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Vilalara Grand Hotel Algarve

5.0 star property

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3 restaurants, breakfast, lunch, dinner served; Portuguese cuisine
Outdoor pool, pool loungers
Lobby sitting area
3 restaurants, breakfast, lunch, dinner served; Portuguese cuisine

Reviews

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Spa pool
  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi

Explore the area

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Praia Das Gaivotas, Lagoa, 8400-450
  • Place, Cova Redonda Beach
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, Senhora da Rocha Beach
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Place, Nossa Senhora da Rocha Chapel
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Airport, Faro (FAO-Faro Intl.)
    ‪47 min drive‬

Room options

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Superior Suite, 1 Bedroom

Superior Suite, 1 Bedroom

  • 115 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Large Single Sofa Bed
  • Resort view

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Deluxe Suite, 1 Bedroom (Emotion)

Deluxe Suite, 1 Bedroom (Emotion)

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(2 reviews)
  • 74 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Resort view

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Luxury Apartment, 2 Bedrooms

Luxury Apartment, 2 Bedrooms

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 145 sq m
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Single Beds
  • Resort view

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Ocean Suite

Ocean Suite

  • 55 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Ocean view

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Elegant Suite

Elegant Suite

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
(9 reviews)
  • 55 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Garden view

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About the area

Lagoa

With a stay at Vilalara Grand Hotel Algarve in Lagoa (Alporchinhos), you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Salgados Beach and Cova Redonda Beach. .This beach hotel is 9.4 mi (15.2 km) from Albufeira Old Town Square and 5.3 mi (8.5 km) from Marinha Beach.

What's nearby

  • Cova Redonda Beach - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Senhora da Rocha Beach - 8 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Nossa Senhora da Rocha Chapel - 9 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Praia Nova - 9 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Vale do Olival Beach - 12 min walk - 1.0 km

Getting around

  • Silves Station - 23 min drive
  • Faro Intl. Airport (FAO) - 46 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Café Bica - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪O Cantinho Da Dora - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Restaurant Nautico - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪Olivalmar - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪Palm-Beach Bar - ‬4 min drive

About this property

Vilalara Grand Hotel Algarve

Elegant beach hotel and outdoor pool
Vilalara Grand Hotel Algarve offers 131 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Rooms open to balconies. Accommodations offer separate sitting areas. LCD televisions come with cable channels. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, bathrobes, slippers, and designer toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and hair dryers. Hypo-allergenic bedding and irons/ironing boards can be requested. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.

An outdoor tennis court and a health club are featured at the hotel. An outdoor pool, a children's pool, and a hot tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa. Services include hot stone massages, sports massages, Thai massages, and facials. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy, Ayurvedic, and reflexology.
Make yourself at home in one of the 131 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and LCD televisions. Rooms have private balconies. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature shower/tub combinations, designer toiletries, and bidets.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages, body treatments, and facials. After a day at the private beach, you can enjoy other recreational amenities including a health club and an outdoor pool. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, babysitting (surcharge), and an arcade/game room.
Enjoy Portuguese cuisine at BG Restaurant, one of the hotel's 3 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Relax with a refreshing drink from the poolside bar or one of the 2 bars/lounges. A complimentary buffet breakfast is included.
Featured amenities include limo/town car service, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite.
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.
BG Restaurant - Overlooking the ocean, this restaurant specializes in Portuguese cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Terrace Grill - This restaurant serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Open daily.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Electric car charging station on site
  • 24-hour return airport shuttle on request for a surcharge
  • Limo/town car service
  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast
  • 2 bars/lounges
  • 3 restaurants
  • A poolside bar

Restaurants on site

  • BG Restaurant
  • Terrace Grill

Things to do

  • Arcade/game room
  • Bicycle rentals
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Children's pool
  • Full-service spa
  • Health club
  • Hot tub
  • Outdoor pool
  • Outdoor tennis court
  • Personal motorised watercraft
  • Pilates classes
  • Playground
  • Sauna
  • Steam room
  • Yoga classes

Family friendly

  • Arcade/game room
  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Supervised activities for children (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Turndown service

Business services

  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Direct access to a private beach
  • Garden
  • Pool loungers
  • Terrace

Full-service spa

  • Aromatherapy
  • Ayurvedic treatments
  • Body wraps
  • Facials
  • Hot stone massages
  • Manicures/pedicures
  • Reflexology
  • Sports massages
  • Thai massages
  • Thalassotherapy

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1970
  • Designated smoking areas (fines apply)

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding

Bathroom

  • Bidet
  • Designer toiletries
  • Dressing gowns
  • Hair dryer
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Slippers
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • LCD TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service
  • Minibar

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Separate sitting area

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 11:30 PM
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
The credit card used to book the reservation must be presented by the cardholder at check-in along with matching photo identification, and other arrangements must be coordinated with the property prior to arrival
For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools
Check-in time is 4 PM for Apartment bookings.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A tax is imposed by the city and collected at the property. This tax is adjusted seasonally and might not apply year round. Other exemptions or reductions might apply. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • A tax is imposed by the city: From 1 November - 31 March, EUR 1.00 per person, per night, up to 7 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 13 years of age.
  • A tax is imposed by the city: From 1 April - 31 October, EUR 2.00 per person, per night, up to 7 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 13 years of age.

