Vale da Lapa Village Resort

Lovely stay as always.

Brilliant stay, amazing accommodation. We stayed in a 2 bed townhouse and had plenty of space. The staff go above and beyond. We had a leaky dishwasher twice and it was handled promptly. We were half board and you choose three courses from a set (but fairly decent) menu in the evening. This consisted of things like burgers, wraps, pasta, pizza, and then chefs specials. Couldn't fault the food at all. My only criticism was our 12 year old was still classed as a child so needed to order from the kids menu which was fairly simple however, the portion sizes were fine especially if we added on a starter. We did end up swapping things around a bit so he got a bit more variation. He eats alot! The option to swap your evening meal to lunch is great and breakfast is really good too. Don't go expecting a full English. It changes every day, sometimes sausages, sometimes hash browns but most of the time scrambled egg and beans or mushrooms and veg along with so many other options such as fruit, pastries, ham, cheese, yoghurt. The pool was lovely and clean and we never struggled with getting a sunbed. The snack bar was good. The bolt app wasn't reliable for us but we used uber which was brilliant. We visited carvoeiro and ferragudo and portimao. All fairly easy to get too. Be warned some ubers weren't hot on child safety. We would 100% return. Special shout of the restaurant staff who were always so helpful. The breakfast to go on the last day was a wonderful treat at the airport.

We recently returned from a holiday July 2025. We stayed for 8 nights. The accommodation is excellent and cleaning high standards. The cleaners do a fantastic job. The kitchen is really well set up with everything you would need for self catering. We relied on ubers to get about which were really reasonably priced and available with no issues. We have previously stayed at the hotel and hired a car. There isn't much options for picking up food at local shops, very expensive. We visited Portimao during our stay and picked up a food shop at Lidl. We did eat breakfast twice at the hotel and in hindsight we should have paid for bed and breakfast as to pay it while there was expensive. It wasn't explained to us until we checked out that if we had booked our breakfast we would have paid a better price. The food in the restaurant is good quality. We were self catering and ate at various restaurants mostly in Carvoeiro. I think if we had been half board we would have tired of the menu as there wasn't a lot of choice for us. Overall we had a great holiday and would recommend the hotel. The pool area was clean and relaxing. We were able to relax on a sunloungers whenever we wanted to. It wasn't overly busy at the pool. It seemed like us as its such a beautiful part of the world people tend to go out exploring the the surrounding areas. We visited as a family of four, 12 and 14 year old. Enjoyed playing tennis and basketball. Our accommodation was a townhouse, the space was good. We had places to be on oir own but also good to spend time together at times too. The view from our balcony in the evening was outstanding. Beautiful sunset skies. The accommodation and cleaning is 5 star.

The suite we had was very clean, good utensils in the kitchen if you want to self cater. The beds were comfy and the bathrooms had shampoo and shower gel provided. Air conditioning was great to. The suite was really peaceful with minimal noise apart from hearing the frogs during the night. Lots of places to park your car. I would recommend a car so that you can get out and explore the Algarve as it is probably too far to walk to Carvoeiro in peak summer heat. Although Ubers seemed to cost around €5-7. The hotel was very responsive to any questions we had via WhatsApp. Breakfast was included in the booking and there was a good variety of items to choose from, including cooked options, fruit and yoghurt. All staff were very friendly. The one thing that was a slight irritation on the whole trip was the non policing of guests reserving sun loungers with pool towels. Now I know this is a problem at most places but nobody was policing this as I have seen at other resorts. There were sun loungers where guests had bagged them by 11am and then came back late in the afternoon to remove the towels to go back to their room. Some of this is down to selfish guests so out of the hotels control but the resort could police this further and have a clearer policy. I can imagine as you get further into peak season, this will become even more of a problem.

A great place for a family reunion or for a vacation with children. The pool area will take care of the kids and the grandparents can bask in the serenity of the gardens. We found the staff to be exactly as described in so many of your reviews and were amazed at how spacious the villa’s were and how well appointed.

Das Resort ist wirklich liebevoll angelegt und bietet verschiedene Möglichkeiten zum Erholen (SPA Bereich, Pool...). Wir waren mit einem Mietwagen vor Ort, dies würde ich jedem empfehlen, da die Einkaufsmöglichkeiten und der Strand so deutlich besser zu erreichen sind. Auch das Essen, sowohl Frühstück, als auch das Restaurant war hervorragend. Wir kommen gerne wieder!