Marina Sol by Atlantic Places

The layout of the bedrooms were brilliant. The garden was massive, and pool was wonderful! The property was clean - which is the main thing!

Some things were worn, such as shower doors, lamp fixtures, however by no means did it effect the stay.

Location was ideal for going to the Marina or Old Town by foot. We used Ubers for Old Town as the walk is up hill. Place is big and spacious and bedrooms are a good size and plenty bathrooms. Games room which the children liked to play in. Host on hand via whatsapp and very easy going. Re booked cleaners without any hassle - although cleaning should have been done properly first time round.

This is an expensive villa without any luxury that you would expect to come with the price tag. This is more suited for big groups of younger people splitting the price tag and going there to eat and drink outwith the villa. No meet & greet on arrival to show you around or provide instructions. We spoke to host the next day due to having to pay for the heated pool ( which felt the same as every other pool we have had in a villa temp wise but cost us an extra 300 euros) and had to tell him there were ants downstairs and upstairs in the villa ( he dropped off ant powder the next day for us to sort out ourselves ) and also had to explain the villa was not 100% clean ( dust all over stair hand rails and ants) and he sorted out the cleaners coming back a couple of days later. Inside furniture is basic/cheap and some broken , ie tv cabinet drawers broken and hanging out, knobs hanging off or missing on bedroom drawers. Couple of mattress sank when sat on, one shower leaked all over the floor. Sofa dirty and rickety. Kitchen lacks any extras, salt/pepper/oil/oven trays. Microwave knob broken and glass plate inside wrong size. windows in livingroom at pool side are filthy. Host tried to fob it off as blown windows but if you went outside and put water on them you could see it was a lot of dirt/water from the pool. Outside, plastic white sun loungers that were soaked everyday from sprinklers, and plastic table and chairs. Nice cream chairs to sit on but other furniture should match. There was no warning for the pool cleaner coming and he also didnt knock. So that was half a day wasted that we were unable to use the pool as he didnt leave until 1pm in the afternoon. Another day no water at the marina - we were not informed of this. Surely the host would know of planned maintenance.

We loved the villa, and especially the outside area where there are several seating areas, pool and barbecue. Trees provide some shade if needed. Well worth paying extra for the pool to be heated. Our 3 grandchildren spent hours on end playing happily while we adults watched on enjoying the sunshine (and sometimes joined them in there). We also enjoyed playing pool and table tennis in the basement. Location is great, very quiet when we were there (mid May), 5 minute walk from the marina where there are plenty bars and restaurants and a 15 minute uphill walk to the old town. Plenty tuk tuks available if you need transport. Small supermarket and a few other shops also a 5 min walk away.

Our only small criticism would be the cooking facilities weren't fantastic but really a very minor thing.

This villa is excellent. We stayed as a family of 9 with 3 couples, 1 teenager and 2 children. The villa was spotless and had everything we needed (although we didn’t cook so can’t comment on utensils) but the kitchen looked stocked up. We did use the BBQ a couple of times which we loved. The games room was a total hit with our family and the window looking into the bottom of the swimming pool in the games room was a lovely surprise! The location of this villa is very good a 5 minute walk to the marina and 20 minute walk to the old town. We had a great time and if we were to go back to Albufeira we would definitely stay at Marina Sol again and highly recommend!

Nice location, a 15 minutes walk to get into the old city. Beautiful large villa with a pool and a fine garden. Lots of space to park your car.

There is a shortage of different kind of things: cups, chairs, pans, etc. The house need soms TLC: Tender, love and care. Next to the place there is a construction side, that produces noise.

The location is excellent! Walking distance to everything. We enjoyed our stay but would only return if updated were made.

linens were poor quality. Not enough towels. No toiletries as stated in the brochure. Patio furniture was old and dirty. I stayed at this property in 2019 and it needed to be updated specifically the bathrooms, living room and outdoor furniture.