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We last stayed at The Penina 27 years ago and I can honestly say that it has hardly changed. The hotel needs a complete facelift. Peeling paint on the hotel exterior is everywhere. Access to the golf driving range and other amenities is dreadful. At this time it is a bit like spot the guest. Sunday afternoon, just a maximum of 10 people at the pool. The restaurant likewise. Hardly any patrons and a total lack of atmosphere. The sad fact is that if people stop visiting, the hotel will die a miserable death. I cannot understand why there is a two tier system for wifi. Surely most hotels now offer this for free. On the plus side throughout the hotel the staff are delightful with many having been here for many years. There are about five restaurants but there never seems to be more than three open at any one time. They do offer very good food which is really inexpensive and of good quality. The buffet breakfast is extensive with more than enough choices. We would love to come next year and bring our whole family, but quite honestly I couldnt do that with what I have seen over the last 5 days. My view is that unless the management do something really proactive that with the intense competition elsewhere this once really lovely hotel is going to fail. Having said all of the above, the cost of the accommodation was competetive and good value. We have enjoyed ourselves and give all credit to the wonderful staff without whom this would be a very different place.

Positive points (Dom Joao II hotel, as both are adjacent and the villas have full use of the hotel’s facilities) Lovely hotel reception and grounds. Great pool. Nice breakfast and hard working staff Location - direct access to a fantastic beach and board walk- close enough to walk to town. Negative points The main issue we had was the standard of accommodation of the beach villas is not what is advertised or expected for the cost. The bathroom, decor and furniture is very outdated and the air conditioning unit was faulty in one bedroom. We were upstairs so the balcony was very small. It’s really a small 2 bed apartment- not a villa Although advertised there is no kids club to speak of- really just a room with one lady- only suitable for 3-4 year olds. We did feed this back to the staff and were relocated but to an identical villa- with the only addition being a sea view- which was lovely. They did compensate with a dinner but I felt compelled to write a review as we really felt the accommodation is not up to the standard expected for the cost.

The staff is great, the hotel is on the beach, the food service works very well and is of high quality. The SPA provided a great massage treatment, kudos to Anita! Plus the customer service, from the whole floor from Gabriela, to the front desk’s Helena and from the restaurant Mafalda. A great experience overall. A great place for your family vacation with the kids. Highly recommended!!

This was our 5th time staying at the AlvorMar, we normally travel as a couple but on this occassion our family of 5 travelled. The apartment was a 2 bedroom is was very spacious loads of room, beds where comfy, balcony huge, cooking facilities if required, fresh towels, bedlinen spotless, apartment cleaned every day except Sunday. We have stayed previous in the premium 1 bedroom we are exceptional also. The pool is fantastic with a great pool bar serving food and drink and roof terrace is perfect for great sea views and relaxing. Having travelled to Alvor on many occcasions without doubt the AlvorMar is the best place to stay. It is minutes to the gorgeous beach and seconds to the town. The staff are very friendly and helpful and its just the perfect location. Thank you AlvorMar for another great stay, we will be back in July.

The first night I stayed on the basement floor. At 2 o'clock in the evening, there were so many ants that I was so scared that I walked out of the mud and hundreds of them were scared to train all night! Change the room immediately on the first day and change the 3rd floor. Good colored ants! I don't know if the so-called super small wild food is worth it for breakfast. The room is big enough to have a terrace, the whole system of the hotel itself is not wrong, the underground is not good, there is free parking

Really had a comfortable stay at this resort. The room/bathroom although dated is spotless and cleaned daily if you choose. The Garden area has is fantastic and well maintained. The exterior has just been painted I seen it happen the interior must have been also painted recently cause it looked fresh and again spotless. The food anytime I visited was fine and never had an issue finding something, I didn't visit all the time cause I wanted to explore some dining and bars in the lovely town. Any staff I encountered where brilliant couldn't complain about any of them, in particular the bar staff at night I found to be extremely friendly. The only reason I didn't gave 5 stars is although comfortable the night time bar is not big enough if hotel is in full swing and to get a drink you would have to sit in exterior part and go upstairs to get a drink. One other watch out our transfer in was a minibus which was fine, but going out was a coach and I had to bring up 4 cases to the top of resort, which is quite a hill a few minutes walk if there is visitors with mobility issues this would need to be a concern. But quite simply put i had a fantastic stay in a clean friendly resort, with a choice of food with a lovely town which would be a 20 minute walk or 4-5 euro taxi, there is a complimentary bus in town but last run is at 1700 .