Indoor pool, outdoor pool

Reviews of Alfamar Beach & Sport Resort

3.5 out of 5
Alfamar Beach & Sport Resort
Rua Class Hollmann, S/N, Albufeira, Faro District

Reviews

7.0

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 29 out of 189 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 84 out of 189 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 46 out of 189 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 19 out of 189 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 11 out of 189 reviews" "

7.0/10

Cleanliness

6.8/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Amenities

6.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Jean

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good place to stay.
Great location, on the beach side. good value for money (At least this time) I will certainly be on it again when there
View form room 224
View form the garden
Moonshine on the beach view form room 224
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

AJ, Yorkshire

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location. Great view from balcony. A bit tired decor. Super value. Brill selection for breakfast.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

PETER

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I´l be back in some weeks
Really great sea view, average breakfast, very nice hotel
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service
One reception staff very unfriendly and officious All other staff were fine
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great facilities and location. The hotel is very clean and we loved the breakfast.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

LK

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Disliked: Staff & service
Fantastic beach location. Property tired & much in need of re-furb. Restaurant & Bar Staff rude & fail to provide a friendly personable service.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Hotel has a special extra amazing extras, included for holidaymakers, such as Music entertainment every night, super bar facilities, along with a food menu . Also, there are lovely loungers and sunbeds around the gardens , and around the pool area. This is a magical oasis.
Stayed 9 nights in Sep 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Literally the worst hotel I have ever stayed in. Staff don’t care, food dreadful, breakfast disgraceful, rooms are spartan, dirty and tatty. Air con doesn’t work. Smells of drains mostly. No redeeming features whatsoever! If you view a holiday as a punishment similar to a spell in prison, this is the place for you. Otherwise, so anything in your power to avoid this hell hole.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

2/10 Terrible

Lidia

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very rude staff
Reception staff was rude and treat clients as if we were just numbers. Restaurant staff had no training at all and answered requests with rudeness and even threats. There is no safety as hotel does not control at all who is inside or using the facilities, anyone can go in. It is not a 4stars hotel at all. Only positive point is location right on the beach. Very expensive for what you get!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Daniel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

Danina, London

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location is unbeatable but this is NOT a 4 star property. From check in which took so long and was not friendly at all (the receptionists were rude and dismissive and unhelpful - basically doing us a favour to book a taxi for the next day!) to the very basic rooms (a few measly sachets for shampoo and shower gel) to the dirty sheets and pillow cases (changed towels were rough, old and not clean) and no cleaning under the beds , a look under the bed made me feel so disgusted, dust and dirt everywhere. The safe which required a deposit and then the handing over of a lock that had to be popped in. Nothing was explained when we arrived and the literature in the room was so sparse. There were insects in the room and my wife suffered skin infection after our stay. Dinner was stressful as so much pushing and the plates and glasses dirty. We were required to wear wristbands that didnt come off for duration of stay and when checked out which took so long, I asked if they could confirm the pre-booked airport shuttle arrival time (as the flight was delayed) this was dismissed by the receptionist as: "this is between you and the company" I explained that I had paid for the hotel and expected basic service of a telephone call to just reassure me and was met with a shrug and an eventual sullen call through to the shuttle services (as if doing us a favour) - the location unbeatable and the weather fantastic but the hotel - UGHHH
Stayed 9 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Ambiente bom comida boa espaço exterior excelente. Quartos um pouco desatualizados.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2019

