The house is beautiful, in fact the pictures don't do the property justice. The interior is beautifully finished, and the property is a lot bigger than the pictures lead you to believe. The house is in a lovely development and is about 8 mins by car to Vale do Lobo and a little further to Quinta so I would recommend a car. The immediate surrounding town outside the development (the development itself is beautiful) is not as finished as some of the nearby towns but having said that there is a beautiful beach 5 minutes up the road, Trafal (much cheaper sunbeds than the main beach at Vale do Lobo and great water sports) and within a 2-minute walk is Don Giovanni’s, a lovely simple, good quality Italian which we ate in several times.
The pool and outside area are lovely and again very well equipped with BBQ etc. There is a hot tub on the top terrace which we also got a lot of use out of.
The hosts Chris & Magda had organised a welcome pack with tea / milk / eggs etc which was a God send as we arrived very late. Magda also does a mid-week clean which was great.
There are a lot of beaches nearby, Trafal beach only up the road is beautiful, we also tried the Shack near the lake at Quinta de Lago for food and the kids did obstacle courses on the lake and played on the sand, would highly recommend a visit. We also visited the main beach at Vale do Lobo and we travelled into Vilamoura several times. All an easy commute.
For kids, you’re about 20 mins from Aqua park and similar to Zoomarine so there is lots to do in the surrounding area.
We'd highly recommend this property and have no negatives, but I would say I’m not sure it’s suitable for people with very young kids. Babies would be fine but tots who’ve just started to walk, say between the ages of 14 and 24 months, you’d need to keep a close eye as the stairs is steep in places and tiled up to the second floor, on the first landing there is a small area with a gap (it’s supposed to be there, part of the design) but it could be risky with a young toddler. Also, the pool, like many in Portugal it is not gated so you’d need to keep a close eye or keep the door locked unless you are outside with them. Like I say it wasn’t an issue for us and the property is beautiful.