Cheerfulway Ouravista Apartamentos

O hotel está muito degradado, não voltará

DERELICT AND HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR MOTHS ALBEIT STILL BEING SOLD THROUGH ***********. MANAGED TO FIND ALTERNATIVE OVER B.J.’S BAR NEAR BEACH. PLEASE BEWARE. WE WERE LUCKY AS ARRIVED IN THE DAYTIME SO HAD TIME TO REACT

Arrived at the dubious looking hotel, hoping for the best. Unfortunately, its looks lived up to our expectations. To be told the ridiculous rules by the rude receptionist, was a blast from 40 years ago, and not something a group of middle aged men were expecting. Fines for damage, only one key for five people. Fine if you lost the key. Classy. Then up to our room. It had the look of shabby chic Aleppo style. I'm sure it was the height of fashion and comfort circa 1972. Unfortunately, to say its not been updated is something of an understatement. Within five minutes, we had decided that it wasn't for us, as we don't really find prison style accommodation comfortable at our age. When we told the lady at reception we were leaving, she asked why, what have we done. We were only staying in Portugal for four days, and it would have taken that long to explain the shortcomings of the establishment. Save yourself time. Book somewhere else. Watch the first Inbetweeners movie, and this hotel is pretty close. I'm home now. But still having flashbacks. Thank you

Stayed here last week and was met by a very unhelpful older lady in reception. Eventually we emailed her our booking and she printed it off and was happy. I booked a safe which took some doing as 3 euros a day seemed the rate but when i asked for 6 days (18 euros) she didn't want to agree to it and tried to make me get 7 days instead. We settled for 20 euros for 7 days? We entered the staircase, so old, the lifts, tiny and very old doors which opened and led straight into the lift. We only used the lift once then never again. We opened the door to our room and we were devastated. An old 60/70's style tiled room. sofa bed with a pull out bed for 2 grown men! The toilet taps were all loose, shower the oldest i have ever seen. A bare room with a rail to hang clothes on where the safe was kept. A very old kitchen area and windows which were so dirty. I looked out of the window to the pool and was also devastated as it was looking old, dirty and not somewhere i would sit and sunbathe. Beds were made but not changed, and 2 towels provided every other day (1 small and 1 a little larger). The bar was not open in reception. Kept awake every night by the ***** and other guests, and the window provided no help when closed to dim the noise. The air con worked! I won't add as i did make the most of my holiday despite the apartment however i will never stay here again. :(

Stayed as two young groups for a week. Prior to arrival, we had requested that both rooms be as near enough to one another as possible, as the other group were all females. The hotel said this could be accommodated and that we would be on the same floor,. However upon arrival, the girls were on the 4th floor and we were on the 1st. This wasn’t a big issue and we got on with things. The accommodation itself, is dated, but good value for money. The location is excellent - 3 minutes walk from ***** and 2 from beach. Couldn’t be in a better location. The pool was good, and caught sun until about 5pm, which isn’t bad. Unfortunately there’s no bar open. This hotel is perfect for young groups/hens/stags, but I don’t think I’d recommend it for families, because it would be noisy in the early hours with people coming back from the *****. There was an incident on the 3rd night of our stay, which we felt wasn’t dealt with properly, which is the reason for the 3 stars. As a young group, we would have given 4 stars, but for the incident. All staff speak English, which is good. Cleaners dropped off towels every day, but only on the second last day, did they sweep and mop the floors. We had to get a brush and mop ourselves off them to use. Bed linen wasn’t changed during the week. Beds were adequate and we had a huge balcony. Apartment had everything from Cutlery to air conditioning. Had hot water most of the time as well, although the bath/ shower was a bit dated, with the paint starting to come off the base of the bath. In our apartment, one of the bedroom doors was scraping the floor when opened/closed, as it was off the top hinge, which was a disaster. On the last day, the door itself fell off the hinges, which we had to pay a small fee for. If you’re a young group, and aren’t really fussy about a dated apartment, then this hotel is adequate. Overall, good value for money.