Balaia Golf Village  

Great location just a 5 minute walk to the lovely beech, 15 minutes stroll into Ohlos and 5 minutes by cab (3.90 euro's) into Albufeira. Our apartment was very spacious with one large balcony and a further smaller one off the bedroom. Great pools, well equipt kitchen and spacious living area. All we missed was a bbq so we bought one at the chinese shop in Ohlos for e7.50.

Lots of flora and fauna with the mosquito's to go with it. Take some repellent.

Landscaping was second to none, well done.

Very busy reception / lack of other options rather than 40 minute waits for taxis.

It is centrally located and was a steal off season!

The interior was very old and dated and the pool was a little ridiculous about wearing swim caps.

Very well maintained grounds with excellent pool and golf facilities. The accommodation was spacious and very clean and well equipped. The location was really good with easy access to shops and restaurants. The staff were all extremely friendly especially in the gym and reception area.

The peace and quiet and the lovely feeling of the woodlands around and the excellent kept garden and shrubs. I love the feeling of being secure and not having loud music playing on the complex. It has all the qualities you require for a relaxing holiday while at the same time being near to all the activity of the old and new town if you so wish.

Had a lovely stay at Balaia, staff were very helpful apartments were very clean .Couldnt have asked for more.

The restaurant was excellent, the houses was beautiful, the apartment big enough and the parking place just outside the door. A good place for everyone.

Just what we needed as part of our tour around the Algarve

Convenient Clean rooms Good service from Hotel staff Friendly

Could have done with more cleaning up detergents to get started with. A hassle to go to supermarket and nearby supermarket not very big. Noisy near the road. Cannot have shower, cook and put washing machine on at the same time - Blew the power. Restaurant very slow to serve food

Very nice apartments - good location - many activities - even though it is a big complex, the design of the village meant (buildings, pools etc), that it was not negative. Very clean, very good standard and very nice staff. Our family fealt, that this was our best vacation in Southern Europe.

It is a very spacious and relaxing holiday village with plenty of pools and a kids area for young kids. All round very nice friendly plce for young families. Reception staff very nice and helpful, on arrival they moved us to a place closer to playground and kids pool which was great for our family.

The only thing I could comment on was the main restaurant beside reception, I did not find eating there pleasant and did not feel they catered for children. In addition on one night we paid €18 per person for a buffet (sunday evenings) the food was nice if a bit bland but as we had already fed our kids in our apartment we were happy to let them play as we ate, the frsutrating thing was the restaurant staff hovering around our table expecting us to feed our kids and avoid the €9 charge per child! Like I said at start this was the only negative critisism I could make a comment on.

Balaia golf village is the perfect place for a relaxing holiday. The 6 pools are really nice as is the golf course. Taxis to surrounding areas are very cheap - for a taxi of 5 it was only €5 to Albuferia and €4 to the strip in Oura. We stayed in a superior two bed appartment which was very nice, spacious and clean.

Balaia golf village does not provide any entertainment so it is a must to travel for evening entertainment.