanno). Il terrazzino della mia camera era favoloso. Il personale molto gentile e cordiale. Forse costa un po' tanto a notte essendo in un paesino come Ferragudo, ma per quello che offre è il migliore! Da non sottovalutare che dall'hotel, percorrendo poche scalette, si ha accesso ad una piccola spiaggia (Praia da Infanta) che è sempre tranquilla e con pochissime persone proprio perché non così facilmente conosciuta e accessibile. Da qui consiglio passeggiata per il breve litorale dove si raggiunge un chiringuito molto carino e grotte suggestive!

Malgré qu'il nécessite quelques rénovations au niveau des chambres et des sanitaires, très bon hôtel très bien situé, au calme, et à 5 minutes en voiture de Ferragudo et ses nombreux restaurants. Très bon buffet petit-déjeuner varié (salé et sucré). Personnel aimable. Superbe vue sur mer et piscine. Plage accesible à pied en 5 minutes par un petit chemin arboré très agréable.