Hotel Baia Grande - Albufeira, Portugal 

Philippe Migeot
Posted: Mon, Jun 22 2009
Very nice hotel and very good service. It's very clean and quiet. Very nice swimming pool. Breakfast is nice and quite complete but we did not enjoy the diner. The restaurant "A la Carte" is really poor. We prefered to have diner outside the hotel. The quality of the artistes in the piano bar is not fantastic. Anyway, I would go back for other good reasons.

Wish we were still there :)
Posted: Sat, Jul 19 2008
My husband and I plus our 16 year old daughter have just returned from a lovely week spent at the Baia Grande. First holiday to Portugal and thought Albufeira might be too busy with hen/stag parties so purposely picked a hotel out of town, tho had thought there might be a little more going on around the hotel... there are a couple of restaurants - Dim Diniz ok but food not that great, O'Marinheiro was a bit pricier but food excellent. Stayed B&B and agree with other reviews that the hot breakfast was average - same daily offering of streaky bacon, scrambled egg and sausages. Coffee, from a machine, was heinous, and fruit was tinned... but there was plenty to eat, and the restaurant was nice and clean. Pool bar food was fine - sandwiches/burgers/chips etc, tho drinks pricey - but there's a minibar in the room which you can use as a fridge for your own water etc. Rooms have a safe, 2E/day. Pool is lovely, well laid out. Shuttle bus runs to Gale beach, also to old town, tho last one goes at 18.45 so taxi back (about 7E). Pool towels are available (10E deposit) but 'are not for beach use' , but you'd get away with it, if you're running out of suitcase space! Rooms are a good size, again nice and clean. We had a lovely view of the pool and ocean, tho if you want sun on yr balcony in the morning you'll have to ring the hotel and insist on a room on the same 'wing' as the kids' pool, as ours was in shade, even tho I'd rung up and asked for a sunny room! Disappointed to discover no tea/coffee tray in the room, so not quite sure how this was rated a 4* hotel. This all sounds a bit moany but wasn't meant to as on the whole we had a wonderful week, if we went again we'd get a hire car to vary the nightlife and to see a bit more of the area, which is beautiful.

Wonderful!!
Posted: Sat, Jul 05 2008
My boyfriend and i have just returned from an amazing one week stay at the baia grande hotel albufeira. We went bed and breakfast and also ate lunch everyday at the poolside bar, however i have to admit we did eat out every night in albufeira old town that said the food we did have was lovely. Our room was bright and airy, and cleaned perfectly everyday. The whole appearance and cleanliness of the hotel and pool was truly wonderful. I highly recomend this hotel to anyone wishing for a good base to explore the algarve and have a relaxing stay. !!!