Yellow Alvor Garden

Don’t know where these people went certainly not the same hotel. We asked to transfer to another hotel within one hour of arriving. Dirt everywhere. Bathroom dirty toilet with dirty seat. We were finally transferred to another hotel the next day but lost two days of our holiday. If I give all details I would be on here for hours. My recommendation DO NOT GO THERE. Have many photos but bet they will not post them. I I

My partner and i booked this as a last minute holiday after our other holiday was cancelled. As always i read the reviews and thought " we will go and see how fussy people really are!" From the moment we entered to the moment we left we didn't have any issues. Room- basic, comfortable, clean. Don't moan about there being no kettle in the room, take your own. Pool view rooms are definitely better. Food- there aren't huge amounts put out, most likely to cut down on wastage which is totally understandable. My partner is a fussy eater and always found something to eat. If you want a full english fry up for breakfast then stay in england. For the extremely hungry or fussy, there were burgers, hotdogs, chips etc during 2 snack times every day. Spanish- yes, there were Spanish there during the weekend. Are they not allowed a holiday to a different country? They can be loud but so are drunk brits. The hotel itself is out in the sticks. There is a free shuttle bus to the beach and to Alvor. We didn't go to be walking miles so were quite happy being in the middle of nowhere. The staff work tirelessly to make sure you have food all day, clean rooms( cleaned every day) and bars that are open all day. If you want 4/5 star luxury, then pay their prices. We would definitely return here, very relaxing, no problems at all.

My husband and I have just returned from a week here. The public areas of the hotel are nice, the outside is stunning with a lovely pool, beach area, gardens and a lake full of fish. The food was reasonable, plenty of choice but breakfast very repetitive. The rooms are very small and cramped and although cleaned everyday looked dirty as the walls and paintwork were streaked with yellow and they could certainly do with decorating to brighten them up. The town is an easy 20 minutes walk and is lovely with a great selection of bars, restaurants and shops. What killed the Yellow Alvor for us was that most of the guests were Spanish and they completely took over, they were all in very large groups and it didn’t matter if they were at the pool, in the dining area or in the bar at night they spent the whole time shouting and talking over each other. It got to the point where none of the English guests bothered to go in the bar and we used to spot each other in the restaurants in the evening, which is a bit unacceptable as we surely paid a lot more for our holidays given that we had to include flights whereas they drove. So no would not go to this hotel again but definitely would return to Alvor .