Sereia Da Oura Apartments

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Having just arrived back from a six night stay in these apartments I have to say how wonderful, clean and well equipped the apartments are. The maid service was immaculate; the location was perfect (one way for bars and nightlife on the strip, the other way for the old town and its tavernas.) Both within easy walking distance, and the beautiful beach was just around the corner.
Only one criticism is the reception on the TV was poor for the only English Channel (CNN news) but hey you do not go on holiday to watch TV. Equipped with a comfortable double bedroom with enough wardrobe space for a family of six. A lovely though slightly dated, clean bathroom, two double sofa beds that were a doddle to use, dining table and a very clean well equipped kitchen, had full oven and hob, coffee maker, kettle, toaster, fridge freezer even a washing machine.
One word of warning, if you use the coffee maker/kettle or toaster make sure you plug the hot water tank back in or you end up with a cold wash/shower in the morning.
Reception staff were brilliant, arranged cheap airport transfers for us and were fantastic.
Without a doubt my wife and I will return to the same apartments next year, probably twice as they are such good value.

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We got back 2 weeks ago from a family holiday to these apartments and had to write a review because we were dreading going after the reports I had read.
We decided to leave all our jewellery and valuables at home because of the muggings I had read about but I have to say I have never felt anywhere safer while on holiday.
The apartments were clean and tidy, the maids came most days to change the towels and sweep around.
The people who ran the reception and the bar couldn’t do enough to help us and were very friendly even had the patience to help us learn to speak Portuguese.
All the bars and shops were only a 5 minute walk around the corner and the old town was about a 15 min walk the other way.
The only complaint was the pool was cold but we got used to it after a couple of days.
All in all a fantastic holiday for 5 adults and for 4 children would definitely go back again.

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That M O'Brien must have stayed at a different place. We've been to these apartments 3 times so far and are going again in October. They were spacious, clean and very comfortable. The staff are always very helpful and we'd recommend the apartments to anyone. Very good value for money.
The apartments are in a quiet location but only minutes from anything you might need; supermarket, shops, beach and the strip, where there is an abundance of restaurants and bars. A visit to the old town of Albufeira is worthwhile too.

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These apartments are horrible. They are very, very dirty with paint peeling on all the walls, mould in every corner, rust on all metal objects, the dirt was everywhere.
We arrived at 10:00am on the Saturday morning, to see that the pictures on the internet are nothing compared to the actual apartments. We had to wait until 12:30 as we were told that our apartment was being cleaned! There is no secure room to put suitcases we were told to leave them in a corner in the reception!
After complaining about the dirt of the reception to our holiday rep and the receptionist we went to look for another apartment without luck, we returned to the apartments at about 12:00pm and got the key to our room at 12:30. Why we were left waiting god only knows as the dirt in the room was worse than the reception. There was smoke burns on our bed and a big whole in the middle of it, the other pull out bed was very hard to try to open and close.
The only blankets we got were dirty, shabby, and very heavy woolen blankets! There was cracks on all the tiles with dirt embedded in them etc. Anyway after complaining to our rep the following day we were told we'd just have to make do, the receptionist was not happy about our complaints!

These apartments were very airy, clean and well furnished, the only problem we had on our 2 week stay was the kids got a rash when playing in the pool, location was perfect with a 5 minute walk to the supermarket, 10 minute walk to the strip, try coconuts it’s a great pub for kids with plenty of entertainment, I booked this holiday for myself and another 4 families and everyone of us had a great time, so much so that my own kids don’t want to go back to Florida.