Boavista Golf & Spa Resort - Lagos

This is a very nice apartment. However, just beware that the pillows are lumpy or thin. In fact, we found hard beds and lumpy pillows to be the norm all over Portugal! Bring some dishwasher tablets, laundry soap (I put some in a 3oz bottle). I wish I would have brought dish soap as well. Oh, bring you own suntan lotion! The smallest bottle (about 3 oz) is almost $15...crazy expensive! We had a car, which I think was the smartest way to check out the whole area. The beaches are amazing especially near the point. There are great boat rides to the grottos, take one to show you where all the great beaches are for about 10 euros per person. We had a great 4 days at this hotel! The only improvement I could suggest (besides the pillows) is adding a hot tub to the pool area. That would have made the stay perfect!

I paid for a regular room and they gave me a suite with the full view of the sea. I loved it!

The front desk staff were very helpful. The hotel is in a great location and is close to everything. The roof top deck has a great view. I liked the local radio station music piped in through the TV. The continental breakfast was average.

Great place to stay with a beautiful view from the balcony. Only strange thing was there was no way to close the balcony door from the balcony so while sitting out there the air conditioning had to run full blast in the room.

My wife and I absolutely loved the hotel and, more importantly, the staff. The service was fantastic, everyone was polite, and many of them went above and beyond their call of duty to help us when we had an unexpected issue come up. It may have helped that we were traveling during the off season and the hotel wasn't full, but nevertheless, we found the hotel staff to be friendly and helpful. Their recommendations for activities were spot on. The hotel looks very modern (a little futuristic with the expansive white marble lobby and alternating coloured lights in the angular hallways). The room was comfortable and chic, and the bathtub in the middle of the room was a delight! The only downside is that the hotel is not in the middle of Lagos, and required either a 10 minute bike-ride (recommended!) or 5 minute drive to get to Lagos. There aren't many options for restaurants in walking distance to the hotel besides the one in the hotel and two at the beach (but they were decent). My wife and I had no problems whatsoever getting to Lagos to explore and to be in the middle of everything, and on some days we chose to go to the wide open (and almost deserted!) beach across from the hotel for solitude and privacy. We loved this hotel and our time there. For your information, we were vacationing in the end of May, which is off-season, and we found that to be the best time to travel to the Algarve.