A family-friendly stay in Loulé awaits you at this villa. Within steps you'll find Ria Formosa Natural Park and Garrao Beach within a 15-minute stroll. .You can enjoy Smart televisions with a DVD player, and villa features a private pool, a washing machine and free WiFi. In-room dining is easy with a kitchen that comes equipped with a fridge, a microwave and a stovetop. 4 bathrooms, a fireplace and a balcony are also available. .Enjoy the water park, outdoor swimming pool, Hot tub and pool loungers. Other amenities include free Wi-Fi in public areas and laundry facilities.
You'll have the entire home to yourself and will only share it with other guests in your party.
Last minute July '25 prices - enquire now. Perfect for multi-generation holidays
Spacious and well-equipped private villa. The villa boasts 3 ensuite bedrooms on the ground floor and a master suite, with bedroom, dressing room, study and bathroom on the first floor. The modern kitchen is airy and open plan to the dining area.
The terrace area around the pool provides plenty of space for sun loungers, giving more space for relaxing in the sun! There is a large covered BBQ area with superb gas BBQ and sink. Plenty of preparation space on either side.
A gas fire, full heating system and insulation have been installed for keeping the villa warm in the winter months. There is modern and comfortable furniture throughout, with plenty of seating options inside and out. On the patio, there is a 12 seater table, 8 very comfortable sun loungers and an outside sofa . Perfect for large family groups, or two families to share!
Villa Details: Welcome! This is a spacious and comfortable four bedroom, four bathroom (+ cloakroom) villa on split levels. This is my home from home in the Algarve and I would be happy to welcome you to stay. The villa is very accessible, with a wheel-chair friendly ramp from the upper level to the pool area.
There is a well equipped kitchen with American fridge freezer, washing machine, dishwasher, microwave, induction hob and two fan ovens and modern kitchen units. There is also a central island in the kitchen for food prep, with a wine fridge underneath it. The kitchen opens onto an airy dining room and a spacious living room, with large sliding doors leading out to the patio and pool area.
Each of the four bedrooms is en-suite, with direct access to the garden from the three bedrooms on the ground floor. Two of the ground floor bedrooms are made up with double beds and the third is a twin room. (Additionally one of the ground floor bedrooms can be made up as a twin on request).
The villa has been furnished to a high standard with wall mounted smart TVs in every bedroom and a huge smart TV in the lounge. The villa also has WiFi internet service throughout.
Outside there is plenty of space to lounge beside the pool and for outside dining. There is a separate, covered gas barbecue area. The large garden is completely enclosed with plenty of space for children to play. In fact, this villa is one of the few in the area not to be cramped around the pool area. There will be plenty of opportunity to relax around the pool, while the children swim or play in the garden where they will find a table tennis table and basketball net. The villa is not overlooked and is in a very enviable position with superb views. The garden is south west facing, so benefits from being in the sun all day long!
Walk straight into your own piece of Algarve paradise! The location of the villa is outstanding as it is a two minute walk from the Dunas Reception, where there is a huge communal pool, tennis courts, Xenia's restaurant, cafe, shop, beauty parlour, and 24 hour security. The villa itself is surrounded by a wall and electric gates on the front boundary, providing great privacy and security and complete safety for the children.
Dunas Douradas is situated between Vale do Lobo and Quinta do Lago, with access to all the restaurants, golf courses, tennis centres and shopping that these two resorts offer. Garrão Nascente beach (with it's excellent restaurants including Julia's, Izzy's and Eduardo's) is a five minute drive away or 15 mins walk, as is the Dunas Douradas Beach Club, beach and Maria's restaurant at Garrão Poente. Ancão beach is about a 15 minutes drive away. In the past year or so, a beautiful boardwalk has been built connecting the two beaches, and leading right up to the lake at Quinta do Lago. Perfect for walking, jogging or cycling. It features 13 amazing restaurants along the way!
Should you choose to stay, you will be able to make use of an excellent concierge service. The management team will look after you during your stay and can assist with airport transfers, car hire, reservations of all kinds and general advice on what to do in the area.
PLEASE NOTE: Construction works may occasionally occur nearby. This work is carried out by other homeowners and their contractors and I do not have any advanced notification of upcoming works. I cannot be held liable for inconvenience caused by any building works nearby as the actions of other individual property owners are not under my control. UPDATE: Building restrictions will be in place for for the months of July and August 2023. This means no construction work will be allowed during the peak months.
If you would like to know more, please don't hesitate to make an enquiry.