2/10 Terrible

Claire Jodane

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don’t chose this hotel
The staff of the hotel wasn’t welcoming at all. The check-in was very long. They would talk between them even though we were waiting not even saying they would be with us in a moment. The lady who welcomed us didnt crack a smile the whole time she was checking us in. Plus the cards she gave is didnt work for the lights and A/c in our room. What was advertised on hotel.com wasn’t what we received over there. 1. The beach umbrellas arent included its 15€ per day 2. The gym is not on site and you have to pay extra 3. There are no watersports on site 4. The activities offered by the staff weren’t professionnal at all the pilates class was more like a stretching class and the young lady didnt seem to want to be there or to know what she was doing. She seemed bored and annoyed.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
I can’t understand why this place has 4 stars. It’s vsry misleading. Extremely dated, terribly uncomfortable beds and pillows. Indoor pool wasn’t open. Breakfast was “industrial”.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Close to the beach but we paid for a sea view room only to be given a land view one. After much negotiation we managed to get one. Rooms are a good size with a noisy fridge we had to unplug every night.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Only location saves this hotel.
Old hotel that seems to have stopped in time , everything,really everything is old and rusty,, the room is similar to a hospital room no confort at all and everything is damaged , old toilets , this hotel should close and be tottally renewed , from bottom to the roof , everything! Very poor breakfast, ham and cheese is the cheapest you can get in Portugal,juice from a machine made with powder etc etc... Reception does the minimum , no effort to be nice or helpfull. ..Parking area not taken care..inside pool is scary, the villas are old old old inside ,beds, couches ,everything! and the 2 outside apartment buildings are even worst , they seem the "gueto" buildings in Portugal! The only good thing about this hotel is the location... literally inside the beach...everything else is bad and urgently in need of being repaired !
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Mihaela, Haywards Heath

Nice hotel near the beach with lovely view, food very good I mean the breakfast plenty of diverse food ,the room need some refurbishement I mean the fitings in the room is old the wood things is old.When I took the room was really unclean floor and toilet with stains. Too quiet no music outside at pool no entertainment inside pool need some refurbish but at that price was ok.If you want to eat lunch or supper is very expensive 20pounds per person.Whith bus you can visit Albufeira town and Quarteira who is very good for shopping.
Stayed 8 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Cheap and great location
It was ok
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

6/10 Okay

Jonny, Lancs

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel itself was very nice, unfortunately it is quite isolated, near nothing and i felt quite captive. Being a resident on breakfast omly, i thought i would be able to find plenty of eating establishments close by, but certainly not the case therefore i had to eat in the hotel, which was expensive for the food choice. Would not go back!
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I hate stay there. The only thing positive was the location.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018

2/10 Terrible

Marty, Portugal

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just an awful place, don't really know where to start. Staff seems miserable and is not helpful at all. The hotel must have been built in 1970s and hasn't been renovated since. Pool small and insufficient. Nowhere to park. Small (and public) beach. Hotel has no beach concession. Really a bad property.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

Stina, London

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic location with beautiful beach but....
Interior of hotel very tired and dated, room furnishings old and tattered, AC does not work so uncomfortable to sleep. Hotel would benefit from better public transport as service is infrequent and stops around 6-7pm. Taxis expensive to Vilamoura or Albufeira, between 15-17 euros each way. On the positive note the sea view room on the 7th floor had the most amazing views and there is stunning walks along the beach or the cliff tops of which you can walk all the way to Vilamoura or Olhos de Água. The walk to Vilamoura marina entrance takes about 1 hour then a further 20 minutes or so to actually walk into the centre of the Marina. Breakfast and dinner at the hotel is OK . There is a selection to choose from and it’s nice to sit on the outdoor terrace and take in the view whilst having your meal. There is no English speaking entertainment. If you stay here it’s recommended you hire a car as there is lots of lovely places to visit.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

Jenny, London

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beach and Pool
The hotel would have quite the place in its hey day. Now it’s very dated and tired. However, still hugely popular with Portuguese families coming for long periods in the summer. The huge pool is great and a fantastic beach right on the doorstep. The buffet meals are good value at €20 or €10 for under 11s. The rooms are clean, but dated and basic. Not sure why it’s called sports hotel. It’s a very cheap base camp with pool and beach. No frills. Very very few other Brits. Surprisingly really good Wi-fi by pool.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2018

