Luxury 6 Bedroom Villa Pinecliffs, Albufeira, Pool

We had a great time at the villa 😀.
Everything was clean and checking in was easy.
Transfers were organised by the owner and when we couldn't find the company at the airport they tried to help, all was fine and Transfers then went smoothly.
The villa is in a nice quiet area but you can access everything by uber, which are very reasonably priced, so we didn't even look at bus prices or times.
The pool was cleaned several times during our stay.
The villa had everything we needed and I would definitely recommend it.

The property is very tired in every room. It needs to have some money spent on it to modernise.

 

The bathrooms dont lock, which doesn't give you privacy when you are travelling with multiple families.

 

The grass outside is patchy. Even though the sprinklers come on every day, the grass just can't survive in the heat. This makes the garden area appear grubby, and I think artificial grass or patio would enhance the look.

 

The pool man came twice when we were there but he didnt hoover up the dirt/sand at the bottom and only added chemicals and used a net to fish out the floating debris (the patchy ground makes it hard to keep the pool clean with soil on your feet)

 

The large garden table is all marked, which doesn't clean and looks like burns marks on it, and the chairs out there are all miss matched with some broken.

 

The solarium doesn't have any furniture up there, which is a shame because you can't really use it other than drying your clothes on the washing lines. It would benefit from having a table and chair up there.

 

The property didn't seem very clean on arrival. It was cleaned again 3 days into our stay, and that did seem a lot better.

 

The power kept on tripping when we had too many electrical items on. This was reported to Jim, and he sent someone out to look at it, but it continually happened, and we just fixed it ourselves, but it was very inconvenient. The cooker is not good and takes a lifetime, making it hard to cook for large groups. Some pizza trays and baking trays would be useful for large groups. Also, having a smaller 2nd fridge for water because once it is filled with food, there is little space when you think the property accommodates 12 people.

 

We found that the property was quite far away, even though it was easy enough to get Ubers. You spent a fortune going back and forth because it's hot in August to walk out with children.

 

Jim was really responsive and helpful when booking and got back to me in a timely manner. He arranged our taxi transfers to the airport, which were good value.

 

Overall, I wouldn't recommend this property as it needs some TLC.

We had a very nice stay. Children friendly and great area. I would say the toilets and shower rooms do need locks on the door.

Online pictures quite out of date and slightly mis-leading. Pinecliffs is in a good peaceful location, very convient for essential shopping, good restaurants and not too far from the beach (via the Pinecliffs Resort). The swimming pool is good and was serviced by pool attendant several times during our stay. The pool table proved to be a winner with the younger set. One or two things getting a bit 'tired' but our group of 10 had a wonderful sunny holiday and were not put off by minor issues.

Enjoyable stay, picked up promptly from airport, checked into property quickly, had everything we needed, and Jorge was easy to communicate with and helped where possible with all our questions and info, short cab ride into albufeira towns and villa moura, pool table needs updating but done the job, overall was a good stay with friends

As a family party of 14, Villa Pinecliffs was a great place for us to stay on our holiday to Portugal. There was plenty of room, inside and out, very good sized bedrooms, a lovely pool to cool off in, lots of good quality sunbeds (the sprinklers/dew seemed to get these wet overnight but they soon dried off) and a barbecue area for our bigger meals together. The kitchen is adequately equipped (could do with a few more mugs, a draining board and a couple more trays for the oven if I was being picky), has a dishwasher and 2 large fridge/freezers in and a washing machine in the small room opposite. There is a ping-pong table with bats and balls provided and a pool table which, quite frankly, could do with replacing. My double request for this, before and after arriving in Portugal fell on deaf ears. All other enquiries before arrival were answered quickly and efficiently though. This minor annoyance didn't stop our enjoyment of using the facilities as you get used to the dodgy cushions/pockets!
We read some scary reviews about building work going on very close by, but we were pleased to learn this was minimal noise and not intrusive in any way. Maybe we got lucky, but it looked like the heavy machinery/cranes had done their bit and it was just drilling/hammering that could easily be drowned out by the music we played round the pool anyway.
The local Intermarche shop is very reasonably priced and well stocked with all the essentials and plenty more. Get there early for the better breaded products. Some real bargains to be found in the alcohol section. The local bars and restaurants are again, nicely priced and are only a short strol from the villa. The town of Albufeira is a 15 minute taxi ride and should vost between 8-15 Euros depending on time of day and size of party.
The local beach is beautiful and can be found via a very picturesque walk through the nearby Pinecliffs resort. 20 minutes or so. A lift at the bottom of the resort then a wooden walkway takes you down to sea level. The sea could've been warmer but you can't have it all, I suppose! :)
If you are making your own way to the airport instead of using the villa transport (offered on this site) be sure to tell your driver the road name of BECO DOS CHARNECOS, which is just off of RUA DOS ABELHARUCOS. If you just say Pinecliffs Villa, you will more than likely end up at the resort which is a little bit before where the villa is situated. If your cabbie still looks blankly at you, saying it is very near the Falesia hotel turning will get you extremely close. We found 'Casa Pinecliffs near Falesia hotel' worked best.

We really enjoyed our stay here and hope you will too.