Property manager
Jo Lacy
Languages
English
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If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
In-room accessibility
Smoke-free property
Services and conveniences
Concierge services
Iron/ironing board
Meal delivery service
Safe
Location highlights
Near an outlet shopping centre
Things to do
Golf
Heated pool
Table tennis
Tennis
Water park
Birdwatching nearby
Cycling nearby
Golfing nearby
Horseback riding nearby
Motor boating nearby
Swimming nearby
Safety features
No carbon monoxide detector (host has indicated there is no carbon monoxide detector on the property but there are gas appliances; consider bringing a portable detector)
Smoke detector (host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property)
First aid kit
Fire extinguisher
Deadbolt lock
General
Garden
Property located in a resort
Unit size: 2,960 square feet
Policies
Check-in
Check-in time starts at 4:00 PM
Minimum check-in age - 30
Check-out
Check-out before 10:00 AM
Special check-in instructions
You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions
Pets
No pets allowed
Children and extra beds
Children are welcome.
Note from host: Pool is not fenced off. Marble floors (slippery)
Important information
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Note from host: Sorry, no large groups under the age of 30
Host has indicated that there is no carbon monoxide detector on the property, but there are gas appliances; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock
This property is managed through our partner, Vrbo. You will receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account, where you can change or cancel your reservation
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
This property is managed by a private host, not a professional engaged in trade or business.
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited. Note from host: Sorry, no large groups under the age of 30 For guests' safety, the property includes a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a first aid kit and a deadbolt lock in all accommodation.
Property Registration Number 19794/AL
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Frequently asked questions
Are there any beaches close to Now taking bookings for summer 2025. Perfect for multi-generation holidays?
Yep, Now taking bookings for summer 2025. Perfect for multi-generation holidays is a short 12-minute walk from Garrao Beach.
Fun beach activities include swimming. You can also find motor boats.
Does Now taking bookings for summer 2025. Perfect for multi-generation holidays have a pool?
Take your pick from a heated pool, a communal pool and an outdoor pool. Grab your bathers and lounge poolside while enjoying on a lounger.
Does Now taking bookings for summer 2025. Perfect for multi-generation holidays have a waterslide?
No, but it has a waterpark and lazy river.
What luxury perks are available at Now taking bookings for summer 2025. Perfect for multi-generation holidays?
This property features a heated pool, as well as a private pool and a fireplace.
What makes Now taking bookings for summer 2025. Perfect for multi-generation holidays a romantic place to stay?
1 hot tub, private pools, and fireplaces all help set the scene for a sizzling getaway at Now taking bookings for summer 2025. Perfect for multi-generation holidays.
Is Now taking bookings for summer 2025. Perfect for multi-generation holidays family-friendly?
You bet! With amenities such as a water park and laundry facilities, as well as highchairs and children's dinnerware, it's no surprise that Now taking bookings for summer 2025. Perfect for multi-generation holidays is a winner with our family travellers.
Is there a private hot tub at Now taking bookings for summer 2025. Perfect for multi-generation holidays?
Yep, there is a hot tub.
Is there a free airport shuttle available at Now taking bookings for summer 2025. Perfect for multi-generation holidays?
No, Now taking bookings for summer 2025. Perfect for multi-generation holidays does not offer an airport shuttle service.
What time are check-in & check-out at Now taking bookings for summer 2025. Perfect for multi-generation holidays?
Check-in begins at 4:00 PM. Check-out time is 10:00 AM.
Are pets allowed at Now taking bookings for summer 2025. Perfect for multi-generation holidays?
No, pets are not allowed.
Last minute July '25 prices - enquire now. Perfect for multi-generation holidays Reviews
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Cleanliness
Reviews
10/10 Excellent
David R.
6 Jan 2025
Liked: Cleanliness
Almancil Life
The property is pristine and lovely, being a short walk to two beaches (Ancao and Garrao), where restaurants are located. We were there at the New Year, so were not able to avail ourselves of many of the amenities at Dunas Douradas, but definitely would if we visited again at a different time. The owner Jo Lacy was great with communication, and we would love to stay here again in the future.
David R.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024
10/10 Excellent
Alf N.
14 Oct 2024
Liked: Cleanliness
Short break with the family
For 6 adults and one child it was excellent. All the mod cons in a spacious interior/exterior villa. I could wax lyrical about this place but can say the villa description is very true. Communication with the management team/owner was prompt and professional.
Alf N.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2024
10/10 Excellent
Connie S., Toronto Canada
21 Apr 2024
Liked: Cleanliness
The best holiday house ever!
