Colina do Mar  

Location of the hotel is excellent. Hotel is in the center of the city and it's in the quite route, because at night the center of Albufeira is very noisy.Hotel is near the beach. Staff is helpful. Room was clean and comfortble. Breakfasts were good, but coffee unfortunately wasn't tasty.

Location and friendly staff

No veranda

Hotel was good value and easy access approx 5 minute walk to beach, restaurants and shopping, very friendly staff but room smelt abit musty could do with air fresheners, towels changed every day, beds made and room cleaned everyday, overall very enjouable holiday and would stay there again

rooms smelt a bit musty could do with plug in air fresheners

Very reasonably priced. Friendly and efficient staff. Bedroom a decent size. Good breakfast. Very close (one minute!) to main square/plaza and the restaurants. Beach three minutes away. Very accessible by car - close to approach roads (and A22) from others towns including Faro airport. Free public parking beside hotel. Pleasant though rough-looking pub next door. Free internet in Lobby. A number of English language channels on TV in bedroom. Pharmacy, Tourist Office and Church nearby.

No proper Lounge area - Lobby tiny while Bar and TV room are basement rooms and not very pleasant. Small area around roof pool for sun-bathing. A slight musty smell in bedrooms - dispelled easily by opening window.

Excellent value for money, nothing spectacular but for the money it was fantastic. Very clean, breakfasts good and included fruit, yoghurt, nescafe cappucino machine, teas, toast, eggs, local produce, fresh bread, continental style, croissants, etc. Plenty of choice. Rooms were large and modest but very clean and sheets etc were changed daily. Aubrey was a character and very friendly. Would definitely go back. Hotel situated close to centre of the old town, very quaint but busy near the square if you want busy. Not far from beach either. Hotel situated just up from a restaurant called O'Velero which did a great tourist menu for 9.5 euros which was 4 courses and included coffee and half a bottle of wine per person! Also lovely rooftop pool.

This was our second stay at this Hotel. The hotel is in a great location, just a few minutes walk to the beach and to the square in the old town. Veleiro a great resturant is close by with wonderful food at very good price. Collina do Mar is not a luxury hotel, but our room was very clean and comfortable, plenty hot water and towels. There was also a fridge in the room which was handy. Roof top pool and solarium.Staff were very friendly and helpful especially the lady on reception. Breakfeast was good with plenty variety. Price for our 4 nights stay was also good.

Pillows are lumpy

The location though on a steep hill was excellent close to the beach and in the centre of the old town close to the main square and the restaurants and bars.

The room was cleaned daily tho the towels were only changed every other day.the breakfast was very basic just cereals and toast and coffee.,we ate out never used the breakfast room after day 1.the rooftop pool is not cleaned and always has leaves and insects floating in it,apparently it is not worth cleaning as it gets bad again within a few hours(we did ask why it was so dirty)

The hotel was very clean our room was cleaned everyday. The location was great as the old town was only a few mins away. We would stay here again good value for money.

No kettle in the room

Location

The room was damp, noisey and the tv did'nt work. Also there was writing on the wall. Hotel should only be one star.

It is very clean, the room and hotel were cleaned everyday, it is only 2 minutes walk from the bars & restaurants in the area, the bus terminus is not much further. You can even get closer to the sun as the pool is on the roof.

This was our second time staying here this year love location staff friendly and rooms spotless and lovely bathrobes provided as is the hotel in general the only critisim we have are the beds are to firm hard to get a restfull nights sleep as I have a bad back and beds are to hard but will not be put off as price was excellant as was hotel only beds let it down

The beds

Never stay on the first floor. It's like a cave. Everyday you'll see pedestrians' knees in the window. It's never possible to keep curtains open. Very wet.

Excellent location near the town centre, it is literally less than a minutes walk to the shops/restaurants and bars, also only a few minutes walk to the lovely beach. The roof top swimming pool is a great idea, but the hotel did not have a bar open for light refreshments wich was a shame. Overall, a very enjoyable stay

No staffed bar, no food available, situated on a hill, and as I have a chronic back problem it was sometimes painful to reach the hotel. Also the balcony was less than a foot in width, could just about stand in it, very dissapointing