RR Alvor Baía Resort

We stayed for 14 nights for our family summer holiday. The hotel gave mixed feelings. In my opinion this is not a 4 star hotel and overpriced for what we received. On arrival check in was quick, smooth and the staff were pleasant. Our room was large, spacious and very clean. Housekeeping staff visited everyday and done an amazing job. We were shocked to have to pay for our in room safe. This should be included especially at the prices the hotel charge. We also had requested a quiet room looking inland but at night it was so loud with another resorts awful karaoke entertainment that our kids struggled to sleep. The pool was fantastic, always plenty of sunbeds and space in the pool for the kids to play. Another positive was the play park was amazing for the kids and it was their favourite thing to do. Only negative from the pool area was the queues at the bar. There was not enough staff for the amount of guests. The food was very average, repetitive and not much variety in choice. Two barbeque nights in one week is way too much. The kids did struggle to find decent things to eat each day. The kids options could be so much better. The all inclusive package is poor compared to other accommodations we have visited. There are no ice cream and slushies for the kids on the all inclusive snacks. The ice cream is only available after 4pm. You also cannot take snacks outside during the day. The hotel has a free shuttle bus to the beach which we used once. This is a great service but could be doing with running more often in peak times as it was very over crowded. Overall, we did have a great family holiday and made the most of it but we would not return to this hotel.

Booked a last minute trip for myself and 3 kids (all under 8). Hotel was fab, great pool, great playpark, great food. Restaurant wasnt too busy which was good. Room was lovely, spacious and always clean. Reception staff very helpful. The smell in reception is incredible too, wish they sold it as a room spray! Efficient transfer service down to the beach The beach was beautiful, lovely walk along the front, sea was pleasant, beach itself lovely and clean. Never done evening entertainment. Would return again on a short solo trip with kids but not as a full family holiday. We only stayed 3 nights, any longer and i feel like the kids would have been bored/food too repetitive.

I was surprised how clean this hotel is, there’s always staff cleaning, pool toilets are cleaned every 15mins. The pool is massive and never had issues with finding a sunbed. Even the lifeguards go round and take towels off sunbeds at 1030 which aren’t being used. Staff are friendly and helpful. Food halls are split between families with under 12 and over 12s, the food variety in my thoughts was really good. Was always something to choose, plus theme nights and bbqs. Entertainment is good throughout the day, always something on for the little one. The hotel is about 15/20min walk from alvor harbour/beach. There’s a bus that travels between the hotel and the beach. I would book this hotel again, we really enjoyed our time here.

Overall we had a nice 4 days at this hotel but glad we didn’t book for longer. The room was clean and spacious and a lovely big balcony with gorgeous views. The pool was nice & clean and absolutely massive and we didn’t have any problem getting beds. There are the usual sad people that have to put their towels out at the crack of dawn but as long as you don’t mind being a bit further away from the pool it’s fine. The free bus to the beach is great and what a beautiful beach it is! We paid €31 for 3 of us for a cabana for the day and it was so worth it. Be warned though, the sea is freeezing. The cocktails included in the all inclusive are on tap & pretty disgusting and the food isn’t great either. The breakfast isn’t too bad with plenty of choice so there’s always something you can eat and lunch was ok but same things every day. We only went once in the evening and wasn’t impressed at all so ate in town the rest of our holiday. We walked into town in the evenings and loved it, lots of pretty little streets & some amazing restaurants. My daughter made a cheese roll one morning to take back to the room for later as the snacks were so limited and she was made to feel like a criminal. They made her throw it away rather than just say it’s not allowed and don’t do it again. There’s no signs saying you can’t do that and I saw lots of people doing it. I would return but not to this hotel.