If I could, I would give this property, its owner and its management company and staff, a 10 out of 5 rating! It exceeded our expectations in every way. The location was great and it was perfectly set up for multiple guests and family: 3 main floor bedrooms, each with an en suite bathroom and satellite TV, and a killer master suite on the top floor with a study, balcony, dressingroom and massive bathroom. The kitchen was the best equipped of any holiday house we have ever rented and the private heated pool, BBQ area and garden were fantastic! Our granddaughters, family and friends loved the pool, relaxing and dining al fresco in the private yard. The owner was kind, thoughtful and responsive to our every need, as was the management company and their staff. We will look forward to returning to this wonderful villa.
Connie S.
Stayed 27 nights in Mar 2024
10/10 Excellent
Sarah D.
11 July 2023
Liked: Cleanliness
Beautiful villa
A beautiful villa and pool in a super location. The villa is large and very well equipped. We spent a wonderfully relaxing two weeks celebrating a special occasion.
Jo responded quickly to any questions and provided all the information we needed. We would definitely return. Thank you.
Sarah D.
Stayed 14 nights in Jun 2023
10/10 Excellent
David A.
10 Oct 2022
Liked: Cleanliness
Superb Villa in an excellent location
The villa exceeded our expectations. It is spacious, extremely well equipped and immaculately clean. The photographs do not do it justice. The beds are really comfortable and en suite bathrooms spacious. The pool was warm and the garden is in the sun most of the day. The TV’s are excellent with all channels available. The owner is extremely helpful. Xenia’s can be seen from the property and Maria’s and Julia’s are only a 15 minute walk away. Highly recommended.
David A.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2022
10/10 Excellent
Jacinta T.
28 Sept 2022
Liked: Cleanliness
A Surprise
What am amazing villa, and great host. The villa had everything we needed and more.
Our host could not do enough for us.
Jacinta T.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022
10/10 Excellent
Richard T.
6 Aug 2022
Liked: Cleanliness
Dunas Douradas
Excellent Villa with a high standard of fittings and really nice usable space.
Richard T.
Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2022
10/10 Excellent
Todd & Lori C.
27 July 2022
Liked: Cleanliness
Very nicely appointed home in an upscale area within walking distance to the beach.
We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves as a family in this lovely home. The owner was most gracious and responsive to our needs when contacted. Thank you for hosting us!
Todd & Lori C.
Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2022
10/10 Excellent
Emma C.
23 Apr 2022
Liked: Cleanliness
Fantastic villa in Dunas Douradas
Exceptional villa, a stone’s throw from Dunas Douradas reception, pool, bar, restaurant (Xenia) and shop and 10 mins walk to the beach.
The villa is beautifully appointed with everything you need. Lovely bedrooms and bathrooms. Various seating areas to chill. Lovely fireplace and TV area. Kitchen has everything you need and more. We paid extra to heat the pool, well worth it in April. Air con units also have a heat setting again useful when it’s chilly. Great BBQ (gas) covered area. Large garden is sheltered with mature plants, so you are not overlooked. Pool gets sun most of day. Table tennis went down well with family.
The villa is managed by lovely owner who is very responsive and a Management team, who helped organise bike rental etc. You can also rent ‘Boris bikes’ for the day outside reception.
I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this beautiful home-away-from-home and we cannot wait to book again soon.
Emma C.
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2022
8/10 Good
Miguel S., Madrid, Espanha
24 Aug 2021
Liked: Cleanliness
Summer house with great potential
This is an excellent property very well located.
The house is spacious and clean. However the property exterior is somehow neglected. The amount of pine needles that fall is significant creating a pine needle blanket all over the place every day. The cleaning frequency should be higher otherwise, the garden looks neglected removing the relaxing vibe we had when we arrived.
The feeling we got was that the property has tremendous potential for a high end experience but the level of service offered does not meet that expectancy (ex. no toiletries -specially for day 1 when you arrive after a long travel; only one gate remote control was available to us while two families were in -opening the gate is the only way to enter the property.
Jo is always available to you.
Anyway this is a place that we recommend
Miguel S.
Stayed 12 nights in Jul 2021
10/10 Excellent
Auveen O.
14 Aug 2019
Liked: Cleanliness
Wonderful Family Break
Super week, lovely vibe and feel to the villa
Auveen O.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2019
10/10 Excellent
JOHN B.
15 June 2018
Fantastic villa. Great service. Wonderful holiday
Our family had a tremendous holiday in May. Everything was perfect and we couldn’t have been happier during our week in our Algarve home.
JOHN B.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2018
10/10 Excellent
James P.
