Beautiful Boutique & Romantic Hotels in Algarve, Portugal

      Could this be the way that eco tourism develops in future?
Aldeia da Pedralva is not just a single accommodation or hotel. It’s a comple...

One of the loveliest houses in one of the Algarve's loveliest towns.
Tavira is probably the Algarve’s prettiest city. It has somehow managed t...

Casa de Cacela is a Rural Tourism integrated in a farm with 6 hectares of orchards and gardens. With ten bedrooms, eight of them with double bed...

A new seaside complex close by to an excellent beach. Great for families.
Think of the Algarve and the first words that generally come to mind ar...

No TV but plenty of nature.
Forty acres of pine, cork and carob, olive trees plus a biological garden give an immediate clue as to what the Co...

If you want a hotel - leave now. If you want something else - there's the Fazenda Romeira.
There can't be many places in Europe where you look...

Proof positive that not all of the Algarve coast has sold its soul to the mass tourism devil.
Lost somewhere between fine sands, blue sea and ...

Top notch luxury and Michelin standard cuisine.
The Hotel Vila Joya is a superbly located neo-Moorish style villa, positioned as it is with th...

The Martinhal must be one of Portugal’s leading candidates for a luxury and child friendly getaway (yes, child friendly and getaway are not mutu...

Sagres had until recently two claims to fame. Firstly, there were the Portuguese discoveries of the 15th and 16th century. Sagres was, after all...

Overlooking a beautiful valley in the very heart of Portugal’s Vicentine Coast, the Monte the Vilarinha is a hilltop refuge, simple rural retrea...

There are not many places like the Southwest Natural Park left. Nature is still the master and many of the plants and animals based here, have l...

The Pedras Verdes Guesthouse proves that style, simplicity and comfort can go hand in hand to striking effect.
Erik and Ingrid, hosts of undou...

The Pousada de Faro was known, in a previous life, as the famous Palace of Estoi.
Built in the 19th century by the Viscount of Estoi, a man of...

Prices for this hotel are shown as estimates (minimum to maximum). They change regularly depending on a number of factors, including availabilit...

Here's a quick language lesson. The word “Bonita” means pretty in Portuguese (in the feminine form, by the way). And on a basic level that “pret...

A bucolic oasis in the Algarve 10 minutes away from Vilamoura there lies a little bucolic paradise in the shape of the “Red Onion” to give the C...

Quinta do Caracol is a rather charming, 17th century house encompassed within a typically pretty Portuguese garden (palm trees, round swimming p...

Peaceful natural retreat in one of the best preserved coastlines of Europe.
Located in the heart of the Southwest coast natural park between t...

It is hard to believe this holiday resort holds some 60 bungalows.
Such is the sense of space and privacy available that guests may be excused...

There’s something rather sweet about the Quinta do Mel – literally - as it is not called the “Honey Farm”, for nothing.
This “agroturismo” com...

The sun and the golden beaches, the architecture and the landscape, the sympathy of the people, the cosy and safe environment: all these ingredi...

This is how the Algarve should be. We all know of its excellent all year round climate but instead of adding bricks and mortar to the mix, what ...

If you have read any of our other reviews of charming Algarve accomodations, you'll probably realise that Tavira is one of the region's favourite t...

Located on the eastern side of the Algarve in the beautiful Sotavento nature reserve the Vila Monte Resort was built in 1993 and recently renova...

21st century chic meets 19th century charm.
Countryside accommodations in the Algarve tend to be rustic, and relatively simple in taste, but t...

This is a true boutique countryside hotel surrounded, as it is, by the colours of the orange trees, the brown of the land, which both combine ef...

Originally built by descendants of an old English aristocratic family, romantic hotel Vivenda Miranda has been carefully extended over the last ...