Albufeira Marina Villa by Umbral

Keine wirkliche Ausstattung in der Küche. Überall Gestank aus den Abflüssen, kein Siffon in der Küche. Haare und Schmutz am Boden, gehst du barfuss am Fliesenboden, sind die Fusssohlen danach schwarz. Couch im Wohnzimmer Sperrmüll, Metallstange drückt auf Sitzfläche. Betten unbequem, Kopfteil der Betten nur an die Wand gelehnt. Pool gefährlich (steigt steil an, keine Tiefenangaben, Nasenbeinbruch bei Kopfsprung). Vor-Ort Agentur reagiert nicht auf E-Mails.

Everything

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Très bel emplacement, belle piscine et tout était très propre. La terrasse était belle aussi avec une belle vue.

Équipement médiocre dans la cuisine. Couteau coupe mal et lits pas très confortable.

Excellent location, pool in front of house and great patio overlooking the ocean at back. Very clean, necessary items in kitchen provided. Awesome grill outside. Parking space, but note if you are renting a SUV/large car you wont be able to close the gate with the car parked in. Every morning at 6 am personnel turns on the jets in pool, you wont miss it, they will wake up your kids repeatedly slamming the metal door to machine room, but not running these jets overninght it is good for the environment, so all good, and, on reflection, waking kids up on holidays as if it was school term is good to keep routine going. The pool is really clean/well kept, I wish it was warmer outside so we could use it at least once during our stay. I am sure it is awesome in summer though!

It is not a villa but top floor of a building - there is another 'villa' underneath it. You can stay in this 'villa' up to 8 am in the morning, and then you really have to leave, because every day at that time building work starts downstairs, complete with electric hammer drill removing structural walls below. Out of curiosity I took a few pics of new cracks apearing every day on walls from the vibration and impact. Then there are no traps underneath sinks in kitchen and bathrooms (see photos), so sewer gases: hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, methane and other seep into this 'villa'. You can smell hydrogen sulfide particularly well (rotten eggs) and these gases are toxic for humans. They are explosive as well, but hob is induction and no smoking in house, so all shall survive staying there. I was travelling with my parents and kids, pretty exhausted, wanted a few days off without having to deal with another challenge (I have enough fun dealing with building safety as part of my job), so rather than calling the municipality (it is a violation of building codes), I opened all windows to ensure this toxic mix is ventilated. It was pretty cold (mid April), so not ideal, especially that there were only four blankets provided for guests (it is a six person house), but we survived sleeping there for a couple of days. On day one you need to take a hike to the shop round the corner to get bin bags and toilet paper (one of each was provided, thank you). There is nowhere to take the rubish out, nor anybody removes it, so be prepared to keep this stuff inside for the duration of your stay, otherwise seagulls will rip the bags apart if left outside just like racoons do that in New York or foxes in London. I read great reviews about this villa on booking.com, my kids were happy, my parents were happy to see my kids, that is all that matters, but these missing traps must be installed prior to any future rentals of this place.

Great property and location

The property was very clean, unbelievable location, 10 mins walk to old town, 5 mins to the beach and 2 mins to a supermarket, but far enough that it was quite at night. The pool was also extremely nice with sun all day. Hostesses were also very nice.

Only one thing that I could see improved and that is the comfiness of the beds/pillows.

Location near the marina was great, since most of the activities (cave/dolphin tours, watersport, etc. starts at the marina). There is a supermarket/bakery around the corner from the villa - cheap and tasty breakfast/coffee. Spacious, big pool and kitchen equipped with most amenities (except dishwasher). We brought washing up liquid, sponge, paper towels for cleaning up and clothes peg to hold the clothes down in windy conditions.

Lack of shade by the poolside and the balcony (sunny throughout the day and can get quite hot during peak summer). Additional parasols would help greatly. Only 1 key for the villa, so need to plan ahead if occupants have different activities.