Pestana Vila Sol Golf & Resort

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8.0 / 10

For my husband and myself our garden suite opened on to a small patio area with one sun bed, a table and 2 chairs and over looked a narrow area of grass and then the back of other accommodations. Not quite a garden! The accommodation was very dark and lights had to on most of the time. The front entrance overlooked the pool. The pool and surrounds were lovely, with few quests plenty of sun beds if needed. We had no hot water in the shower or wash basins, temperature were 35+ so not essential, but remained the same for 3 days. The bar in the Hotel which was cooler in the hot circumstances did not open until 7pm, pool bar available until then, and "Happy Hour" was from 8pm until 9pm. This may have been the reason that most of the guests ate out in the evening and my husband and I had quite a lonely meal at 8pm in a very big dining room with a buffet that had been ready since 7pm. The staff were welcoming and friendly.

10.0 / 10

The hotel is in a great location, close to the airport and a short drive to bars/ beach / nightlife. The hotel is nice and has a good pool and breakfast. The only small negative is the service at the pool bar was sometimes very slow even when there was nobody else at the bar it took a while to take our order.

8.0 / 10

Lovely hotel and staff. The golf club house is a 2 minute walk from the hotel. Food at the golf course is lovely. Breakfast at the hotel also really nice.

8.0 / 10

8.0 / 10

Great hotel for location, cleanliness and food. Check in very slow and needs more reception staff. Everything relaxed and easy to get service.

8.0 / 10

it is a 4 star hotel location might not suit people wanting to be more central in vilamoura

10.0 / 10

beauiful complex to stay at

10.0 / 10

Couldn’t fault a thing! Helpful, kind, professional staff everywhere. Fabulous views. Great food/ theme nights, really clean and great facilities.

10.0 / 10

Very good stay at Pestana.

6.0 / 10

Room very good except for the shower which was poor and sinks didn’t have a plug so you can have a proper shave. The system for dinner was slightly strange as you only had an option of a set menu and you had to get a voucher from reception to get 3 drinks with your meal. Breakfast choices were excellent. Golf was very good except the price for buggy which I think is way too high.

8.0 / 10

When we arrived only one room was booked on the hotels system even though I had confirmation saying we had two rooms. I had to give my card to book another room for the first night. I called Harry at your golf travel first thing on Monday morning and he assured me that two rooms were booked and he would call to sort it out. It was sorted and the hotel agreed it was a fault with there booking system, they did apologise and give me a bottle of wine and chocolate as a good will gesture. The only problem was as they had my card details I was charged for items I did not buy. The hotel again apologised. All in all hotel rooms are good but the hotel needs to sort out it’s systems.

8.0 / 10

Handy venue although a bit conferency. Great breakfast, perfectly good rooms and a great deal on evening meals IF you want to stay in

10.0 / 10

Excellent as always

6.0 / 10

This hotel was based approximately 10mins away from vilamoura so we were constantly in taxis to the port

8.0 / 10

8.0 / 10

An excellent place to stay for a few rounds of golf with everything readily accessible. Lovely swimming pools & bars. Good breakfast buffet. The only option for an evening meal was limited to the buffet which was a bit hit & miss.

10.0 / 10

Great chalet style room with lovely bathroom , bath and shower. Gowns and all toiletries you needed. Was great sitting out on patio having a coffee in the morning

8.0 / 10

Great location, staff were excellent .

10.0 / 10

Good hotel, had a stressful incident where one of the party left a phone in a taxi and the hotel were very persistent and got the phone back the next day. It was very good service

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10.0 / 10

Stayed in the hotel this time instead of the garden villas. Room with a balcony was lovely and the staff were very nice and friendly at all times.

10.0 / 10

10.0 / 10

Hotel is well located: about 25 minutes from Faro airport and about 10 minutes from Vilamoura. We had one of the garden rooms which are in positioned in the hotel gardens, a short walk from the main hotel building. They are spacious comprising of a double bedroom, bathroom and patio doors to a small sunny terrace. The hotel food was served buffet style with plenty of choice and different every day. We also had the three course evening meals which included plenty of house wine at 35 euros pp

10.0 / 10

Excellent golf location. Friendly staff, clean rooms, great buffet breakfast.

6.0 / 10

Lovely complex however rooms could do with updating. Poor lighting in rooms. Pathways around complex dangerous in places due to tree roots lifting block paving. Good selection at breakfast however cooked breakfast not great.

