Trogdor Merfcastle
This is a good hotel, with some significant limitations.
The pros:
(*) Wonderful location. On top of a cliff with gorgeous views of the beach. Near everything in Albufeira. Really couldn't pick a much better location.
(*) A/C works. It can get hot in Albufeira and the AC worked incredibly well.
(*) Free breakfast. No joke, this was the best hotel breakfast I've ever had in my life. Everything was fresh. Everything was delicious. I've seen dozens of "free hotel breakfasts" and they are normally not that good, but this was great!
(*) Nice pool. It's far from huge, but the pool is nice, with a wonderful view of the beach.
(*) Staff was friendly. Staff was always friendly and helpful.
(*) Good walks nearby. My wife and I greatly enjoyed all the nice walks nearby. Not only the beach, but the nearby neighborhoods are pretty good.
Cons:
(*) Beds were horrible. Very uncomfortable. They have the setup with the 2 beds pushed together and it was awful. Not only were they uncomfortable, but they constantly shift.
(*) Very small. Hotel room and particularly the bathroom were small. Shower was super-tiny; barely can fit a human. That said, water pressure in the shower was good and it has one of those flexible nozzles, so not too bad.
(*) Balcony not really "private". Our room had a balcony with sun beds outside, except it wasn't really private. The fact that pool-goers needed to cross to go to the bathroom is fine; but we had an obnoxious young Brit couple that kept parking in front of our room, blocking our view, and the fat dude kept showing his skinny girlfriend his hard-on right in front of us. We complained to the hotel staff, but they said there was nothing they could do since that area wasn't private. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! Hotel needs to remedy this - yes, people should be able to cross by to go to the bathroom, but people should not be able to park in front of your room and do whatever they want.
(*) A/c thermostat is fake. While it's great the the A/C works, the thermostat on the remote for it is 100% fake. Doesn't matter what temperature you set it to. It only has 2 real settings: on and off. So if you leave it running in the night, eventually it will be 13C / 55F even if you set it to 20C / 68F.
Overall, then, our experience at Rocamar was pretty mixed. It was romantic at times and annoying at others. If hotel got more comfortable beds and remedied the 'private balcony' issue, I'd probably give it 5 stars. For now, it's about 3.5 / 5. I'll be generous and round up to 4 due to the wonderful hotel breakfast. That said, we stayed 3 nights - if you're staying a week, I think the uncomfortable beds would be more of an issue.
Kelsey Graham
Booked 3 nights here with a friend after spending most of our trip on hostels. You're definitely paying for the views and the pool. Pool is small and not many loungers but we were able to get a spot on the deck every day we went, and it was a hot busy weekend. The views are incredible and the pool is great. Beds were uncomfortable, felt hard as a rock. Breakfast was decent, lots of options. Staff were always friendly. Great location to the beach and the town, there is tons to see and do. Air conditioning was great. Really enjoyed our stay!
María Paz Perinotti
Very expensive, is not worthy!!!!!!
Rooms are not clean, they were very dirty. Bedsheets and towels were not changed in 4 days, I had a dirty towel on the floor and they folded it back in the room as if it was a new one.
Elevators are constantly out of order.
Breakfast is bad, coffee impossible to drink. You have only one hour for breakfast and the staff is constantly rushing you, they were rude.I ended up going to other places to have a proper breakfast.
Do not get fool by the 4 stars, feels like 1.
I wasted a lot of money here and my vacations were 100% ruined.
Richard Grayson
We booked this hotel as a spontaneous trip through Love Holidays. We had a slight panic following reading the reviews, if we had read the reviews beforehand, it's unlikely we would have booked. Had we not booked, we would have missed out on a simply fantastic hotel. It is perfectly clean, the rooms are serviced daily, we had only positive experiences with the staff, who were very helpful throughout our stay. The food was excellent, the location is perfect & we had a lovely time in Albufeira. We will return to this hotel & cannot wait to do so.
Dan R
Brilliant pit stop on a costal walk. Great view and atmosphere sat outside. Delicious burger. Great drinks. Really clean, super clean toilets.
Very friendly staff.
Recommended!
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