Location excellent, 2 minute walk to the beach. People have mentioned ‘very steep’ steps - we didn’t find them very steep at all. Also plenty of restaurants, shops & supermarket within easy reach. I am totally confused by all of the reviews saying Clube Maria Luisa is at the bottom of a long hill! You barely notice it is a hill onto the main road of bars/restaurants. People also mentioned staff being rude - everyone we interacted with was very pleasant and helpful. Lovely quiet, family friendly resort. 2 bed apartments immaculate. Great pool area and beach access is unbeatable.

Kitchen facilities limited - just a hob and microwave and one small cupboard to keep any food in so don’t think you could do fully self-catered. Not enough storage/hooks to hang things on in rooms. Mirrors in bedrooms would be useful. Cleaning service hit & miss - turned up at 5ish twice - not a convenient time. Missed us totally on our last night.

• Parking: We travelled by car and the property was easy to find via GPS coordinates. Free parking was available in the hotel car park. • Keys: Check-in was quick and easy, and we got the keys from the receptionist who was kind and welcoming. • First impression: The whole property was spacious and clean with swimming pools in the centre of the circular structure. There was a lift at the far end, but we took the stairs as it was just one floor, • Kitchen & Bathroom: The kitchen was very well equipped with a kitchen sink, microwave, fridge and cooking utensils, etc. The bathroom too was clean and spacious, with a bathtub and good hot water. As we were four in the family, we had to wait for the hot water tank to heat up before the next person could shower, but it was not a problem at all as we were in no hurry at all. • Bedroom: The apartment was large and spacious, with a luxurious feel. The bedroom had a large bed with good supply of blankets in the wardrobes. There was a sofa with a pull-out bed underneath it in the living room. The linen was clean and the beds were comfortable.. • Amenities: There was free wifi but it was quite slow as Netfix was not streaming, a lounge area with pool table, and swimming pool (which was not being used as it was December). There was the facility to pay for breakfast, and ability to mingle with the other guests and easy access to the nearby beach. • Conclusion: We just needed a comfortable accommodation for the night for a family of four, and this property met all our expectations, and we would be happy to stay there on our next visit.

I liked staff help, I asked them to print out my boarding pass and they had no problem with it. They initially didn’t provide iron I had to ask twice , no complains just writing this so that they can improve their service. Overall good maintained property. They fulfilled all my pre requests that I made during my booking. Staff was very helpful.

Two things: again telling this so that the ow era can improve their services. I do not mean to in necessarily criticise. 1) breakfast was not very good, very less variety, and refills were mostly for crosswinds and nothing else. They were charging €8 per adult but I felt the quantity and quality of breakfast didn’t meet the expectation. After two days we prepared our own. Real fast. 2) on the last day we noticed that cleaning lady was using the mob to clean the inside of the toilet (commode). This is very very unhygenic. I felt very bad when I saw this. As rest of thnx e toilet was mopped with the same thing. Please instruct your cleaning staff not to do this. Someone can catch an disease eorh this practise

the friendly staff, peaceful surroundings, close to the beech , so clean

it was a fantastic place and I would go again but it lacks a proper bar not a big one just maybe beer on draft and a proper place to have food as we had 3 children and maybe just a little section of the reception to have burgers , pizzas, chips etc . everyone I spoke to at the hotel said it would be nice to have a little bar and restaurant so the people staying there wouldn’t have to leave the apartments and go look for food . yous would make a fortune if yous had this . but it’s still a fabulous place

the location by beautiful beach is amazing, calm and quiet area, feels chilled and relaxed, great staff, great apartment for a lower budget.

There was nothing open as bar, restaurant at hotel or near by, the food for vegetarian or biological was hard to find, there was no recycling at hotel.

I loved the peace and quiet, the pool and grounds were fabulous and loads of room around the pool area. The staff were lovely "especially Katia" they were very accomadating to our family needs and looked after us very well. We had a two bed family room with small balcony beside the kiddie pool, it was amazing.

Inside the pool was quite dirty with lots of small insects and needed to be cleaned,im sure it's done weekly but maybe in busier seasons it could be done more often.

The apartment was updated. It was nice to have a renovated room. Loved the close proximity to the beach.

It was small apartment for a family of five especially since our children are grown. The first day a cleaning lady entered our room on our way out to clean and luckily we can back early from the beach. The door to the apartment was left open. Otherwise the complex was nice overall and great location to the beach. Front desk service was great. Also think that a safe should be included in the price and not an extra.

Staying here was an absolute pleasure. There was a fantastic atmosphere and the staff were very hospitable and knowledgeable. The facilities were fantastic also. The location was fantastic for exploring the area and there is a beautiful quiet beach just a short walk away. I couldn't recommend the place more highly.

Having to leave

The renovated appartments are modern and beautiful. It is very lean and lovely decorated. The stuff is very helpful and friendly. The garden and pool is lovely as I remembered it from former stays. Its my 4 th stay here. Its just a minute walk to the beach. Its the best location I had in all my stays at the Algarve and I will come back soon.

I missed the bathtub and the washing machine which we had before modernisation. Before I had the same roomsize for myself or 2 people. I thought for 6 people it would be a bigger room or two appartments changed into one or something like that. But this was my misunderstanding.

Great location Fab Pool and grass Spacious Apartments

Air con in room didn’t work Receptionist on during the day so rude and miserable, a real pity as her colleague on in the evening was lovely Weekend resort used by local resident families who took all loungers, not great when you have paid and it just taken over