Clube Humbria

We are just back from a weeks holiday at this resort and have come away overall pretty satisfied. We`d been to the area before so knew what to expect from the local beaches and shops etc, but not stayed here. The resort itself from the reception to the restaurant to the pools and up to the rooms are immaculate, very well maintained. The rooms are cleaned every day and this seems to be the same approach for the everything else, can`t fault the cleanliness of anything. We were 2 families of 4 staying, 4 kids all in, and they had an absolute blast, this resort is great for young kids, especially the kids entertainers, the team of 3 or 4 kids crew are all fantastic, and they are all fluent in various languages. The staff in general throughout were great, no one could do enough for you. The restaurant is good, pretty standard all inclusive resort stuff, gets a bit chaotic though just with the volume of people all up getting their dinner. There is an afternoon snack bar from 2.30 til 5.30 which is good to get a quieter lunch time if you can hold off a little and have a late lunch. The only downside to this is that there is not as large a staff presence there, and we witnessed one day a young kid going up and sticking their mouth round the coca cola tap and drinking from the machine, kids will be kids but still wasn`t ideal, not really the resorts fault though. The drinks package is OK, they offer a mixture of branded and local products, The bar staff are good and worked really well to make sure there was never a big queue at either bar. There is one main pool, a kids pool and a small kids waterpark, all pretty good although they are not heated, and even in 30 degrees every day, they are chilly. My only negative is the rooms themselves are quite basic and slightly dated, they could do with modernising. Overall, a good resort, great staff, good food, great location as only 10 minute walk to the beach, and a 10 minute taxi ride into Albufiera for the day, and most importantly, the place is immaculate.

Stayed here with a family of 5 in June/July, upon arrival our first impression was good with a nicely arranged seating area and a few tv’s along with fast a check in from the friendly reception staff who also pointed out key areas of the hotel on a map. Rooms were very spacious with hit and miss cleanliness although the cleaner did turn up most days which is more than can be said for other hotels, bed’s not the greatest but did the job I suppose. Dissapointingly only had 2 English channels which may be due to a high proportion of guests being Portuguese. By the pool there is enough sunbeds so you don’t have to reserve them unless you want a specific place perhaps, some beds have parasols, most do not however so bear that in mind. The majority of beds are placed on the grass which in the morning is like a swamp due to the sprinklers being on every night prior. The pool was nice yet cold, nothing spectacular, inflatables not allowed, balls are prohibited yet rules on that are a little loser, there is also a smaller kids pool and a mini water park a little out of the way. If you’re expecting a quiet break, I wouldn’t reccomend this place as the place is packed with kids who are not controlled by their sleeping parents, it’s absolutley manic in addition to loud music being played throughout the day. Food very repetitive, at dinner the snack bar was available outside but you have to go through the main restaurant to access it. However the staff here were truly excellent and truly should be applauded for their friendliness throughout. There are 3 themed nights here: portugese night, Tropican night and around the world night. Would reccomend the pizza, steak and prawns. Very little in the way of desserts too Unfortunately there was no self service for soft drinks but the que was never outrageously large. Drinks themselves were fine with a variety of alcoholic drinks and cocktails on the all the inclusive. The only downside here would be the plastic cups which can ruin the feel a little but you can understand why regarding the high amount of kids swarming about causing havoc as the parents got leathered. Entertainment shocking, no real place for a quiet area and entertainment just like the bar stops around 11ish so again good luck if you want an early night. The folk dancers specifically are god awful I’d advise you to go out to a bar( reccomend friends bar) that night. The only shining ligh here is the entertainment team and bloke who seemingly leads them who does a lot of unpayed overtime and does not have a say in the acts shown. Make sure you know the number for the ambulance as this place either has the most accident prone children or is quite unsafe.... I suspect the first one. Four ambulances were called during our 2 week stay which is quite spectacular, once agin highlighting the amount of children here, on top of this we’ve witnessed at least 2 people nearly drown. Often I hear the doorbells from neighbours too which again if there is children nearby, they quite like ringing them. A nice little area with everything close by : supermarkets, bars, restaurants, pharmacy, beach which was lovely especially as you go round the rocks but the walk is down quite a hill so keep that in mind, we went on the bus to villa ours too which was nice to see how the other half live with the marina. Overall extremely friendly staff and a good hotel yet is run by young children who make as much noise and mess as they like everywhere so if you’re a young family this is the place for you definetly, if not don’t bother.