Solar Das Palmeiras

stayed here for 9 days, because the main hotel we booked had some problems so they put me and my mum in here. (sister hotel). awful. they said they where fully booked, but we where the only guests staying there. not a soul around. weird. Plus the reception is not located on the grounds, there is nothing there. around the pool had no sun loungers or seating. Beds are VERY HARD to sleep on. TV channels all in Portuguese. no WIFI. no anything. Smelly drains too. Yuck!. Very quiet area.

If you are looking for a inexpensive holiday this is for you. The rooms are tired but spotlessly clean, the rooms are light and airy plenty of room, and lovely outlook from the balcony. The against was no WiFi and tv in Portugese, but what can you expect for the money? We stayed in a guest house in Cornwall for one night for what we paid for a week here. You can walk into Vilamoura in about 20mins. Could be cold in the winter as no heating.

We were a family group of 10, aged between 1 and 86 and have just returned from this villa. We arrived quite late at night but were greeted by the villa manager Benita, who let us in and gave us a tour of the villa. The villa is truly amazing. It is so big and spacious and stunning. The villa itself is very well equipped with plenty of cups/plates/chairs/seating areas/glasses etc. Just a few more mugs would have been nice. The villa is so spacious we had plenty of room for everybody without feeling cramped. There was one room on the ground floor which had a little section to it where they had put a cot and was a perfect room for my sister to have her 2 young children in with her. If I had to find a negative, which is hard, it would have to be what is described as the kids swimming pool. It is smaller in size than the main pool, but it is still very deep, so not really suitable for young children who are non swimmers. Also the 15 minute walk to the town as described wasn't suitable for us. We attempted it one evening but it is a very sandy track you have to follow, which included quite a steep slope and what felt like a walk through a field. We took a pushchair and this was not possible to do with a pushchair, it was also getting dark so headed back when we spotted a house, but not sure which part of town we would have arrived in, if we had carried on through the field. The villa manager was also very helpful and was easily contactable and sorted out our queries very quickly for us. Loved this villa and we would go back.