Hotel Riu Palace Algarve

2 readers found this review helpful

Just got back from a wonderful holiday in this amazing complex, very clean, friendly with lots of ameneties and a superb location. Just wish we had looked into airport transfers before travelling, was 60 euros from the airport, luckily we met a really nice guy who operates from [-] and he got us back to the airport for 30 euro, really nice guy, highly recommended, thanks Dave! Above all, a great great holiday, will definately go again!!

5 readers found this review helpful

Olhos d'Agua is a quiet little town. It is very clean and fairly attractive. The entertainment and night life consists of three or four restaurant / bars, so if you are looking for drinking and dancing until the early hours, then it is not the place for you. There are two really nice beaches. One is accessed via the Riu Falesia Hotel (down about 125 steps) and is used predominantly by holiday makers. The other can be reached by walking a short distance down the road through the town and appeared to used mainly by the locals. You can walk down the beach from Olhos d'Agua to Villamoura. It takes about an hour and a half at a fairly leisurely pace and is well worth it. If you don't fancy the walk back you can use the very regular bus service at a cost of one euro thirty.
The hotel is fantastic. This is our fifth stay in a Riu hotel in four years and you can never fault them. The only drawback for some people may be the lack of daytime activities. Basically there aren't any but this didn't bother us as we just wanted to chill in any case. If you have young children then I suppose this could be a problem. The quality and choice of the food is unbelievable. There is something for every pallette. Champagne breakfast every morning! From the minute you walk through the door until the minute you leave nothing is too much trouble for them.
All in all a thoroughly enjoyable holiday.

1 reader found this review helpful

This hotel was stunning, It is really worth it's 4* rating. The moment we entered and was given champagne whilst checking in, I knew we had picked the right hotel. we had booked a sea view and that really took my breath away.
The food was superb, you could choose something from the Table Service menu or could you visit the buffet, and every night the food was delicious and hot.

The leisure facilities helped make the holiday, with it being winter (although the 1st few days of the week was really hot and was hot enough to wear sunscreen) and we used the indoor pool, steam room, & jacuzzi every day. A word of warning though, some people entered the steam room and sauna naked!
The down side is the location, we had to walk round a new hotel that is being built and then down a hill, which was a nightmare walking back up, as we had a member of the party who struggled waking uphill, this meant we were restricted to the hotel at night.
I would stay at this hotel again, but would prefer it if it was in a different location, not only the problem with the hill, but the resort didn’t seen like it had much to offer us.