House Corner

It is what it is a little dated but generally ok

Positive: Location, Cheap price. Negative: Old, Dirty, Lacking basic appliances..

Positive: Everything family run restaurant beautiful setting great food and could not say enough about staff especially Andre. Negative: Not being their.

Very good location, close to the centre and beach. Well equipped with towels, fridge, TV, safe and aircon. No hair dryer though. Cleaning available every day. Good value for money!

Location of Casa do Canto is convenient for walking to the beach and the local restaurants. The view from the balcony was nice and includes a bit of the sea view. The room we stayed in had decor from the seventies or eighties - the original decor, unchanged and never refurbished! With the beds and sofa squeeking with every move you make, bath tub and shower curtain with yellow stains that cannot be cleaned, mirrors with the metallic back layer gone in places and rust on all cupboards with metallic parts. The owner simply had not refurbished anything in this room for decades. The worst was the dirty bedding which clearly saw too many winters. It had been washed but on one of the sheets we found a rusty brown stain and a liquid stain on the other. The owner obviously uses "consumables" over their expiry dates! We asked for the whole bedding to be replaced and the maids came running up to our room. They replaced the bedding with a clean set which we were happy with. The electrical socket by the bed was missing and two wires were visible lurking in it's place like a snake's tongue. The owner also runs a bar downstairs but after our first impression of the hygiene we did not visit. On Friday night the loud party lasted at least until two in the morning so if you are a light sleeper it may be a problem. There is a communal terrace on the roof with some nice views. For the same price per night we stayed in much better conditions in Lago as well as in Vilamoura during the same trip. If we were to visit Albufeira again we would look for a different accommodation.

Positive: quite near to the old town square with it's shops and bars. Negative: no swimming pool - I'm sure there was a pool in one of the photos that I saw. Very hilly location - don't book this if your mobility is limited, although the girls in Kim's bar downstairs will phone a taxi for you.

Positive: Location was really nice !!. Negative: The ladies in charge were rude, it seemed like we were bothering them if we asked something. Also the third bed was terrible, really painful to sleep in. The light in the ‘small room’ where the third bed was never worked. The rooms are on top of a Bar, music and people screaming everyday..

Positive: The position of the property is really nice, close enough to the beach and to the center, however the street and the bar downstairs make the room a little noisy. Moreover the room is provided of a small fridge, which is really useful.. Negative: The staff is quite rude, it seems that they are making you a favor. We had a problem with the toilet and there was nobody to ask at the reception, just the bar-lady who was not helpful at all. We just casually found the cleaning lady the next morning to ask for help, which was nice and helpful, but still none at the reception. They are disorganized and absent regarding the costumers. The room needs renovation, and it was not really clean..