Agua Hotels Alvor Jardim

Um Hotel muito acolhedor e sossegado, excelente atendimento, funcionários simpáticos, um bom quarto, pequeno almoço variado, uma boa piscina e com bom estacionamento.

Friendly staff Nice breakfast Good location for the town Good facilities in general but could do with an improved bar Kettle in room but no t bags or milk Wouldn't say it was a 4star hotel Lovely clean rooms

The hotel is ok but was disappointed not to have a room with a balcony ..wasn’t expecting that and it wasn’t ideal but the staff were nice enough

I'd stayed at the Alvor Jardim a year ago and knew what to expect; I'm perfectly happy with this hotel. Some reviewers seem to be expecting an awful lot given the very reasonable room rates here. Is it a four star hotel? Probably nearer three star, but that's not a criticism. The staff are all lovely and very helpful, the entire hotel is spotlessly clean and rooms are serviced every day. I had booked a studio room with balcony on the second floor and this was spacious, comfortable and had plenty of storage space, although not many drawers for stuff as others have pointed out. The kitchenette provided a fridge, electric hob and microwave plus cutlery and crockery. The large bathroom - again spotless - featured a (powerful) walk-in shower plus all the usual stuff you'd find in a bathroom along with a hair dryer and socket for an electric shaver. Towels and bathmat were changed every other day and decent shower gel and hand soap are provided. The double bed was comfortable although the pillows could have perhaps have been a bit less soft. Easy to use electric window blinds allow you to let in as much or as little light as you want, and, in my room at least, the aircon was both quiet and very effective. The breakfast buffet is fine, there's enough choice there to suit most tastes and there's no limit to how much you can have. Yes, the breakfast room is below ground level, but it still has natural light and - to be honest - it serves its purpose perfectly well. As others have mentioned, the hotel's new manager hosts an informal weekly drinks meeting with guests at which you can suggest any areas for improvement - he listens and is clearly keen to make every stay as good for guests as he possibly can, Lastly, although the hotel is some distance from the sea front, it's position on the edge of town means that it's away from the hustle and bustle but only a five to ten minute walk to Alvor's many shops, bars and restaurants. In conclusion, I'd say that Agua Hotels Alvor Jardim is an excellent budget hotel that is well-maintained, in a great location, with friendly and welcoming staff and a manager who is determined to make things even better. I would 100% stay at this hotel again.

I would like to say that my review most certainly does not reflect on the manager or his staff, who were without exception, extremely friendly and courteous. The manager held early Thursday evening drinks receptions with the guests in order to get to know them, and to receive feedback from those who were staying there. The location is an easy 10 minute walk into the centre of the town and a rather more determined ~ 15 minutes walk, through the town, to boardwalks over the dunes to the beach. Further lovely inland walks were also easily accessible from the hotel. The location was one of the hotel's strongest points. I must point out however, that this is absolutely NOT by any stretch of the imagination, a 4 star hotel, rather a 2 or 3 star. We stayed in a Superior Double room. The room was large, clean and brightly decorated and had a large balcony with distant views of both the beach and Alvor Harbour. The furnishings in the room however, were extremely cheap. I joked to my wife that the room looked like it had been furnished from the bargain basement of IKEA - until we saw labels on the furniture from .. IKEA!! Whilst there was a very useful fridge and safe, there was not a single drawer in the room, meaning that apart from using a couple of open shelves, we spent our time living out of our suitcases. The room was also extremely poorly designed - no mirrors where you would expect to see them, no dressing table (or drawers!) all of which could easily have been fitted into the room. The bathroom was very large, but contained only a sink, toilet and walk - in shower. Bizarrely, the window in the shower (the only source of ventilation in the room) opened onto the balcony of the room next door!! It was as if the designer had never actually stayed in a hotel!! The towels were replaced on a rather random basis, but several of the towels we were given were frayed and even had holes in them! We found out during our stay, that it had not originally been designed as a hotel, but had been converted from an old people's home! The breakfast room was on the lower ground floor. It had high level windows and no views whatsoever. Again, it had been furnished cheaply and was more like a canteen. Breakfast was the same each day, with the same limited hot and cold options (and I must say, lovely fresh fruit and pastries). There were no cooked options - you couldn't request an omelette for example, but we did request fried eggs. There is no bar in the evening - just a few bottles behind a very small reception and a couple of settees. The pool was a great disappointment. It was more like a large plunge pool and you certainly couldn't do more than a few strokes from one end to the other. Despite the hotel having ~ 80 double rooms, there were only 40 sun loungers - and only 14 fixed sun shades. Despite the hotel's policy of not "reserving" sun loungers, we found that if you hadn't done so before going to breakfast at 8am, you stood no chance

Lovely hotel just a few minutes walk to the town centre and another couple of minutes to the beach or seafront harbour. The staff are amazing and the breakfast is good too. The pool area isn’t too big and sometimes if it’s busy, it’s difficult to get a sunbed but over all I would definitely recommend it and I will very likely return 😀