This is a quaint little hotel quite far out nothing to do in the vicinity really , theres a lidl bout 15 mins walk down the road no other shops near, bus stop next to lidl very cheap into quarteira and vilamoura, but there was a free shuttle bus hotel put on several times a day return which was good, staff weren't very friendly some rude , not helpful did not tell you anything, drinks didnt start till 11am n finished at 10 on all inc if i would have known this i wouldn't have booked here, bar staff a slow and early in day there was often no one manning the bar at all there was a bell but if you rang staff were rude , i dont expect to be waited on hand and foot but i was a guest there and expected to be treated as such, we were told to finish one drink before coming for another but you often has to wait long periods and if you order cocktails or sangria thy look past you and serve some else i stood there one day an was asked what i wanted then she served 3 other people while i stood there because there drinks were easier, food was nice and hot but got boring after a few days of similar food not much choice and was served every meal in chaffing dishes and a small buffet which the chef who was very polite nicest staff member there, served you from thy did have a vrry good salad bar which i and my siser particularly liked, bfst was a joke really 2 chaffing dishes pilled up high with fried eggs left till thy turned green i asked for fresh once and was asked why, dont you like these i said no so she got me 2 lovely fresh eggs only once though i asked again another day waitress same one looked annoyed and never returned with them, evening meal was better as was lunch, served similar but at least you could have normal size plates bfst served on side plates , pool was nice we didnt have a problem getting a lounger but there was not a lot of them round pool thy had a garden with more but the loungers wernt in good condition, on the whole grounds are maintained well i have to say , the manager an elderly man was very miserable indeed not inviting at all there were a few people we met who were really nice and gave us tips on what was available within hotel as we had no clue, also theres a notice up to tell u bout meals which states you can choose off a smack menu or have buffet at lunch this is not the case you have a buffet thats it snack menu is chargeable, the rooms were massive cleaned every day with fresh towels , aircon was ok after messing with remote to turn it up it was very hot at night but had to turn off in morning was chilly then, on the whole we did enjoy our holiday but because we made most of it and I'm not the type to complain,we got out and about a lot so didnt spend all out time here so if you use as a base or had a car i would recommend, if your fussy in any way it is not for you, i recommended albufura had great day out there also great day trip from the marina 7hr cruise frm there and a lovely hidden beach and dingy ride into caves with bbq on the beach best day we had amazing actually.