Be Smart Terrace Algarve

We arrived here after 9pm the receptionist was a lovely lady and very helpful, as we were all inclusive she put our suitcases into a room and told us we could eat in the restaurant before heading to our apartment. Our apartment was great very big and had everything we needed. The location was great, we felt it very quiet, relaxing and safe and the scenery was amazing. As we were all inclusive we had full access to everything in the main hotel, which we used more as we could get drinks by the pool. The only issue we had was the rooms were so noisy you could here everything from our apartment, the beds were uncomfortable, it was so cold in the room at night and we had to walk 4 flights of stairs every single day, no elevators in the appartments. But this doesn't take away from the place itself.

We just arrived from Portugal yesterday and still so impressed. We checked in after midnight, receptionist was very polite, got our key (which has a little chip to access swimming pool), also took a kettle (£20 euros deposit) and TV remote (£10). Took us a little bit to find our block, but how surprised we were when we opened the door to our apartment! 2 massive spacious bedrooms with 2 beds each (plus conditioner), kitchionette with longe, TV, conditioner, all kitchen utensils (important for us as halfboarders), fridge / freezer old but in working condition. Also need to mention that apartments were recently redecorated and all is very clean. Cleaning was done every second day, towels and bed linen changed once (we stayed for 8nights). Breakfast was ok, but dinner was amazing, plenty different dishes to try - a lot of roasted / grilled meat every night:) lovely desserts too! But the most important is the location - 10 min walk (with kids!) to absolutely stunning beaches which are enclosed in beautiful cliffs - probably this what makes these beaches cosy and warm, not windy at all as other open beaches, for example:) Scenery is absolutely stunning, we made tonnes of pictures. Took a lovely boat trip (boarding is at Senhora da Rocha beach) to see famous Algarve caves including Benagil, managed to see dolphins too! Next time we might try Be Live as there are 4 stars and then you have access to more interesting kids swimming pool including flumes:) We walked a lot around, were swimming in the ocean every day (in October!) temperature was 27 on arrival then gradually decreased to 23 or so, water temp was around 18 or 19 but it was very pleasant - so much fun in waves!! We had one cloudy day, but in general weather was stunning! Supermarket Intermarche is about 20 min from hotel, if you need souveniers better check smaller shops. It was very relaxing holiday (even with kids:) in beautiful and warm place! Definitely visit Cova Redonda beach (lots of beautiful seashells:), and others too : Senhora da Rocha and Praia Nova - they all are very close to hotel. Highly recommend!