Martinhal Sagres Beach Family Resort Hotel

Overall it is a solid 4.5 star hotel and experience. The location is unbeatable, with breath-taking beach and sea view just off the front desk, as well as our beach room. The beach room is highly recommended for someone into the ocean view. The facility and staff are great. The Mercado even sells medicine (we got Gasvicon) which my wife could use the day we were there. The only downside that makes it not a full 5 star is that the room, decoration, and furniture are a bit outdated.

Of all the amazing places we stayed in different parts of Portugal we sure had high hopes for this one. This was by far the most expensive and we opted for a villa because of the private pool and our multigenerational family stay that required a larger space. The villa we stayed in listed it had AC but it was only in the main living area. There was no AC in the bedrooms and I had to ask twice for a fan in order to sleep comfortably. We had no hot water for 3 of the 4 days. The key to secure the back door where anyone could walk up from the public beach didn’t work. Martinhal Sagres is very tailored to tourists. No Portuguese people here which may be great for some but to us it did not feel like Portugal especially with the prices and the tipping expectations. I tried to get something back given all the issues but the manager (Rui) said to leave a review of the issues so the owners fix them. I explained that they allow the private owners to rent to their clients so I was offered 50% off my invoice which consisted of 2 breakfasts and kids clubs for total reimbursement of $196. We ended up going off site or cooking our meals because prices are very inflated on the resort and food was good but not great. While the resort is clean, well-kept and the staff overall was kind and courteous, it was our most expensive stay in Portugal and likely would not return.

we had an amazing time here. Our 2 year old had so much fun. Kids are so well looked after.