14 June 2018
Fantastic with a lovely garden and Pool
This is a lovely Villa in a great location. All the rooms are very well appointed and the Villa is maintained to very high standard. Would highly recommend.
James P.
Stayed 10 nights in May 2018
10/10 Excellent
BRADLEY C.
8 June 2018
Beautiful Homely Villa
My wife and myself spent a wonderful week at Jo's Villa in May 2018, from the minute we arrived the Villa had a feel of a very loved home, from correspondence with the owner to the management company in Portugal everything was first class from beginning to end
The problem with giving such a glowing report on our stay is that the secret is now out five stars all the way.
BRADLEY C.
Stayed 8 nights in May 2018
10/10 Excellent
Lenna W.
16 Apr 2018
Fabulous, spacious, super comfortable villa
We stayed for a week at Easter and were very impressed. As well as the roomy villa there is a great swimming pool set in a lovely private garden. Lots of space and seating areas inside and out to chill out and relax. Also beach and beachside restaurants within easy walking distance of the villa. Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend - great place for a family holiday.
Lenna W.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2018
10/10 Excellent
Helen M., Bromley, Kent, England
23 Aug 2017
Perfect Location, Perfect Holiday
We have just returned from our summer holiday to this lovely villa. We are a family of five, two adults and three teenage children and the villa was great for all of us. There was plenty of space, both inside and out and the pool was great. Table tennis, a trampoline and a basket ball net were an added bonus for my children and my husband was able to keep up with the athletics on the TV! The beach is a 10 minute stroll away, where there are a few reputable beach restaurants - including Maria's and Julia's. For us, the location was ideal as we could walk to the beach, to several great restaurants or just for a drink to watch the sun set. A reasonably priced supermarket together with a great selection of other restaurants and all within a 10 min drive. Regular pool maintenance, cleaning of the villa and a management company offering us full assistance throughout our holiday meant we had a hassle free holiday. Thank you so much.
Helen M.
Stayed 11 nights in Jul 2017
10/10 Excellent
anna o.
11 July 2017
A perfect holiday
We spend a fabulous 10 days in this gorgeous villa. The minute you walk through the door you know you are in a much loved villa. It has everything you need and more , the garden and pool have the sun all day and is'nt overloked its very relaxing . A few minutes drive to amazing beaches restaurants and shopping. thank you to Jo for accomadating our dated and times and all her help and to Emma from management works . it really was aperfect holiday woild defenitely return again and again. Anna
anna o.
10/10 Excellent
Marisa H.
7 Sept 2016
An oasis in a beautiful location, central but quiet
As a family of 4 we had a fantastic week here in August. The villa is a real home away from home, all mod cons. Its bright and airy and absolutely spotless with all 3 bedrooms having lovely, modern en-suites. The layout of villa is excellent, plenty of space between rooms. One bedroom being near the front door at one end of the villa {which suited our teenager}, the other two bedrooms at the other end. The sitting room is gorgeous, double height ceiling and deep comfy couches.The kitchen is perfectly formed and all the mod cons you could ask for.
The real gem is the outside space, the garden is spacious with a ping pong table and trampoline. The pool is beautiful, framed by pine trees in the background and you will be mesmerised by it late afternoon as the sun is setting. We would come back early from the beach to sit and watch the sun reflected on the water. The villa is 15 minutes from the beach and so central to amenities but it is amazing how it is quiet and calm, especially during the busy summer period when the beach is packed and can be a bit frenetic.
3 special mentions which really made our holiday go smoothly. Nicole and Anna at the management company were so so helpful, organising an awesome babysitter who came for 3 nights (same wonderful lady each time as requested) and they organised our bike rentals. Jo Lacy the owner for being so personable, approachable and helpful with respect to everything!! Finally, the Xenia restaurant and their staff were exceptional. We arrived late on the saturday night and they could not have shown us better hospitality. Wonderful staff and food, definitely the best sea bream we ate on this holiday and top class service. And its one minutes walk from the villa!
The only niggle is you get one zapper for the electric gates to the property. I could see it might be an issue if you go out separately but if you have a key pad and code on the gate that also brings its own problems. It did not detract from the wonderful chilled out week we experienced here. Looking forward to going back next year.
Marisa H.
10/10 Excellent
Ronald V.
21 Jan 2023
Liked: Cleanliness
Perfect Christmas Holidays
Very comfortable and luxury villa with nice pool. 10 min walk to the beach. Perfect heating system made our stay during the Christmas holidays perfect. Very friendly and quick communication with owner. Very much recommended.