Pinhal Do Sol Hotel

, Quarteira
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worst holiday ever!
3 / 10
Oct 2011, lewis2010

Just returned from Pinhal Do Sol- and glad to be back. I will start with the good points about this place. Its very clean,you can get free bus tranfers to and from the beach and marina regularly. Its a budget break,you get what you pay for, the food is ok-not much choice. I... more

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Wonderful holiday
9 / 10
Aug 2011, Miss Journo

1 reader found this review helpful

Just before we left to go on holiday, I made the mistake of reading some of the more negative reviews and wondered what we were letting ourselves in for. But I would say to anyone who is going to the hotel to not listen to all the moaners. The hotel, pools and the... more

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very happy
10 / 10
Sep 2010, maisie

2 readers found this review helpful

myself and my husband are just back from portugal and we stayed at the Pinhal do sol hotel I have to say it was really lovely and peaceful very relaxing the hotel staff were all very nice also helpful The hotel gave us a room upgrade at no extra cost to ourselves as our... more

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All Inclusive Joke
5 / 10
Aug 2010, brownedoff

11 members of my family went on this holiday recently my sister and her daughter and my neice her husband and 2 children were all inclusive, my other sister and her husband and myself wre half board and my nephew and his girlfriend were bed and breakfast when the all... more

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Great Holiday
9 / 10
May 2009, angiec30

13 readers found this review helpful

Just returned from a 4 night break and i must admit i read the reviews before hand and wasn't looking forward to going. How wrong i was to worry. The hotel was clean, staff were friendly and the food was better in the day admittedly than the evening but the meals were basic... more

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A Great Get Away
9 / 10
May 2009, Lisa&Ollie

11 readers found this review helpful

Can't fault it... great place to relax and wind down. Clean rooms, great Portuguese food, 2 nice pools(if a bit cold :o) ), friendly staff, free bus shuttles - the holiday is what you make it! We definitely will be back! Anyone who has had a problem with this Hotel needs to... more

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Peace and Tranquility
9 / 10
May 2009, rackliff1

4 readers found this review helpful

We have just returned from a 3 night stay at this hotel and i cannot fault it.. Rooms were very clean, shower brilliant, Food excellent varied choice, staff all friendly. This Hotel is set in a nice peaceful area, great for relaxing and offers a bus into Vilamoura and... more

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Who are all these moaners ?
9 / 10
Jan 2009, ERICANN

10 readers found this review helpful

We are a couple aged 49/50 and have just returned from our second all inclusive holiday at the Pinhal Do Sol (17-24 Jan 09). I cannot understand why people are moaning ! Regarding the previous entry saying the staff were rude, I cannot disagree more. On both our stays there... more

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Bad service
3 / 10
Jan 2009, cryynna

2 readers found this review helpful

Very rude staff, not very comfortable room, but enough clean, unwelcome restaurants, fakes drinks, small pool and garden.
Unlikely recommended in the future, but I think good for old people and disabled people.

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Faulty Do Sol
1 / 10
Jan 2009, harrygarmy

1 reader found this review helpful

Where do all these people who have wrote a good review on this hotel come from are they the owners friends and relatives or are they just mad!! This has got to be the worst hotel I have ever stayed in. We arrived at the Pinal do Sol about 9pm having driven from Faro... more

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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT BOOK THIS HOTEL!!!!!
1 / 10
Jan 2009, bonnyboo

Good points first, the hotel was clean and rooms ok. (thats it) The food was terrible, we booked this hotel for over xmas as the site advertised a Gala xmas dinner which was basically turkey and chips, plus entres of cold fishfingers left over from dinner that day and cold... more

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Excellent, could not fault the hotel...
9 / 10
Oct 2008, Mr Keith Parsonson

2 readers found this review helpful

Excellent, could not fault the hotel at all, staff friendly, helpful, food excellent, room great.
Quiet, secluded
Will be back

