Aparthotel Calema Avenida Jardim

“Amazing experience.”

Amazing experience! The reception, the conditions of the room, the food and everything was suuuper clean! Also the price is accessible, I honestly thought it would be more expensive than it actually was. I recommend it 100% and I’ll definitely will come back again

“Spacious Apartment - Small Pool”

Spacious apartment capable of sleeping 4: sitting room with 2 sofa beds, kitchenette, separate double bedroom, bathroom, balcony overlooking a road at the front of front of the hotel, so poorly silenced scooters and mopeds give an early morning call and a dog in a house opposite voices its separati… more

Spacious apartment capable of sleeping 4: sitting room with 2 sofa beds, kitchenette, separate double bedroom, bathroom, balcony overlooking a road at the front of front of the hotel, so poorly silenced scooters and mopeds give an early morning call and a dog in a house opposite voices its separation anxiety by day. Rooms at the rear overlook the small pool / garden and the back of the next apartment block. Kitchen equipped with double hob, microwave, kettle and cooking and eating utensils. Just 1 powerpoint for microwave and kettle. Didn't find any English TV channels. Wifi in room but this might have been because we were above reception. Real door key - a thankful departure from those unreliable electronic key-cards. Retro-style hotel and period style room furniture looking clean and fresh. Lifts are small and old fashioned type. Cold continental style buffet breakfast. If booking B&B take a copy of the paperwork to prove breakfast has already been paid for - the paid-for guest list can be error prone. We didn't take the hotel restaurant evening meal - bit expensive. Out and about: Hotel is about 5 minutes walk from the sea front. Coffee about €1 and excellent Portuguese wine is very cheap from supermarkets. I paid €2 for a bottle of wine that sells for £8.50 in UK. Otherwise, supermarket food, restaurant meals and beer are approximately UK/EU prices or perhaps a little more.

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“Weekend break”

A relaxing two night stay with our two dogs. An old but clean apartment. Nice and warm on winter nights. Basic kitchen utensils, but only 2 electric rings for cooking. Hot water, be careful with young children and hot taps, but didn't last for more than 2 showers due to tank size. Five minute walk … more

A relaxing two night stay with our two dogs. An old but clean apartment. Nice and warm on winter nights. Basic kitchen utensils, but only 2 electric rings for cooking. Hot water, be careful with young children and hot taps, but didn't last for more than 2 showers due to tank size. Five minute walk to beautiful beach. Easy walkng aoace for all age grius. Enough restaurants and bars open and busy for this time of year. Overall great location

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“A mixed bag - budget to eat elsewhere ”

The Calema is situated on a backstreet just a few minutes from the beach. Initial impressions are good. The public areas are clean and reasonably well maintained. The gym seemed busy but the pool was totally unused. My room was clean and consisted of a small bedroom and bathroom with a larger kich… more

The Calema is situated on a backstreet just a few minutes from the beach. Initial impressions are good. The public areas are clean and reasonably well maintained. The gym seemed busy but the pool was totally unused. My room was clean and consisted of a small bedroom and bathroom with a larger kichenette and living area with a balcony. The kitchen equipment was sticky, unsurprising given that neither washing up liquid or tea towels were provided, with a random selection of cups and plates. My friends in other rooms fared better or worse suggesting poor management of the cleaning team. The single beds are rock hard and very narrow, but I slept well. Unfortunately a dead bird appeared on my balcony halfway through my stay which I reported four times on successive day, but it was still there on departure. The restaurant was poor. Cold breakfast options only and limited choices. The evening buffet was even worse with no vegetarian options or even labelling to tell you what you might be eating. After the first night we realised that we needed to eat at the start of the stated period as the food soon cooled and nothing was topped up. Vegetables were either cooked to death or missing altogether. For example, one night a single melon was put out along with another item, when they ran out quickly (before we got to that stage) a few small bowls of red jelly (of indeterminate flavour) were put out. An odd man also seemed to be hanging around glaring at people (we were told that he was the owner but he did no obvious work). Most days he seemed to be in the lounge with his phone loudly on speaker either shouting into it or watching something, making it impossible to have a quiet drink in the bar. One evening he hosted some sort of family meal after which one of the children was given the key to the piano. She then proceeded to play very badly and loudly. We complained to the man and he just shrugged. We left along with our fellow guests. So in summary, the Calema could be a good hotel but it needs some management attention, a decent food offering and for the owner to respect that we are paying guests and that the public areas are not an extension of his living room.

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