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#9 of 160 hotels in Albufeira
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  • Rooms: 344
Address:
Praia De St Eulalia
P.O. Box 2445
Albufeira 8200-916
Portugal
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“Hotel amazing but not for kids”

Grande Real Santa Eulalia Resort

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3 of 5 stars
wolverhampton
1 Jun 2008
0/1 found this review helpful

This place is absolutely amazing buts its definately not for families with young kids, we were sold a completly different holiday to what we had asked for and ended up here, the place itself is lush and the staff cant do enough for you it really is great if your a couple looking for rest and relaxation but there is nothing to do for kids they have a small playgroung and thats it, im sorry but as a responsible parent that wasnt enough to keep my 3 year old daughter entertained for a hour let alone a week and there is lots of steps to the beach , i would reccomend it for older kids 14 above but not under, you have to be over 16 to use the indoor pool, which is not stated when you book, the outdoor pools are advertised as heated but were not and the position of the main 2 pools is seafront so you get a good breeze quite a cold one actually so you really could do with these heaters being on. Maybe we was there out of season and the heaters are only on in season i dont know. whilst we was there , there was a big sports confrence on hundreds of people walking round round in suits staring at you because your in shorts and vest " it is my holiday " just beware of this , that it is a very big place and there is always some sort of confrence going on .

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — clean, pleasent staff,
    • Disliked — nothing for kids, no shop for food only gifts, very expensive
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flexnbex's Summary
Date of Stay: May 2008
Travelled with: Family with young children
Visit was for: Quality time with family
Age group: 25-34
Member since: 01 June 2008
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location (e.g., convenience, views)
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 5 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
Most likely
I recommend this hotel for:
Young Singles, An Amazing Honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Older Travellers, Great pool scene, tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
People with disabilities, pet owners, Families with Small Children, Families with Teenagers
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Other
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Management Response
Hoteis_Real_Alg, General Manager
(Management representative)
13 Jun 2008
Dear guest,
Thank you for your feedback on your vacation at the Grande Real Santa Eulália Resort & Hotel SPA. We regret that you were not entirely satisfied with your stay in our Hotel and understand your points. However, we would just like to take this opportunity to clarify some of the issues. Apart from the mentioned playground, we also have a children’s club open from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. during the low season and until 10 p.m. during high season. This club is complimentary and all children from 3 years are welcome to stay in the Kid’s Club and to join the offered activities. In regards to the access to the beach, we sincerely regret if our staff did not inform you about an alternative access to the beach, using the gate located next to the Santa Eulália Restaurant. This gate has a direct access to the car park of the beach, avoiding all stairs. We will speak to our Front Office and reinforce the instruction to inform all guests with difficulties to access the beach or with small children about this alternative solution. To avoid any misunderstandings, we also want to refer that the Hotel does not have any Indoor Pool. The mentioned pool, which is only accessible to adults aged over 16 years, is a Thalasso Pool and prepared and equipped for Thalasso Therapy, and is therefore not a leisure pool, but a treatment pool, which has a beneficial effect on adults, but can have negative effects on children. As an alternative to the missing indoor pool we offer several heated outdoor pools. Independently of the season, at least two of our pools in the Resort are heated. The Falésia pool, children’s pool and the saltwater pool had temperatures between 28 and 30ºC during the month of May. We also regret if you did not feel comfortable with the meeting taking place in our Resort. Outside of holiday periods, we also accommodate groups for incentives, meetings, golf or conferences in our Hotel. However, most of them are small groups, relatively unnoticed by our individual guests. When we have larger groups, we always try to reduce the impact that the stay of a big group might have by trying to accommodate functions in separate rooms in order to avoid any kind of consternation that some guests might feel, but, obviously, it is not possible, to completely separate corporate guests from other guests.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience we might have caused and we hope that despite of this we will be able to welcome you back to our Resort.

Kind regards

Lourenço Ribeiro
General Manager
Grande Real Santa Eulália
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of TripAdvisor LLC
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“Superb”

Grande Real Santa Eulalia Resort

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5 of 5 stars
Porto, Portugal
27 May 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

5 stars hotel in everyway! I´ve to say, that this is what i call a great hotel. Form the incredible beach in front of the hotel (wich i wasnt able to use cause it was november) to the great Le Club (disco), i´ve really enjoyed my stay at the hotel. The rooms was huge, and extremly clean, the staff where always very polite, the Pergula restaurant was also very very good, and of course, the garden around the pool with a great sea view was also very pleasent.

Must say that wasnt able to use all the facilities from the hotel because i was on business, but the 3 nights that i spent there where really good providing quality time.

It doesnt even compares to Real Bella Vista, aldo the price of course it quite diferent. This is in fact, the negative point of this hotel. It isnt cheap, but when you want some luxury, you have to pay for it, so you wont regreat your money.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — The view and the rooms
    • Disliked — The price i guess
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC
Power_guido's Summary
Date of Stay: November 2006
Travelled with: Business colleagues
Visit was for: Business
Age group: 25-34
Member since: 17 June 2007
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location (e.g., convenience, views)
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
    • 5 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
Absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
An Amazing Honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older Travellers, Great pool scene, Families with Small Children, Families with Teenagers, tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young Singles
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Management Response
Hoteis_Real_Alg, General Manager
(Management representative)
13 Jun 2008
Dear guest,
We would like to thank you for your kind review. It is always gratifying and motivating to learn that guests have an enjoyable experience in our Resort with a high-quality and courteous service, we always try to provide. As mentioned by you, the Grande Real Santa Eulália is more expensive than his sister Hotel Real Bellavista, as the Grande Real is a 5 star hotel and the Real Bellavista is a 4 star Hotel, recommendable for guests who prefer a slightly more casual holiday.
We hope that we will be able to welcome you back to one of our Hotels in the near future.

