NO FUN ALLOWED! SILENCE! RETIREES ONLY!
The room was very hot. It took about 36 hours for the minibar to cool the drinks we had. Despite AC being on for 4 days, it never dropped below 22.5 degrees C! On day 2, we tried going to the beach, which was beautiful, but a full 20 minute walk, including many stairs. The beach does not have beds for the hotel and you have to walk even further for public ones. They are 20 euro per couple, and we could not find enough available ones for our group, because most are reserved by the other hotels. There are shuttles that do not run on Sundays or Mondays and stop running at 2:30PM, so getting there is more trouble than it's worth. THIS IS NOT A BEACH RESORT. The worst part of the stay is their silly rules! We booked adults-only to have fun, which we did in our previous two destinations in Portugal. All 6 couples were constantly shushed here, when getting together in the lobby! The next day, we got together in our room before going out and I put music on in my room on my 3 inch portable speaker. Five minutes later, a front desk employee knocked on the door and angrily told us we have to turn it off! Most of the guests are quite old, and though we were prepared for adults, we were not prepared for the amount of retirees. No guests complained about our group. It was the hotel management with their smug grins and arrogant behavior that kept us from having a good time for no apparent reason. Toilet broke on day 4 - took hours to fix! STAY AWAY!