Marriott Residences Salgados Resort

“It’s 4* not 5* and this is why…”

This is a lovely hotel. We found the service always polite and friendly. Arrived too early to have our room so they stored our luggage and sorted us lunch. We found getting to the beach tricky (you need your room key to exit the gate) It is NOT a few metres away as they state- prepare for a twenty… more

This is a lovely hotel. We found the service always polite and friendly. Arrived too early to have our room so they stored our luggage and sorted us lunch. We found getting to the beach tricky (you need your room key to exit the gate) It is NOT a few metres away as they state- prepare for a twenty-minute walk. There is a small convenience store on route. The beach has a nice cafe and free seating. Back at the hotel, the rooms are a little dark but huge! Lots of storage (great for golfers especially!) Huge balcony but no drying rack provided. Be warned- communal areas between rooms get VERY slippery after rain!!! Rooms cleaned daily, towels changed when you need. Great showers. We agree with other posters here; often the hot food was, in fact, cold. They’ve a good range but clarify your dietary requirements in advance. The booking system for meals was a PAIN. Good range of drinks; bar staff whip up a great cocktail, there’s branded soft drinks, wines, sangria and Super Bock on tap. The kids LOVED the slushees! Annoyingly, having visited Halloween week, we had to ask to be told anything about the kids entertainment and missed a lot due to this. The range of pools is GREAT- how fab to provide little slash pools for toddlers?! But the pool area gets wet and slippery so keep your things on a chair! On the negative side, you ARE in a nature reserve. Budget for Ubers! It cost £5-10 to get to the outlet shopping village or into Albufeira town and just a little more for Zoomarine. I would not hesitate to book with older kids/teens but the remoteness of the hotel wasn’t ideal for toddlers.

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“Mostly a positive stay”

Me and my partner stayed here for 9 nights, it was a mostly positive stay but I’ll break it down. Positives - pools are great, there’s 10 and they’re huge so finding a sun bed was never an issue for us at all, drinks selection is really good as well with smoothies of the day and cocktail menu inc… more

Me and my partner stayed here for 9 nights, it was a mostly positive stay but I’ll break it down. Positives - pools are great, there’s 10 and they’re huge so finding a sun bed was never an issue for us at all, drinks selection is really good as well with smoothies of the day and cocktail menu including on the all inclusive. We didn’t have an issue with food at all there was always something to have out the 3 restaurants and we didn’t have an issue with cold food at any point of our stay. The rooms are massive and spacious and the huge balcony is a bonus for us! The restaurant staff were all friendly and attentive to guests, there was a particular man who worked on the door in the ‘Birdie’ restaurant who was absolutely amazing! Always smiling and joking with guests shame we didn’t get his name! Shuttle train to the beach was really useful as everything is quite far away from the hotel but Ubers were really cheap! Negatives - the pool area floods ( obviously from people getting in and out the pool ) around the sunbeds so if you have any bags or clothing on the floor they will get soaking wet, luckily we always had a table so this didn’t happen! The hotel is quite a walk away from bars and restaurants so if you want to leave the hotel we used Uber to get around a lot as there isn’t much in walking distance. The reception staff when we checked in were really rude unfortunately but the rest of the staff at reception at check out thankfully were lovely! Our main shower wasn’t working properly so we had to use the hand held smaller shower not a problem for us but could be for some people Overall a good stay, we probably wouldn’t stay again due to the hotel being quite far away from the old town but we would definitely recommend to people

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“Graet Choice for large Golfing Groups”

We have recently come back from a 3 night 4 day Golf trip to Palm Village Apartments. After reading so many mixed reviews I thought I'd share our experiance from the working mans perspective. Firstly Check-in: We arrived at the hotel early (11:30am, which is a lot earlier then the 4pm Check in Ti… more

We have recently come back from a 3 night 4 day Golf trip to Palm Village Apartments. After reading so many mixed reviews I thought I'd share our experiance from the working mans perspective. Firstly Check-in: We arrived at the hotel early (11:30am, which is a lot earlier then the 4pm Check in Time) We had a tee time booked at the onsite golf course and was tight for time. The reception staff where first class. As expected non of our rooms where ready, so to speed up our check in after the Golf, they took photo copies of everyone's passports and pre filled in the check in forms. After our Golf all 16 People where checked in and given Wrist Bands. Accommodation: The Rooms we had were Two Twin Room apartments with Two bathrooms and a large Living Area. There was ample space for the Golf clubs and Luggage. The rooms were all clean and the beds comfy. The beds were changed Daily and the towels where changed. Couldn't ask for more really. Restaurants: The food in the Hotel is ok, its best to look at these as mass catering rather than restaurant standard food. The food was tasty and mostly hot. The only pain is the booking system, which after you've used once is fine. Each night they managed to have all 16 people seated closely together. Bar: They have a Bar/Sports Bar next to reception which had live music and showed the Football. All drinks where fine, served in plastic cups. We had a large group and they happily served us as a group. we didn't encounter any of the two drinks max per person order limit as written about in other reviews. The live music was good and the outdoor seating area didn't make the place feel to busy or over crowded. Transport to Golf: We played the onsite Course Salgados, which is a 5 minute walk. We also played Morgado and Alamos, whish is about 25 minutes away by bus. Again everything ran smoothly with pick ups and drops offs. No issues here. The courses are a bit of a hike, so best to pre book buggies if you can! Its a 20 minute walk to the beach, which is worth doing. Overall we found this to suit us well and would definitely return. Its not a 5 star resort, so if you go with lower expectations then you wont be disappointed!

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