Kind regards

Lourenço Ribeiro
General Manager
Grande Real Santa Eulália
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of TripAdvisor LLC
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Average price*: £193 (year-round)
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“stunning”

Grande Real Santa Eulalia Resort

27 May 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

This is the best hotel I have ever stayed in. Certainly deserves its 5 star status. Beautiful location, staff could not have been more friendly.

5 minutes walk to Albufeira centre.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — enjoyed absolutely everything, attention to detail etc.
    • Disliked — nothing
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taylorcat's Summary
Date of Stay: May 2008
Travelled with: Spouse / significant other
Visit was for: Quality time with family
Age group: 50-64
Member since: 27 March 2007
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location (e.g., convenience, views)
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 5 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
Absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
An Amazing Honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older Travellers, Great pool scene, Families with Small Children, tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young Singles
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Beach / Sun
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Management Response
Hoteis_Real_Alg, General Manager
(Management representative)
13 Jun 2008
Dear guest,

Thank you very much for your kind comment and positive feedback about our Hotel. We gladly noted that you enjoyed your stay with us and hope that we will have the pleasure of welcoming you back to our Resort soon.

Kind regards

Lourenço Ribeiro
General Manager
Grande Real Santa Eulália
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of TripAdvisor LLC
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Average price*: £193 (year-round)
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“A piece of heaven on earth”

Grande Real Santa Eulalia Resort

23 May 2008

I just passed a week of vacations with my girlfriend at this superb resort and all we can say is that they really know how to please a client. Anyway, we really didn't felt treated as clients, but as friends. The room was very very nice, with a fantastic individual jacuzzi in the garden. We also spent some days doing thalasso therapy in their inside pool, one of the things we really enjoyed more! Massages at the SPA are also very recomended. The hotel is quite close to the beach, you can walk and enjoy the lovely blue ocean at Santa Eulalia beach. And we cant forget the restaurants, they have a big offer. We just loved Le Club, with cosmopolitan athmosfere and great food. Also a splendid view. Anyway, we loved our vacations and we are looking forward to pass another great time there. Ah... last but not the least, I'm gonna miss the champagne after breakfast, looking at the ocean!

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — The SPA, the food, and the view!
    • Disliked — We enjoyed it all!
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Sushifriend's Summary
Date of Stay: May 2008
Travelled with: Spouse / significant other
Visit was for: Romantic getaway
Age group: 25-34
Member since: 23 May 2008
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location (e.g., convenience, views)
    • 5 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 5 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
Absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
An Amazing Honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Great pool scene, Families with Small Children, Families with Teenagers, tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young Singles, pet owners
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Beach / Sun, Great food / Wine, Spa, Other
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Management Response
Hoteis_Real_Alg, General Manager
(Management representative)
6 Jun 2008
Dear guest,

Thank you very much for your kind review. We are very pleased that you enjoyed your stay with us and especially to learn that you “felt like home” in our Resort, as this is exactly the kind of experience we want to provide.
We look forward to welcome you back to our Resort soon and remain at your disposal for any kind of assistance you might require.
Kind regards

Lourenço Ribeiro
General Manager
Hotéis Real Algarve
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of TripAdvisor LLC
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Average price*: £193 (year-round)
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“superb spa”

Grande Real Santa Eulalia Resort

14 May 2008

I live in the Algarve but even so it is good to experience a break away from home sometimes and the Santa Eulália Resort was a great place to get away from it all.
It is right on the beach which is wonderful. The food was excellent, especially in Pérgola restaurant. But my favourite treat was the Thalasso Spa with its huge pool and different jet stations. A couple of hours of that with the sauna and steam room totally refreshed and revived me each day - bliss!

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — very comfortable rooms, beautiful ocean view
    • Disliked — took time to get used to idea of two different lifts for different sides of the hotel!
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC
missalgarve's Summary
Date of Stay: March 2008
Travelled with: Solo traveler
Visit was for: Quality time with family
Age group: 50-64
Member since: 14 May 2008
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location (e.g., convenience, views)
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
    • 4 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
Absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
An Amazing Honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Older Travellers, Great pool scene, tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
pet owners
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Beach / Sun, Great food / Wine, Spa
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Management Response
Hoteis_Real_Alg, General Manager
(Management representative)
6 Jun 2008
Dear guest,
We herewith would like to thank you for your feedback.
We are glad that you had an enjoyable and relaxing stay at our Resort, and that, especially, our Spa was according to your expectations.
We hope that we will be able to welcome you back for a relaxing break at the Real Spa Thalasso and our Resort.
Kind regards

Lourenço Ribeiro
General Manager
Hotéis Real Algarve
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of TripAdvisor LLC
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Average price*: £193 (year-round)
Call now to book: 1-800-454-6835 from hotels.com

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Address: Praia De St Eulalia | P.O. Box 2445, Albufeira 8200-916, Portugal