熱帶海岸飯店

Friendly staff, not bad location

Great stay, lovely big room - a couple of small issues (lots of ants in room, cupboard door broken) but these were sorted quickly. We also found crisps on bedroom floor on check in! Great air conditioning and amazing shower. 2 adults and 2 girls (20 and 15) sharing the room - the beds in the bedroom were comfortable but the sofa beds weren’t great - 1 was really hard, the other soft with a thin mattress. Pool area was lovely, always got a sun bed but the ones with umbrella’s were taken early. Hotel itself wasn’t rowdy/noisy, no big groups but our room was near the road and we were woken a few times at around 4.30 am by people returning to other hotels/apartments. Ate mainly at the old town but had a lovely meal at the Clay Oven and bought a few things at the lovely bakery around the corner.

Reading all those reviews made me book this hotel with Jet2! But let me tell you the honest truth. Albufeira’s demographic has changed massively…this is my fourth visit and it’s true what i read just before leaving…Albufeira is now Portugal’s Benidorm! For that reason our hotel was disappointingly Filled with hoards of youngsters from Holland and Ireland. By hoards, I mean groups of 12 or more! This is a late night party hotel so if you’re going with a young family like myself then please reconsider. You WILL NOT sleep and will be kept awake all night every night by kids coming and going, running up and down corridors and even being sick outside our room on one night. On our last night we had to call reception at 5am to have a group moved from outside our bedroom door. Half way through my ten night stay I requested a room move so my kids aged 6 and 12 didn’t have to feel scared at 2,3,4,5 or 6am anymore. We were moved rooms by a very apologetic manager who seemed overwhelmed by what the holiday companies were putting in his property. I asked my rep Steven why we were the only family staying at the Tropical Sol as at one point I thought we were staying in an adult only hotel. Jet2 state no Hen Parties, but on day 5, a 10 strong hen party turned up at the pool, having the best time no doubt, but glasses in the pool and around the pool edge is unacceptable to be honest and dangerous. This hotel was undoubtedly very good in years gone by but is now out of control every night. Stay here at your peril. On the plus side, the staff are incredible, especially the night manager who every morning looked like he had put up a good fight keeping control. Rooms are huge, cleaned every day and very good for what you need. Supermarket at the bottom of the hill and a great bakery just round the corner will keep you going everyday. I now own shares in UBER as well, through continuous use everyday! Cannot understand why it is so cheap in Portugal and efficient! Highly recommend the Marina for dinner and drinks. Sadly this will be our last time in Albufeira for a while. At least the younger generation will have a blast!