Monte Dourado Resort - Carvoeiro

Really spacious apartment and proper sized beds, king size with a memory foam mattress in one of the bedrooms was a blessing given both my small children wanted to sleep in the same bed as me. Nice and quiet at night and with shutters so no dazzling light in the morning to wake my little beauties. Wonderful having 2 bathrooms, dishwasher and washing machine (I know, I know, I even had a reality check that these items now excite me on holiday). Apartment was very well equipped and everywhere is kept super clean, the cleaner was lovely, really friendly and super efficient (if only she lived near me at home I'd hire her!). Our apartment over looked the tennis courts and our buildings pool, very nice too, the apartments overlooking the sea are a bit special though for the view, if you can stretch a bit I would go for one of these. Big pool was a bit more lively as in there were more people around it, still very chilled, so we used to go up there in the afternoon. Really close to the town, and beach, just be prepared for the steep hill, I know everyone mentions it, it does take a bit of energy, pushing a buggy and a baby strapped to me with bags of shopping took me 3 stops to catch my breath but definitely do-able. And comical to watch the other half showing off by tearing up the hill, after a few pints watching the football, and nearly collapse at the top. The whole place is hilly so it does not apply to just this hotel. I would have no hesitation in recommending this hotel.

This is a really nice complex but you do need to be aware it is a hilly location so for us we needed to get a taxi back from the village in the evenings. We were celebrating our 44th wedding anniversary and we received a nice bottle of bubbly and chocolates from the staff! Very clean apartment with a nice sea view and overall a very nice complex.

Wonderful place with really nice people

Excellent hotel, great location, rooms perfect, very comfortable. Loved the maps and board games - nice touch. The only problem was the shabby internet. Only two access at any given time (we were a family of four), and the internet kept dropping us off, or else did not even let us on. This was a pain as we all had work to do and needed to be available. Apart from this, we loved our stay.

Very good clean and private.accomadation roomy and air conditioning best I have come across.Hill up to resort from town very steep !!!