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Read before you book! from BarryFulhamLondon
The hotel is in a quiet location so you need a car as there is nothing to do / see for miles. For some people who like a secluded hotel this could be a bonus. Mosquitos were a problem even with the doors and windows firmly shut we suffered numerous bites. The hotel is of a very odd construction and tiled virtually throughout, including the corridors, and as all of the rooms are off a long single corridor every new arrival or departure was like a herd of elephants charging past your room, as such whilst in a secluded location it was at times one of the nosiest hotels I have ever stayed in. The rooms smelt damp and for late March / April this was a surprise. THE FOOD (WARNING) We were half board in the hotel and we have travelled all over the world and stayed in accomodation of all star ratings, this hotel is without a doubt the worst ever for food. The breakfast is very simple, offering scrambled or boiled egg& Sausages one day, and the next sausages were replaced by bacon (very poor quality) the orange juice was more acidic than refreshing and was clearly made from a powder mix. We attended the evening "buffet" and what was presented to us was beyond belief, there was a choice of stew or Fish, with a surly lady standing behind to ladle out your portion, that was it, no alternative apart from the very sparse salad. We were so shocked we ate outside of the hotel, we checked every night and the offering was the same,very very poor and we never ate in the hotel in the evening at all. We followed the menu and it was meat stew & Fish two days running followed by fish stew on the third day! The pudding was strawberry angel delight or nothng. The nearest the restaurant comes to fresh fruit is the dusty plastic fruit in the corner. The restaurant also had a somewhat grubby feel and it felt more like dining in the russian depression with the gloomy net curtains and dark wood then the "sunny Algarve"
Not Impressed from IrishTom
Hi, We were at this hotel for one week in Jan 07. I have to say that they were not ready to take customers. On our first night we could'ent sleep. The room smell was damp, the airconditioning did not work and the floor flodded when I took a shower. The reception staff were not at all friendly in fact they were rude. Having forced them to change my room the new one was a bit better. Breakfast was another disaster, the coffee/tea machine gave you just that no matter what button you presses and it was cold. This is one hotel I won't be going back to. For the rest of the holiday we went to the beach area for breakfast. This area was great and the people were friendly. Just a pity about the hotel and their unprofessional staff.
No room at the Inn from Mikal
We booked this Hotel in January 2005 for a week in September 2005 and the booking was confirmed. We arrived to find that there was no room at this hotel and they had decided that we would be better in their other hotel nearer to the beaches. We did not want a hotel nearer to the beach nor on a main road which meant that you had to sleep with the windows closed. Staff were most unfriendly with a couldnt care attitude, the breakfast was the worst we had had in a hotel. Can only recommend that you keep clear of this place and their other hotel Zodiaco
Rude staff from pagalmaria
I found that the staff and the management at the hotel extremely rude and their servcices were extremely slow. The restaurant and bar got my order for food and drinks wrong everyday and I even pointed at the menu a few times to tell them what I wanted and the wrong order still arrived. The rooms are cleaned 3 times a week at siesta time so if you are asleep, the cleaners will not come back to clean your room. The rooms were clean and the air conditioning in the room was helpful too.The TV has national Portugese channels so if you don't understand Portugese, don't watch TV. The satelitte TV didn't work. The water stopped working for a day and I was just told that it'll be fixed whenever. They did not try to accomodate us for not having water. The town is about 4km from the hotel so it is better hiring a car.
Lovely place to Stay from Out_in_the_sun
Stayed at Pinhal Do Sol August 2006, with partner and three children, Lovely clean rooms, staff friendly except Barman a bit grumpy when asked for sandwiches, at the bar. No facilities in room not even a fridge, which was not a good idea with 3 children, Free Bus service 3 times a day into town, or beach, - but bus only holds 8 people, - Had to mainly rely on taxi's, Lovely place, a little far away from town, beach, (5 euro taxi each way), but would go back, and would recommend to older couples. Not families with young children.
Good weekend break from deptford
For a quiet weekend away, this was an ideal place. It is isolated from the bustle of the nearby towns but easy to get to and from with a taxi. It was clean and the staff were very pleasant and helpful. We did have a problem with mosquitoes however and the breakfast was thankfully the only meal we had included - it wasn;t worth missing a lie in for. The pool was a good place to chill out as most of the other guestts seemed to disappear off somewhere else during the day. The local towns were pleasant with a wide choice of good places to eat. We had a walk to the Loule Velho beach one day and it was quite a pleasant stroll - we foumd ourselves on the far side of Quarteira - took about 45 minutes. All in all, a good place for a long weekend - not sure about an extended stay though.
Pleasant Hotel from A TripAdvisor Member
We stayed in Pinhal 2 which seemed to be an addition to the main hotel a minutes walk away. The rooms were bright and had lovely new bathrooms, unfortuately there were no balconys with these rooms, although we did not think it a problem as Pinhal 2 had its own pool outside the front entrance with pretty grounds for sunbathing. The staff were quite amusing! and the guy behind the bar reminded us a little of Basil Faulty!!! Would say car hire is a must although we found taxis to be quite cheap and would definately eat out but then who doesn't want to when they are on holiday anyway. The hotel is situated halfway between Vilamoura and Vale de Lobo which are definately worth a visit. Would say this would be a nice hotel for couples wanted a relaxing trip, we had no problem with mosqitos as mentioned in another review.
Great if you want very quiet holiday from A TripAdvisor Member
This hotel was kept spotless and rooms were a lovely size, staff were quite helpful. It was very basic and there was NO entertaining which would have been a bonus as there was nowhere in walking distance that you could go to. You would most definitely have to have a car or some other means of transport to get about. They do have a hotel bus, which made four trips a day to and from the nearest town. I would not advise taking children as they would become easily bored. There was no launderette only laundry facilities (maid service) which was very expensive. It would have been nice if there were tea-making facilities. Buses were about every 30 - 40 minutes but they stopped running after 8:30pm. We had a car for 7 days of our 14-day stay, which was the best 7 days of our holiday. On the whole we enjoyed our holiday as the weather was brilliant and on lazy days we could laze about at the pool but it would have been nice if they had some evening entertainment. They only had the pool table and large screen TV, which was OK if you could speak Portuguese or German. As the hotel has mainly German visitors they did not really cater for the British tourists. Snack foods were sold in the bar and they were quite good. Lovely hotel but in the wrong location.
clean and basic from A TripAdvisor Member
out of town will require a car to visit the nice beaches..hotel very basic food levels no imagination suggest eat out. Very clean rooms with linen change every day. pleasant staff 6/10
Not the best from allwrite
Serious Mosquito problem in this hotel. Right beside a power station which is VERY brightly lit. Huge rooms but a VERY long walk to reception from some of them as the hotel is very elongated in design. Also extremely isolated so not suitable for children. They make an effort to entertain and there is a very friendly cafe about 5oo meters away, otherwise absolutely nothing locally. Town of Quarteira (UGH) about three kms to the south.
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  • Address: Sitio de Semino 8125, Quarteira, Portugal
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  • Bar/lounge
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  • Continental Breakfast
  • Free Parking
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  • Swimming Pool
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Pinhal Do Sol Hotel travel tips from your fellow travellers
  • Sagres ( end of the world) fantastic views - by bonnyboo
  • Walking on lovely beaches. Have a walk round fruit and fish markets. Interesting. - by ERICANN
  • Oscars Traditional Bar is a must go - just 10 minute walk from the hotel. - by Lisa&Ollie
  • isolated if your children happy with a pool then its ok - by brownedoff

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