2/10 Terrible

Rodrigo, Porto

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Internet now working ever, bugs in the room, super uncomfortable matresses, staff that doesnt care anout guests, no SPa available (please correct on the description), and gym is not for free and its not on the facility.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Michael, Gonar Spain

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great 3 day break
Amazing included breakfast, could not ask for more...All expectations met during a 3 day break from our holiday home in Spain. Fantastic beaches nearby + great onsite facilities swimming pools, sauna, jacuzzi and grounds. Possibly some areas may be due a little refurbishment. We had a suite in the main Hotel. Friendly helpful staff. Will come back if deals are still available...

8/10 Good

Shuhana, London, United Kingdom

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice stay near the beach
The resort itself was nice, I chose a sea view option. However, only was given a pool view with no sorry for it. The room service was good. The inclusive breakfast was good, it would have been better for the food to be labelled as we didn't know what some of the food were and what ingredients were in them. The access to the beach was fantastic and the cliff was amazing when catching a sunset. All in all a good stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2017

6/10 Okay

David

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Some staff were very ignorant
Our room, was over the kitchen and we could hear the voices of the staff even when they were only talking. The sound of constant cutlery and pans banging wasn't very relaxing. The noise on the balcony was equally upsetting as we spent every night on there listening to pots and pans being cleaned and banged around as our infant in the cot necessitated our being in the room/balcony for long periods of time which was explained at check-in. We did initially ask for a room change which was rejected unless we were willing to pay an additional €161.00. Security is a big problem as our room was the first door you come to if you walk up the fire exit stairs through the constantly open emergency exit door. Blackout curtains had numerous holes in and one window had a thin Roman Blind which did not help us to get or keep our 1 Year Old asleep.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

sophia, swansea

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great hotel, combining training with relaxation
we stayed for 10 days for a warm weather training break, facilities were very good, food was excellent and the staff were helpful. great location too
Stayed 10 nights in Jun 2017

4/10 Poor

Americans

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rude staff, dated rooms, and old facilities!
Staff acted like they were doing you a favor. Rude and not interested in your well being. Rooms are dated, ugly and dirty. Facilities are not air conditioned, it's too hot and uncomfortable. Building is old and needs maintenance. Parking is chaotic and disorganized.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Al

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Weekly, not nightly resort.
Hard to find location on a nice beach. Home to large tour groups from other EU countries. More suited for weekly vacations with kids than an overnight stop particularly as it is difficult to get to. Limited local eateries.
Stayed 1 night in May 2017

6/10 Okay

Pete, Southampton, UK

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Okay hotel. Beach very close. Nice pools.
Arrived just before 9pm. Was told that the restaurant was closing so we had to walk off site to get a meal. Only two beds were made up in the triple room, the guy at reception got me some bedding for the sofa bed, but I was left to make it up myself. Otherwise it was okay.

6/10 Okay

Sheliza, London

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Nice hotel and breakfast, poor customer service
No customer service. Never a smile. If you have an enquiry, it will be answered, but again, no proper service. They ooze boredom/no excitement. The hotel itself is large and located on top of the cliffs where you can hike into city centre 1hour 30minutes) or walk straight onto the beach no more than a 15/20 meters. It's beautiful. Absolutely stunning. Breakfast was delicious. LOTS of options, very much enjoyed this. There is nothing else you can do there, therefore higher a car or Uber to travel around the city. A small convenient shop is 300 meters from the front of the Hotel which was ideal. If you're looking for a peaceful getaway with no intention to do much, this is the place.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Old style, weak breakfast, wifi payable
Hotel was disappointing. We expected a much better location and an updated hotel, which is still as it was last century. No free wifi was very disappointing as well.

8/10 Good

helena, suffolk

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relaxing,almost on the beach hotel.
very quiet , relaxing hotel,we did go in may!, very near to the beach fof a . sunset stroll before bedtime, breakfast included very good value, nice garden view room, watch the lights go on over boliqueime and hillside in the distance before bedtime, change over morning noisy cleaners, but a very enjoyable stay,we would definately go there again.

