I would love to hear more about the Lagoa Azul as we are thinking of booking a suite there.

Fiona, here is my thoughts on the different rooms at the Lagoa Azul;

We stayed in a standard room last year - bed, seating area, tv, aircon, 'kitchen' area and fridge all in one big room all of this lead onto the balcony. This year we had a suite, which had a 'kitchen area' with fridge, seating area and tv - leading onto the balcony.
After staying in both rooms we would definately prefer the bedroom as opposed to the suite. We felt we did not need the extra room as we didn't spend any time in it apart from going to the fridge, whereas i9t was nice to watch the news from the comfort of our bed and even watch a late night movie on the cable.
We're going back next January and i'm going to ask for a normal room.

hope this helps

it's a great hotel, quiet, not too far away, great service, drinks at the bar are expensive, the mini bar is a decent price and the breakfasts are great - egg chef etc

Paul

Here is a list of the restaurants we visited and the bill prices - of course there are a few stories behind each of them - which do you reckon was the best?

All Spice - 800rps
Cactus Shepherds Pie - 770rps
Nishas - 920rps
Maggies - 775rps
Spice Oven - 530rps
Royal Thai - 775rps
A Francais - 1400rps
Nishas - 690rps
Nishas - 590rps
Poco Loco - 825rps
Bhatti's - 700rps
All Spice - 915rps

These were our evening meals eating and drink what we wanted - all were 2 courses, sometimes 3.

Some other noteable inclusions for lunch were; Florentines in Saligao - very cheap and very tasty. Alcove beach resort at Little Vagator - good food - absolutely stunning setting for your lunch - great day out, you can use the facilities, pool etc and also walk down to the beach. As always, the best lunch in the world are the Garlic King Prawns (shell on) served by Johnny at the Hard Rock Cafe at Morjim Beach.

For the observant ones amongst you there are only 12 evening meals - the other 2 nights were spent at Ingoes Saturday night market where we ate; Pizza - wonderful, Souvlaki - great as usual and the Roast Beef served by the big German fella. On the second Saturday night we watched Apache Indian - a British Indian rap/ragamuffin artist who had the place jumpin!

More to follow.........

Paul

Great stuff, keep it coming I have booked a suite at Alcove for 3 nights next month, what a view from the balcony was the food and drink expensive at the Alcove ??

feelthevibe,
the food at alcove was reasonable - I had calde verdi soup (spinach) and an avacado prawn salad with a mix veg paratha. The soup was excellent(60rps) the prawn salad was different to the ones you get in the UK as the prawns were freshly cooked and peeled and the bread was great - full of fresh veg and herbs - it was nom more expensive than any other beach shack.
I will have to postpone writing my trip report as we're going to Krakow, Poland tommorrow morning for 4 nights - we'll see how it differs!

happy holidays
Paul&Amanda

good report thanks

Hi Hotxbun as you know we are booked for the Lagoa Azul for April. We are booked with First Choice and I think the booking says standard room, so will we just get put into a 'normal' room or might it change when we get there? The normal room sounds fine to me. You said the drinks were expensive at the bar, can you give us an idea on the prices? (Not that I am a drinker of course )

Our last review for this hotel was December 2006

Will anyone who has stayed here since then please assist your fellow holidaymakers by writing your review HERE

Many Thanks

Glynis I will do one when I come home at the end of April

i will do one as well when i come back in april,,someone must of been there since dec...any reviews or info would be good

Many thanks both The reviews, as you can imagine, are very helpful to visitors and members alike.

Thanks again