Real Marina Residence

Nearly everything

Uncomfortable bed

Staff was great, really goo location, no problem with parking. Big apartment with big balcony.

Quick service

The location is wonderful - on the waterfront and a short walk into the centre of Olhao, which is a lovely little town with tons of good restaurants. Also a great place to stay if you're travelling to the airport the next morning as it's only a 10 minute drive away. Our apartment was far bigger than we expected, nice and bright, clean and well-equipped, with views over the harbour and the cafes in the square. The breakfast in the hotel was great - a huge choice.

Our only slight negatives would be that the sofa bed wasn't very comfortable (our kids slept on it) - and it would be better to use the window-less dining room leading off the living room as a second bedroom instead, rather than relying on the sofa bed.

The spacious apartment was excellent. We come every year for the last 8 years and always stay in the hotel. We will definitely consider using the apartments again for future visits.

To be honest we were a little disappointed with the hotel reception as they don’t take into consideration we are regular guests to the arena. As being regular guests we simply asked for a change of towels over our 4 day stay and were told there is an additional cost of €15 and as we have already booked the hotel for 2020 we asked for a particular room we had previously used this year and were told to book on the internet. The reception member of staff was not helpful at all and was not interested in us informing him were were regular visitors. Our second stay this year and have booked for next year should constitute to some recognition as to being good customers but this was not evident.