Tirzah Adams
Highly recommend, very helpful and attentive staff who help with absolutely everything, lovely area, lovely studio apartment with fantastic cleaning and room service, great food, a wide range of beverages at the bar, peaceful area with private beach and towel exchange area (so no need to bring a towel!) staff at reception helped with booking experiences, taxis, everything very swiftly and politely. Had a brilliant stay and if I come to this area in future I will definitely stay here again 😊
Hazel Sam
We had a roadtrip along the coastline of South Portugal and this hotel was my absolute favorite. It's massive! The room was clean and spacious, the restaurants and bars are overlooking the beach. Also, there's acess to the beach. There's a large swimming pool with several sunbeds. They have a massage & sauna and the breakfast was great! Totally recommended.
Maria Cyprus
We had a wonderful stay at Hotel Garden Real Santa. The apartment was clean, tidy, and very cosy, and the room service team came every morning to refresh the bedding, which we really appreciated.
A very special thank-you to the hotel team for the lovely surprise on my daughter’s 16th birthday — the cake and birthday card were such a thoughtful gesture, and it truly made her day. The sea view from the restaurant was absolutely stunning — enjoying our meals while overlooking the ocean made the experience even more relaxing and unforgettable.
Overall, it was an amazing place to visit, and we definitely look forward to staying here again in the future.
Brigitte St
Great room, main hallways need to be refurbished! The really downside was breakfast! Very busy, had to queue for 15 minutes and the noise in there is unbearable! Heavy chairs that make really bad noise and bad sound isolation. The quality was ok but have seen better with 5*. Was more 4* quality. Prices in the hotel are very high for Portugal, if you can absolutely eat out!!
Marko Jankovic
It’s a beautiful property in a great location, but unfortunately the service was very disappointing. My girlfriend wasn’t feeling well, and I tried to bring her a simple bowl of oats from the breakfast area. Staff refused and didn’t offer an alternative. When I went to reception, they suggested I pick the food myself so room service could deliver it pointless back and forth instead of just helping.
At the beach, things weren’t better. Even as hotel guests, we were asked to pay for sunbeds. When I asked to charge it to the room, they said that wasn’t possible. Since we didn’t have our wallets with us, we had to go all the way back to the room and return, which killed the mood of being at the beach.
The entire bathroom felt outdated, especially the shower, which had weak water pressure and only a handheld option. There was also just a bathtub, no proper walk-in shower
Breakfast itself was underwhelming, with limited options and average ingredients. The hotel’s restaurants were even worse, completely unacceptable for a supposed 5-star hotel.
Beautiful setting, but the service and dining make it hard to recommend…
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