Hi Pots, Glad you had a great time :tup, good to know it's still so good, we didn't get Bob , at 37 I shouldn't complain lol . It's been a couple of months since we got back, I was wondering if you could answer a question for me please, have they got a ramp into the entertainment complex now? Just wondering if they have made any changes as they said they were.

Thanks
Sleepyrella

Hi Sleepyrella - yes, there is a little ramp into the entertainment complex.

Thanks Pots, that really good to know, they are paying attention

Pots, I got back Friday too

It was good, and perfect for the children, the food the first week was great, but the second week was not so, which I put down to us being there 2 weeks and being a bit bored of it. The entertainment team are fantastic, and there is plenty for the children to do. I will write a proper review tomorrow

Hi Roxychar
Did you go with Falcon / First Choice and were your flight times affected? We lost a day of our holiday as they changed the time of our flight on Thursday from night time to morning - we had to be up at 6 on Thursday morning and I'm still disappointed as we were only there for a week. I would imagine we would have been fed up with the food if we'd been there for 2 weeks too and we found we were always rushing to get down for breakfast, in for lunch and down for dinner (but thats also us being disorganised!). We had one meal in the Portuguese restaurant, never made the Italian, it was OK, if we'd been there for 2 weeks we wouldn't have gone back to the Portuguese restaurant.
Pots

PS - edited as realised that last line read incorrectly!!

Hi! Myself, hubby and two kids (4 & 2) have booked at the HV Algarve for June next year. We have booked self catering as we like to eat out at different places. When we booked we were told we had a sea view. Now first choice are saying we havent as these are allocated to all inclusive guests. Has anyone stayed in a room that doesn't have a sea view and is it still a nice view?
Also, I requested a 1 bedroomed appt with a double bed. They are now saying it is twin beds! Are the rooms all as big as they look on the website?
Has anyone had any experience with the swim kids, we have booked for our son to lessons while we are there and just wondered if anyones kids have actually learnt through them.

Any help would be appreciated.

Hi Beverleyann.

To be truthful, what they class as a sea view and normal people class as a sea view is totally different.
Yes, you can see the sea, with Binoculaurs or if you are on the top floor, then yes you probably could see it, But you cant see waves or sand or anyhting else thats not 100 feet Long. There is also a new apartment Block being built which blocks a good view to the sea.
Also, when they say all Inclusive, take that with a pinch of salt as well, Not everything is included.
Slush Puppies for Kids are not included, High Ropes cost 10 Euros each and like the football is not open all the time. Was only open twice when we were there. Also in the Kids Clubs, special events, eg Halloween and parties, etc cost 10 Euros as well. So please dont belive the travel agents when they tell you that everything is free, it isn't
But in saying that we went expecting the worst and came back having enjoyed a brilliant Holiday. Accomodation and Food was really good, No complaints at all. Rooms are as big , if not bigger than advertised and the swimming instructor last year was a friend of mine and does try his best to teach Kids to swim, But if you can swim yourself, the save your self some money and do it yourslef, the outside small pools and inside one will give you plenty of Incentive to do it.

Entertainment team cannot be faulted, Only major problem was someone with Chickenpox still being allowed to attend Kids club, resulting in my son being off school now with Chickenpox, which appeared 9 days after we returned, so he definetley caught them at Holiday Village.
But Im sure you will enjoy it, Just dont expect to be able to see much of the sea or expect to be woken by the crashing waves each Morning
Also see that you like to eat out, be warned it is quite a fair trek for kids to Balia and Albuferia, which has a good amount of Restaurants, some cheap, some more expensive

Have a great Holiday

thanks for the reply xor37h. I'll remember to take my binoculars then! Anyway I don't suppose we will be in our appartment long enough to worry about whether we have a sea view or not.

I'm looking forward to it....31 weeks to go!!!!

Are you really going to be looking out to sea all the time? A holiday is for enjoying, exploring etc, you'd still have a good time. We were AI and We had a very partial sea view so its not the rule of thumb that AI get the SV rooms first.

If you are going SC just be prepared for a taxi to any civilisation or a long walk. There really isn't anything near by. Having said that we had a brilliant time, food brilliant, hotel brilliant, entertainment team top notch!

If it's for enjoying and exploring, why go AI?

we're going June 7th until the 14th SC and are really looking forward to it!

How far away is Albufiera say if we wanted a night out of the resort?

Sarah

Walk to Albuferia takes 30-40 Minutes, maybe a bit longer if you have Kids.

Taxis are available at Hotel and plentiful along the way.
Have a Good Holiday

Taxis were'nt available at peak times.

Thank you-Id probably walk some of the time just to see if theres anything on the way!

Are there any good bars/clubs anyone can recommend?

Did anyone book a dolphin interaction with the zoo marine? If so how long are you in the pool with them for? Its 145euros, thats for a main participant two accompanying adults and two children under 8. Anyone else must pay 8euros to watch by the side of the pool-take pics etc.

Thanks, Sarah

Hi,
I have booked to go to the HV in sept and will have a 10month old along with a 4 and 6 yr old. I did ask for an appartment so i would have a microwave to use a steriliser. I have seen on a few posts that alot of rooms seem to have microwaves. Does anyone know if a Family room or Twin room has one. Is the weather still hot in sept for anyone who went this time last yr.
Thankyou

We went the HV Algarve last October. Everyone we met who had children were in apartments. They tended to put couples or a couple with one child in the rooms. The apartments are lovely and spotlessly clean. We were there for 2 weeks and the weather was fantastic. We had one overcast, windy day that was abit chilly and a couple of thunderstorms on an evening but apart from that it was blue skies and high temps. We had a lovely holiday and you will to.

Going back to the Holiday Village Algarve next Saturday the 09th May after a fab time last year just wondered if anyone else was visiting at the same time???

Have a great time, we're trying the holiday village in Lanzarote in October, hope it's as good as the Algarve last year, was just looking at photos yesterday, what a lot of good memories.

Hx

Thanks we will cant wait!!

We hope it is as good too, i think we will try another Holiday Village next year but our daughter is only 3 so we thought we would goto one we knew for this year!.