Colina do Mar

Good location & nice rooftop pool. The aircon in the rooms could be better.

the hotel is just perfect to walk around albufeira (if you arrived by bus from Lisbon or Faro that is perfect )is just 5 minuts walk al the way down ,the room is big and they have kettle but not tea or coffee, has frigde,is good value for the money the beach just 10 mints walk is again 10 minuts from all the bars and nigth life in albufeiras .

We went as a family of 3 (including a 9yr old) to Juniper and this was our 1st trip to Portugal and overall, we had a good time. The rooms are decent and cleaned daily although the shower are a bit tricky to use. The beds are large, though have rock hard mattresses. The food is of decent quality for all 3 meals with a different daily theme for the evening one which could be better. I.e Indian night gives you 1 watery curry option available to all with little options to go with it I.e no naan choices so this could be better. However there is other food available as well! We were all inclusive so you get lots of choices of drinks for adults & children though only 1 lager choice which was a Portugese beer only which frustrated me. My daughter loved the slushie options as well as all the cake options throughout the day! The staff are friendly throughout the hotel whether it be restaurant staff or the pool assistants who do various activities daily for children & adults. The poolside has plenty of sunbeds so there wasn't a problem having these when required. Its also got about 5 really good waterslide's which are available as and when you want so the entertainment is really good! It's not a 5 star hotel though as been to better locations and there's not much outside of it without travelling to either the Old town or new town. But uber's everywhere can be accessed promptly and you can travel to places like ZooMarine (worth going 2) or Vilamoura where you can access boat trips such as the dolphins/caves one which is brilliant!

When I checked in the man at the front desk was rude and creepy. I was traveling alone at the time as a women and I felt extremely unsafe. I got to my room and it looked like it wasn’t cleaned. There was hair all over the floor and all over the bed. I lifted the bed sheet to find spiders crawling in the bed. Absolutely disgusting. I went down stairs to ask if they could give me a new sheet and the man at the front desk said that he had to come into my room and see it himself. I was not asking for anything other than a sheet and felt like it was unnecessary for him to come into my room with me. Again feeling uncomfortable and unsafe. He came into the room and said he saw nothing even though there was hair everywhere. I felt too uncomfortable to argue with a man half my size and got him to get out of my room. I left without checking out 5 minutes later for the sake of my safety. Would NOT recommend saying here, they need some new staff and a renovation (maybe to clean the rooms between new stays would be great).

The hotel is a basic 3 star hotel conveniently situated to the town centre. The staff speak reasonable English. The room was basic but did have air con and a small fridge. There is a small swimming pool on the roof with 8 or so sun loungers. Breakfast is a bit non plus but edible. 4 stars rather than 5 as one day we had no hot water in the morning.

Lovely little hotel tucked up side street minutes from the square but far enough away to not be disturbed by night life noise. The hotel is a little dated but it was spotless the water was hot air con and WiFi was excellent. Lovely little pool on the roof with a few sunbeds you can basically do what you want. Breakfast is very basic it’s fine for me as I don’t really do breakfast but if you like your traditional fry up then there are plenty of restaurants in the square to chose from. We hired a car and parking was tight near the hotel but at the top of the road was two large carparks. The owners fernando and his wife are lovely and helpful I will be returning later in the year. Good restaurants are ones in the square and through the tunnel to catch the little train go to the end of the beach and go up the escalators the train stop it at the top. They do take cards.