Buganvília By Algartur

Disappointing
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : The location has pluses and minuses. Kitchen was well equipped.
  : Location It's located 4 doors away from a restaurant with street seating... drunks are very noisey and there is little sound proofing The apartment we stayed in was at street level so every time a group walked by it felt you had let people in. We reported a small toilet leak at our arrival.. it was never fixed during our stay of 10 days. A plumber did come to inspect it and said the toilet was broken. I've installed new ones.. it was probably lacking a wax ring seal and there was no siliconing around the base. It must have been leaking a while as there was a rusted trash basket next to the toilet. (see pictures) The shower is awkward to get into. No soundproofing at main entrance facing street corner, where there is a lot of foot traffic. The apartment above has woodflooring. Late night music (till 1 am) combined with am (6am) delivery traffic, street cleaning make this a hard location to get proper sleep. Nearest paid parking is over a block away and free parking is over 2 blocks away. After paying we received a message about more exoenses that can be incurred for cleaning (ie 30 to 40 for ckeaning should we want it done during our stay etc. First property in 30 plus years of reviewing properties cleaning was not free at least once a week.:( For these reasons we can't recommend this property. :(

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Great location! Very clean and friendly staff, flexible check in for really late arrival time.
  : An outdoor patio area would've been nice, but we made due at the local pub patios.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Disappointing
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Being close to the town centre and being able to walk around easily
  : If you want all the above then these apartments are for you. Algatur informed within 6 hours of our arrival that the booked apartment was not available. They put us in another for 4 nights and insisted that we move to the booked one for the final 3 nights. The move ruined a day of our holiday and the offered compensation has never materialised. As a previous reviewer has said the beds are very hard and we have unfortunately tried two!! It is also irritating that a local restaurant has spread outside both apartments and we could hear and smell people dining outside our doors. We do not recommend these properties or agent. If you want a quiet holiday these are not for you.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Business Traveler
  : The location was excellent it was nice to stay in a fully renovated traditional Portuguese town house
  : From my point of view the property lacked outdoor seating space as the weather was unseasonably good for early march