4.0 / 10

Garden Rooms bleak and tired. Setting a bit like a holiday camp. If you sat outside your room you overlooked the back of another. We were moved rooms as 1 had a leak with water running down bathroom wall & mould. Adjoining room had paintwork bubbling & pealing off. Lighting in rooms terrible even the mirror light was a waste of time. Room cleaner great but didn’t replenish tea bags etc Bar dingy and uninviting with nowhere enough seating. Food below average and uninspiring Staff very pleasant, friendly and helpful though but it is more like a 3* hotel certainly not a 5 Would never recommend and certainly not return

10.0 / 10

Superb location right on the course and a short taxi ride to Vilamoura

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10.0 / 10

Enjoyed it very much

10.0 / 10

Very good hotel, rooms were clean and comfortable, the staff always helpful and try to make your holiday a pleasure

10.0 / 10

Excellent facilities, great location, lovely staff.

8.0 / 10

Excellent place to stay although some of the chalets can be a long way from the actual hotel itself. Unfortunately getting to the hotel from the airport wasn't so good as our transfer was over an hour late.

8.0 / 10

Can’t say much about hotel as only really slept there never ate or drunk there They provide early package for an early departure

6.0 / 10

it is not easy to see how much I was charged but the cost of the holiday versus the cost of the hotel as per Booking.com suggests large mark up. Also when I booked weeks before the trip I was told only suites available. The hotel appeared to be half empty. The food in bar was awful and the beer overpriced compared to Quatiera

8.0 / 10

Good hotel with easy access to the golf course , range with a couple of tennis courts , indoor and outdoor pool. Good buffet breakfast . 10 mins in taxi to the beach , also a 10 mins walk to a couple of local cafes / bar.

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10.0 / 10

The hotel staff could not have been more friendly or helpful. The rooms were very clean and comfotable.

10.0 / 10

From the moment we arrived and during our stay, nothing was too much to ask. Staff were very attentive, informative and welcoming.

10.0 / 10

Great room, great facilities, Bar was good value for food & drinks.

10.0 / 10

Just a really good experience from First call with the agent through to the weekend itself …will book with you again james

10.0 / 10

10.0 / 10

Fabulous hotel, golf on site, great service,

10.0 / 10

Very nice hotel. We stayed in a garden room which had a large bedroom and bathroom and a small terrace with sunbeds looking onto gardens. The rooms were cleaned daily and towels changed daily. Nice touch. We had meals from the bar which were quite nice.

8.0 / 10

Beds uncomfortable, rooms small for two people bathroom very good hotel food ok ate out mostly. Golf course and clubhouse very good

10.0 / 10

8.0 / 10

Staff were excellent - all professional, polite and helpful. Hotel grounds are lovely. We had a garden suite which was great. Was a bit dark but opening the blackout curtains sorted that. Good selection at breakfast. Had dinner one night which wasn’t great but did the job for the night we decided to stay at the hotel. Good to have a car, although we jumped in a taxi a couple of nights (10€ each way into Vilamoura). We liked the fact it was a bit out of Vilamoura but not great if you prefer something walkable to bars and restaurants.

10.0 / 10

Spot on great hotel

8.0 / 10

Lovely friendly staff. Nothing too much trouble to make your stay comfortable. Unfortunately let down by comfort of beds. Rooms quite “tired” & need updating. Good food & nice position of restaurant & bar overlooking outside area.

10.0 / 10

Fantastic stay at this wonderful hotel! Can’t wait to be rebook again for next year

10.0 / 10

Amazing hotel and staff,absolute pleasure,on hand with any help and always happy

10.0 / 10

Excellent hotel very nice staff service a bit slow at the bar.

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10.0 / 10

Hotel staff very helpful swimming pool great

8.0 / 10

Nice Hotel friendly staff. The chalet room was noisy presumably from the AirCon unit next to the room. Could do with a few more lights on the walkways to the chalet rooms at night! A little dark for an older person as the walkway sets were very uneven and could easily trip up! The buffet food in the Hotel restaurant was good but the even menu was limited and food was average. Too salty and vegetables limited. The buffet evening meals have been good in the past but the last 4 visits the buffet was not available in the evening.

10.0 / 10

Beautiful location and grounds, lovely large rooms, excellent facilities and very quiet in January

6.0 / 10

Hi for golf only at Vila sol ok Our room in the chalet was in darkness all the time we had to pull sun beds from the pool area to our front door! We paid 45euro each for the Christmas dinner which they have on Christmas Eve and again this was very disappointing, we expected to be served a three course meal for that price but no, same as other evening meals, serve yourself and not very hot at that! Breakfasts were just ok the guy making the ommellettes took about 5 minutes for each one nothing to do with a queue just he was useless Staff were quite good and bar staff helpful Certainly nowhere near a five star hotel and I have stayed in hotels all over the world! Overall we quite enjoyed the stay because of the weather Unfortunately I was not aware of how far away the other golf courses were, nearly an hours drive each day! In fact we gave up the last venue Silves and changed to play again the Vila sol course on the Monday horrendous... we were of course a two ball sqeezed in beyeeen four balls especially the group in front despite my protestations looking for lost ball for about 10 minutes refused to let us through. Fortunately our day at Gramacjo was great as we met and played with a lovely couple from Germany Alto was ok but the rough was so long difficult to find a ball just off fairway However all transfers were spot on.