6/10 Okay

Mick, Ontario

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Alfamar - Faux 4 star!
First night our room had no AC - tried to switch and after much bartering and the hotel admitting it wasn't working it worked itself out. They call themselves 4 star - well in my experiences 4 star are not full of nickel and dime amenities. Deposits for pool towels, having to pay for WIFI, pay for a safe - all little things that add up and detract from the experience. The junior suite was nice but the beds were not all that comfortable and the pillows - well let's just say bring your own as they are awful!!!

6/10 Okay

Claudia , Burton on Trent, England

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Wi fi & Location
Wifi: the hotel has NO free wifi but this is not the most serious thing. The most serious thing is that they sell a wifi voucher BUT they don't tell you that there is NO signal in some areas I.e. Your bedroom. Why staff don't alert the guets about this ? Location: it is far away from everything . There are only 2 small supermarkets around (10 min walk) and that's it. You will need a car or taxi (16 euros if you ask the hotel to arrange it for you, and cheaper if you call the Radio taxi yourself) to go anywhere.

8/10 Good

Martin, England

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Beach Holiday
This older style hotel (1978) is based in one of the very best locations on the Algarve for a Beach Holiday. The rooms are comfortable rather than pristine and some areas are rather tired, however the views, location and food make up for the shortcomings also great walks along the red sandstone cliffs and fabulous long clean beach with white sand and azure blue sea, brilliant.

10/10 Excellent

Graham, Berkshire UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent for athletes
We have stayed here 4 times now for daughter's warm weather training. It is an excellent base being close to the cross country course and having the athletics track and gym (though gym facilities could be improved).

6/10 Okay

jenny, london

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel close to beach
Very good location but hotel in desperate need of refurbishment pool good but very poor sun loungers and only six umbrellas available, at least 40 needed. The food was good in restaurant but again furniture is broken and frayed. Entertainment very poor and very noisy. General maintenance of grounds is in a poor state of neglect. Are the owners planning to demolish or replace this hotel?

8/10 Good

Joao Manuel, Lisbon, Portugal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Beach hotel
It is an hotel in the best beach of Algarve:Falésia and this hotel is very close to the sea

10/10 Excellent

Lorraine, Warrington, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel for chilling
We recently came back from this holiday. We stayed in th hotel and found our room to be very clean and welcoming. The air conditioner unit broke on our second day but was fixed within 30 minutes of reporting it. It was fantastic to walk straight onto the beach from the hotel but equally nice just to chill round the pool. When we go back though we will be hiring a car as there is not much around however there is a good bus service just down the road but the service stops quite early.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Definitely not 4 stars
The location is good if you like the beach. The room was OK. Great View of the pool and beach on the ocean front view rooms. The beach was nice. Water in the pool was cold and the air had been +35 c for the previous week. The bathroom only had 1 set of towels. The tub was old. The shampoo was in those little pouches that you have to tear open with your teeth if you don't have scissors. The cakes of soap were those small ones that I have seen in cheap motels all over. This room would be a 2.5 at most. The supper buffet was OK and breakfast was open at 7 as compared to later at most other motels. Be sure to get there early or there will be a wait.

8/10 Good

Susana

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Joao

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantástico em cima da Praia da Falésia
A localização do hotel é extraordinária, piscina também de grande qualidade... o edifício e aldeamento é que precisa de uma remodelação.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2020

2/10 Terrible

luiz claudio

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Decepção
O Hotel está decadente, os móveis do quarto quebrados, os estofados com aspecto de sujos! É muito desconfortável ficar no quarto, pois o aspecto é horrível.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

ManuSali, La Rochelle

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
vue sur la mer, positionnement de l'hôtel, bon petit déjeuner
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020