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: EUR 68 (roundtrip)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, and a first aid kit
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

Vilalara Grand Hotel Algarve Reviews

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 501 out of 620 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 96 out of 620 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 16 out of 620 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 620 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 620 reviews

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

MEYSAM

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

little paradise without evening entertainment

positive: amazing location and view and private beach, everything spot on for being relax and enjoy family time, Negative: lunch and dinner menu boring and pricy, there were no evening entertainment, no music or any sort of fun
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Richard

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice resort to unwind and relax. There is no shopping or much to see like in Lisbon so it is a great way to spend 3 or 4 days to end a trip. The resort is lush but very expensive and there are many lush resorts much closer to the states that offered much more. Breakfast buffet is one of the best in the world and I travel world wide. My room was 1700 sf with 2 bedrooms and 3 baths, the most expensive offered. Housekeeping was good but not great. Check in is slow. And it has a strong time share sales feel to it. The property is large and you tour it in a golf car, they push tours as well. No one greeted us upon arrival. So staffing is a little weak and service at any of the dining areas was slow. You have to hunt people down. It is a little too zen and no one really talks to each other. There are 4 pools all salt water, only one is heated. There is a private beach but off the 4 days all 4 had yellow flags with an afternoon that was green so you could swim. Water was cold and a lot of seaweed. I liked the gym and they have a great spa with wet and dry sauna as well as ice bath and ice shaven bath if you are brave to do it. I love it and you feel great. Nice playground area for little kids. Cool hiking paths along the cliffs. So I would rate this 8 out of 10. There are much better resorts that check more boxes than this one I. The Caribbean, Hawaii and Mexico. But if you really want to see the Agarve and time in Portugal I would say it is a nice place
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lisa Maria

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
The room was really lovely. Service was excellent and the staff friendly and attentive.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Gorgeous property located on beautiful part of the beach. Staff all extremely friendly and helpful, front check in all the way to check out. Every restaurant had kind service and delicious food. Highly recommend!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jacob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We loved this resort! We had a Junior Suite garden view and it was beautifully decorated and situated. Spacious and very comfy beds. The reception team were wonderful, especially Andrea for giving us the welcome tour. The resort is beautiful, gardens well maintained, lovely spa and a spacious gym. Pools were lovely as well. Unfortunately one waiter was a bit grumpy on the first night, but everything else was perfect. Highly recommend!!
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tiffany

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Colin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent staff, always friendly, smiling and who couldn’t do enough to make the stay the best it could be.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

Melissa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Property was large so it was hard to access and see the ocean. Indoor pool/spa was only accessible to those who paid for a treatment. All classes were extra money. Resort is isolated so dining limited to hotel. Had to uber long distances to get to attractions in the area/cliffs/hikes. Wasps everywhere on property so hard to relax and enjoy pool, breakfast outside or beach. For price point wish we had selected elsewhere.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful gardens with superb meals overlooking the ocean, with breathtaking views.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stefan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was an amazing stay to wine down after 9 days in Portugal. Everything was fantastic
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

hind

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Katrina, Norwalk

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a fantastic stay for our baby moon! -Room was very large and clean. Beautiful balcony. We didn’t use the tub, but it was pretty and there was a large shower with his and her shower heads. Lots of squishy or firm pillows. -Stunning views and gardens wherever you look! -Breakfast was amazing! It ends at 10:30am, but if you come near the closing time, they have absolutely everything still there. -we ate at the Coral restaurant which was fantastic and upscale. We also went twice to the Italian restaurant and could have gone every night - both were incredible! -the beach is gorgeous and there are kayaks and paddle boards for rental down at the beach. Beautiful chair and umbrella set up! Other reviews state that there are not enough chairs, however, if you don’t see one open, just ask the beach attendant and he will get an umbrella and a chair for you, so this is not an issue. -All of the staff at reception, the spa, the beach, and all the restaurants were amazing and very friendly, always in a great mood and making us feel welcome. A special thank you to Sandea for being so welcoming and kind. -I had a maternity massage at the spa and had Maria. It was amazing and I would highly recommend it!
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Small property with personalised service. Food is excellent, rooms are comfortable and well furnished. Pools and beach are lovely.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

MATHILDA

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Gorgeous stay, grounds are even more beautiful than in the pictures. Breakfast is brilliant and the staff couldn’t be more helpful.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Diane

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful property.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Laurence

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful resort
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Samuel

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Wayne Bunch

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

John R.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice views just not from our room

We enjoyed our stay. It is a very nice facility with great natural surroundings and a heavies of the cliffs and ocean.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

William

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was just amazing. The accommodations are in great shape. The staff was super friendly and helpful. The food was outstanding as well
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Adrian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing location and amenities. The villa was incredible and we’d go back in a heartbeat!
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Judie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ganna

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The best hotel we visited so far. Highly recommended!
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is an outstanding hotel, with great customer service. For example, I said I liked the tea at breakfast - and I then had (without asking) a gift of tea sent to my room by hotel management. Absolutely outstanding! The one minor development is I was there with my 14 year old son. He wasn’t allowed anywhere near the indoor pool. This policy needs a rethink.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2025