Belver Boa Vista Hotel and Spa - Adults Only

Location was decent. 20 min walk to the old town. The atmosphere was pleasant and the staff were friendly and helpful. The room was poor. Very dated. The ceiling in the corridor outside our room had a big hole in. A pipe had burst and there was no hot water for the day. We asked to be moved to another room but were denied. They said there were no more room available. We knew this was untrue but couldn’t be bothered to kick up a fuss. The room smelled of the drains at night. And we had large cockroaches in the bathroom. We had ants on the balcony too. I wouldn’t return. Far from a 4 star. I would say 2 star max. Well at least we managed a tan and met some lovely Danish, Dutch and Australian couples. But I would return there

Good location and views. Great to see Manuel still working there during breakfast time, he is a credit to the hotel.

The rooms are still a little dated but I guess it adds to the charm. The breakfast is better than dinner (more choice).

I will say that it is not a hotel for anyone that struggles with mobility as its offset on a hill.

Stayed at this lovely hotel from 17th to 23rd October with friends who arrived from a different flight from a different part of Ireland on the same day. I booked here based on the views from the hotel and it did not disappoint. What started off with an unsatisfactory room and a few small issues turned into one of our best experiences of the entire Algarve for years and this was down to the extremely helpful staff, so a big thank you to Jade for changing our room to lovely room with probably the best views of the sea and the entire old town of Albufeira. Also a big thank you to Jorge for his professional dealing with a slight confusion at the desk regarding pool towels. And also a big thank you to Marko and the staff for the wonderful surprise of a bottle of bubbly and treats and a card for my wife who was celebrating a milestone birthday on the 22nd, it was a lovely surprise waiting in our room with the Bottle in an ice bucket on our return from a day in the old town. And although I did not get the name of the older grey/silver haired man in the breakfast room every morning, he was very professional mixed with a bit of craic and always helped us start the day in good form, he was great fun, especially if the seagull was around trying to steal your food 😀 The breakfast was a buffet style with continental and Irish/ British style to offer, there's a mix of scrambled, fried or boiled eggs, beans, mushrooms, fried tomatoes bacon, sausage loads of different breads, pancakes, cheese types, yogurts, fruits. If you leave breakfast hungry it's your own fault, never a shortage there as the staff were constantly topping up items as they were disappearing. The location I've read from some reports here is difficult to climb back up to, nonsense, if you didn't have that climb then you wouldn't have that beautiful view. The carpark was great for keeping the car cool from the sun, it was steep and tight but if you weren't a confident driver you could always park on the street, loads of space for your car. The pool was fine and a great size and more importantly it was cleaned properly every morning before people used it. The hotel itself is getting old but it was always clean and tidy and it rewards you with special views and attentive friendly staff and great support. It's close to the old town and also close to the Marina if you are walking, but there's always taxis available too if you don't fancy walking. Overall I would highly recommend the Boa Vista Hotel in the Old Town of Albufeira based on its location, views, breakfast and its staff which I forgot to mention the cleaning ladies, they cleaned our room every time we left out the " clean our room" sign which we didn't do every day as I'm sure they are already busy busy ladies, they too were very friendly and always without fail would bid you good morning or good evening every time you met them on the corridor. All in all a brilliant experience looking forward to a return trip to room 513 in Boa vista hotel so make you keep my room for me when I return the next time 😀 One last thing I'm not sure which of the staff organised the bottle of Bubbly for the room but it was such a pleasant surprise so again thank you to Marko, Jorge, Jade, silver waiter man and all the cleaning staff and Boa Vista staff for a very memorable week in the Algarve, 5 stars for you all, 😀 until the next time.