Vitors Village

We have just returned from a 1 week stay at Vitors village and had the most fantastic time. The hotel is great - clean, spacious apartments, lovely pool area and beautiful grounds with a view over Ferragudo. For us it was perfect as we don't like the all inclusive, "brits abroad' vibe, prefer a much quieter and slow paced holiday which this is perfect for. We stayed in a 1 bed apartment, we are a family of 3 and it was more than enough room. The hotel staff are lovely, in fact we found all the Portuguese very welcoming and family orientated. Ferragudo is on the small side but still plenty of fantastic restaurants. We also took trips to Zoomarine (fantastic day out!), Lagos and a boat trip to see the caves. Ubers are easily accessible and super cheap. There is a lidl less than a mile away so can stock up on the essentials for breakfast/lunch. We even had an u expected hospital trip as our daughter was poorly - the Portuguese version of 111 was really easy & referred us with no issues - the hospital service was quick and efficient We absolutely loved it and will be returning next year (we're not usually one's to return places as I like to explore, but we wanted longer here so making an exception!).

I wanted to find a full review for this place when booking and I couldn’t. So felt I better write my own in the hope this helps someone.

I am currently staying at the resort, and I have to start of by saying we have had a great holiday and recommend the hotel, it’s very clean, well looked after and the pool is great.

Now onto some detail.

Location - our first time in Ferragudo, we liked the area, the town is small, but not too small, we did think choices of restaurants would be limited for us if staying longer than a week but let me explain that this is because we travelled with two small children and a teenager (fussy) and I did feel kid menus on the whole seemed to be limited. If you are a couple you will have endless choices. The food was delicious and didn’t have a bad meal once. But certainly was slightly difficult for us. Also in season, you need to book the popular restraunts. The resort itself is a 10 minute walk, downhill to the town, if you want an Uber it’s like 5euro, but we walked it fine. There is two routes down and one is much easier on the way home. It’s not as bad as the other comments say if you go the flatter route. The resort is 3 minutes drive away from the nearest big shop - continente. 20 mins drive to carveiro and 10 to Portimão. No real complaints from us, the town is a little quiet but that is a personal preference.

Hotel - Check in was seamless and staff were friendly and very helpful, you can drop them a WhatsApp and get a quick reply. The resort is one main “hotel” building surrounded by blocks of accommodation. Pool in the middle. The hotel reception is next to the restaurant (we never used but looked lovely) a bar with outside patio, and also connected is a small shop and laundry. The shop has most things you need for snacking and lunch, also swimming accessories, all reasonable prices. Top tip, buy the beer there 1.40 a can rather than 6e a pint at the bar. The bar does lunches and a snack menu, all looked nice although never used, we like a break from the sun and made our own.

The accommodation we had was 2 bed apartments. One double room (two singles) and one room with large double bed. There is also a large sofa bed in living room. The appartment we had “peralta” was superb, small kitchenette, living room, two bedrooms two patios and toilet. My only issue in room was the fridge in my opinion is too small for a family of 5 self catering- but saying that, we got by. Just. Perhaps I had too many beers in it. The appartment was very clean and modern, it was serviced most days. Pleased.

The whole property is clean, it’s very well presented and the staff all helpful.

The major selling point for this place is the pool, wow it’s brilliant. Very large main pool with a small baby pool and also 2nd (quieter)pool. Plenty sun loungers and shade and again the whole area is spotless. The pool is pretty shallow for the majority of it, which was perfect for us with the kids. But don’t let that put you off, it’s plenty deep enough to swim Legnths etc and there is a deep end. But no massive “drop off” like other pools. The pool area really is great. It’s open 930 to 9 and is gated.

They run a courtesy bus a few times a day, but I never used it. I’ve

All in all I recommend vitors. The hotel is great. There is no entertainment as such except for some live bar music on some nights but nothing for kids, if your after kids clubs then this isn’t it. But we didn’t want that, the kids made friends and had a ball, we eat out in ferragudo every night or Ubered to near towns. A lovely hotel, a lovely town and a lovely holiday, if you’re considering this place then hope this review helps you.

In summary -

No real bad points to talk about, I do think the 2 bedroom apartments that sleep 6 could do with a bigger fridge tho!

good points - loads. But pool and cleanliness are a standout.

Well done vitors.