Oceanus Aparthotel

Pro’s of the hotel : Great location of the hotel, right outside of the home was a taxi rank and bus stop. All but one members of staff were friendly and helpful. Close to numerous eateries/restaurants/supermarkets/bars, we stayed during October half term and by the time we were heading home quite a few were closing down for the season. Very clean room, very spacious and well equipped room, although we never used and ate out. Never used either pool but again looked very nice and clean. Communal toilets were well kept and tidy. Cons of hotel: Was told we could try breakfast and then use for minimum 3 days of stay and pay the lower rate, upon trying to do this it is actually the whole of your stay, €12.60 is very pricey for breakfast and was a bit samey, coffee machine wasn’t consistent and weak or not providing drinks. Rooms were paper thin, could hear the people in room below having a wee during the night, road traffic and door slamming every night, never had a good sleep for the whole week for one reason or another noise wise, such a shame as the other points wouldn’t be mentioned if the sleep factor was better. Sound proof the rooms please as it would be so good.

Great stay in October half term quite quiet, apartment was huge and spotlessly clean. Pools were chilly and indoor pool is not heated until November but we managed fine all staff were very helpful and friendly. Hotel great in accommodating late request for early check in and also in adding the cot at booking.

Three of us stayed the apartment was perfect for what we needed with great balcony to look over front of hotel and pool supermarket very close and we were very surprised to find find restaurants and a fabulous beach within 10 mins also indoor pool was good too gentleman in bar and also worked in restaurant by pool was brilliant very enjoyable stay and will return 😊

This was our second stay at Oceanus, this time we stayed in block 2 in a classic studio. Plenty of room, separate kitchen and bathroom and a dining table and chairs and 2 armchairs in the room. TV had a couple of English channels with Portuguese subtitles. Very clean rooms. We will be back again at some point.

We stayed at the hotel again.This time down in the bottom section,with the small pool outside.The room had plenty of space for the two of us.The Air Con stayed on even with the balcony door open.So it stayed cool in the room.It had two single beds.With a sliding screen,if you wanted more privacy,but I should think that made it feel claustrophobic.And I’m too old to be shy anyway..All in all the room was a nice size for us.Comfortable beds.Hot-roomy shower,with a spacious bathroom.The room was comfortable for us,but we don’t fly out to spend the holiday indoors. Breakfast time was from 8.00 a.m,it has both options English or Continental self service.It was always the same staff in the snack bar,very friendly,welcoming,smiling faces. The usual Sun-bed dash happened at 8.30a.m.A Lone person rushes in to the pool area with six towels.Lay them out on the sun-beds.And then disappear again,waiting for the sun to appear.And after returning from breakfast to venture out,even the small pool had towels which had appeared. We did have some very sad news while we were there.Terry who used to send out messages about the Monday night Karaoke,and was an ever present singer himself.A very friendly guy to talk to.Passed away.He will be sadly missed. The hotel is well placed for all the restaurants nearby.The Taverna and the Top 10 bar just across the hotel car park,down the steps. We enjoyed our stay again.And to meet the friendly female receptionist again.And we have already booked to return next year.Keep up the good work and we will be back.

Very nice apartments in a great location, taxi rank and bus stop directly behind the main building and a small supermarket 100m away with the bigger main supermarket just 3 minutes walk along the main road through the village/town. We stayed in a T1 Family apartment which was in the second building directly next to the main. 5 beds (proper beds), separate double bedroom with ensuite shower room, main lounge with dining area, a single bed opposite the main shower room and 2 single beds in the lounge area which can be partitioned off. The Kitchen was big enough and had everything you'd need barring an oven. The balcony was big enough for 4 to sit and eat lunch at the table. all of the hotel staff were very polite and friendly, the rooms nice and clean, the pool areas are spotless and there was plenty of beds available until around 10am (remember this was the height of kids school holidays). I was always up early so would go down for the pool area to be opened at 8:30am. It was only a 5 minute walk down the steep hill (nicknamed cardiac hill) to the small main beach with all the shops, bars and restaurants but you could take the longer less steep walk which is longer but was the best route to take walking back up. We stayed with a 13 and 11 year old and 10 days was enough before the kids would run out of things to do. We did a day at the Aquashow Waterpark (just outside Vilamoura) which was brilliant, we booked the park tickets and the return taxi directly with the reception which made things so simple. Id also recommend the open top hop on hop off bus tour which stops outside the hotel and runs between Albufeira and Vilamoura. all in all a great family holiday, we stayed self catering and found more than enough choices of evening meals at the local eateries. One slight problem was you cannot take your own drinks and food to the pool as they insist that is what the snack bar is for, you're okay with water but anything more than that and the bar staff will warn you.