Alfagar Alto da Colina

Overall, not bad but not good.

The rooms are badly in need of renovation but they are clean but very basic. The wi-fi is terrible and lasts only a few minutes before cut-out over and over again.

The pool is a good size and fine for kids big and small. The beaches is 20mins walk away.

Firstly, do not go Full board nor Half board.The dinner buffet was awful. It's made for kids- chips, pizza, spaghetti etc - but adult food is sadly lacking. The quality is poor and bland. Steaks are all fat no meat, pasta overcooked and lasagne was like rubber, fish looked unappealing. Horrible so don't bother. We waited 45mins for a drinks order that never showed. €22a head was a complete waste of money.

However, in contrast, the breakfast buffet is really good. Lots of choice, freshly cooked. Fruit juice is cheap rubbish but plenty of other options.

The worst thing of all are the entertainers. They are beyond awful and very annoying. 10am, 12pm, 3pm the guy comes out, plugs in his speaker and starts yelling utter gibberish non-stop for an hour in broken English. It's the same 10 songs every time on a loop blasted out. There is NO peace by the pool at all.

At night the entertainers are just as annoying. My son and I were playing pool when the female African entertainer interrupted us three times and ask us to play music² bingo. She took my son's cue off him saying "I'm good at pool!". I told her to F off as 'No' clearly didn't work three times over.

There are 2 pool tables and an air hockey but it needs more arcade games as kids are running around at night bored causung mayhem. As the World Cup was in there was only 1 TV in the bar.

Overall, I won't stay there again.

We stayed here as a family of three adults and one child for a week. We stayed in a one bedroom apartment room 404. The apartment exceeded our expectations. It was a fantastic size and the views over the balcony were lovely. We could see the pool, the sea and the town. The apartment had everything we needed. We went self catering so I cannot comment on breakfast or dinner however we did eat at the Tavern bar and there was no complaints about the food. I would like to give a big shout out to Joanne at reception who managed to arrange a bed guard for the little one. Apparently these are quite hard to get so I would recommend bringing your own if you need one. Therethere were so many pools to choose from as you can use the pools across the whole complex however we stuck to the pool at the Colina. It could be a bit cold in the morning, however this was a welcome relief in the afternoon as the weather got hotter, and the pool did warmup. Everything was close by shops, restaurants and many beaches. The mini disco was fantastic and my granddaughter loved it. She went to the kids club twice which she enjoyed she’s never wanted to go to a kids club before so this was a first for her. I would highly recommend this hotel to anyone that is thinking about going to Portugal. I’m looking forward to the dates becoming available for next year.