Pestana Group - accommodation in Carrapateira

Hotel itself is very nice. Spa is pretty but did have a few jets in the pool not working. We stayed in the Villas which are nice but not nearly as nice as the hotel. If you like fresh towels every day, villas are not for you. Very strangely they only provide new towels every couple of days and are very strict in giving you more. Same thing with coffee creamer only one creamer per day per person. The hotel gets maid service every day with fresh towels but not the villas. I found this annoying as they were not particularly nice about it and it’s unnecessarily cheap. On the positive side, the property is in a great location. I would stay here again and would not have found the towel and creamer so irritating had I have known at the booking.

Lovely hotel, couldn't fault it. Small little things like pool water was baltic. Also, some days the queue for breakfast was a little long but moved quickly.

This is a modern hotel with an interesting selection of artefacts and antiques scattered around the spacious cool marble spaces. Its very clean and well maintained. Breakfast from 8am to 11am is perfect timing for me as I like to take things slowly in the morning. Lots of choice at breakfast, all the standards - fruit, cereals , eggs cooked to order. Pool area was usually quite quiet when we stayed in mid-May. The pool bar ( which is the only bar in the hotel ) served drinks and snacks from 12pm and dinner from a small menu from 6.30pm to 9pm. The bar closes quite early though - I think at 9.30pm. This was a little disappointing as there are no other bars nearby. The Eureka supermarket came in useful to stock our mini-bar ready for a late night drink on the balcony. We did not have a car on this trip and walked almost everywhere. The hotel is a 10 min downhill walk including steep steps, from the beautiful Porto de Mos beach where there are a couple of cafes and bars too but we did not wish to attempt the walk back uphill after dark. Walking to the old town is about a 4k distance with some inclines. Uber came in handy when the hilly streets seem like too much work. It's about 4 euro for an Uber from the hotel to the Dom Sebastião statue in the center. Overall we really enjoyed our stay in this hotel.