8.0 / 10

It was a very nice hotel with excellent facilities and a very helpful and co-operative staff.

8.0 / 10

Most of the staff very friendly, breakfast ok, Recommend the continental as it is far better than the hot buffet! Rooms a little bit dated and a bit of walk from main hotel but not a problem as we had huge lockers for our golf kit by the reception area. The hotel is situated is quite far from the other golf courses, some at least 40 minutes drive. Seems that the other courses are close together and villa sol hotel situated a little out of the the way on its own. Overall the hotel was nice. We didn’t try the pool as we stayed in November for the golf.

8.0 / 10

Excellent rooms, fantastic pool and outdoor areas. The breakfast offered something for everyone and the quality was very good and plenty of it!!

4.0 / 10

hotel is good but way over priced for drink and food 5.50euro can of beer guinness 4.50 less than a pint of super bock 7.50euo there own brand of baileys 45euro for golf buggy I could go on and on. would not return way better value in malaga tenerife

8.0 / 10

We stayed in rooms in the main building, most rooms or villas are situated in grounds. Rooms were comfortable with large balconies overlooking the driving range

8.0 / 10

8.0 / 10

We booked only the day before travel. Organisation, attention to detail (including most cost effective transfer to and from Airport) excellent. Our grateful thanks to Steve Smith at 'Your golf travel'. Whilst hotel was a bit dated, facilities, service and buffet breakfasts excellent.

10.0 / 10

Great hotel and lovely location. Staff were VERY helpful and accommodating. I would definitely recommend it and stay again.

4.0 / 10

Very poor not enough staff waiting far to long for service food etc

8.0 / 10

Pleasant hotel let down by expensive bar prices!

10.0 / 10

Just delightful, everything to hand and great staff. Breakfast superb and golf course on the ball.

10.0 / 10

Great experience , we stayed in the apartments and they were great would definitely stay there again.

8.0 / 10

8.0 / 10

we stayed in the Villas around the hotel 2 minutes from main hotel. really comfortable rooms with everything you'd expect apart from tea making facilities.

10.0 / 10

Perfect for golf break, hotel is clean , staff are extremely helpful, great food and drink

10.0 / 10

I was amazed at the quality of my room I don't know why we did not go there before. 2 minutes walk to the restaurant/bar and 5 minutes to the clubhouse. Got me a lot of brownie points from all the lads. Well done YGT. I will be talking to you soon!!!

6.0 / 10

The hotel was very comfortable but they are in the middle of refurbishing a lot of the areas the food on the first night was very poor and a lot of guests complained food was cold and portions small the clubhouse was better at lunchtime after our round

6.0 / 10

It was a lot of building work going on, half of the hotel was closed so that there was no out side bar's or inside bar's apart from a very small bar at the restaurant, so we felt uncomfortable to use the bar during meal times

8.0 / 10

Great location and a great place for an early break. Greens in very good condition. Very enjoyable 3 days

6.0 / 10

All staff very slow, selective hearing. Getting hot drinks at breakfast very tiresome

8.0 / 10

A little tired in places but overall a great hotel in a great spot. The rooms we had were the Garden View ones and could do with a little updating. The staff were great in every part of the hotel.

10.0 / 10

I would like to thank Nick Bishop at Your Golf Travel for organising my latest coaching trip to Vila Sol in Portugal. From putting the package together initially through to the completion of the trip, Nick and his team were helpful, professional and adaptable as changes to the itinerary became necessary.

We stayed at the Vila Sol resort for 3 nights and as well as using their academy to do the coaching sessions we also played the 9 hole course on the Friday and the 18 hole championship course on the Monday. Sandwiched between these were 18 hole rounds at the beautiful Vale Do Lobo Royal and the Qunita Do Logo North course.

The organisation of the trip was first class, all the different transfers were always on time and even when I needed some changes made they were done seamlessly. My customers were really impressed with how smoothly everything went, from when they arrived at Faro airport to when they returned there, they had to think of nothing as it had all been taken care of.

Having used Vila Sol several times now for these golf coaching trips, the service they gave was also outstanding. They upgraded all the guests rooms to suites and allowed us all to have a late check out on the final day meaning that we could play the Vila Sol course, return to our rooms and shower and change before heading off to the airport, a service that really helped make the customers experience special.

8.0 / 10

A big thank you to yourgolftravel for another well organised and enjoyable golf trip, from which I think we have all just about recovered from!

Everything went really smoothly from our collection at the airport to checking in at the hotel and then the 3 rounds of golf. We played in what can only be described as superb conditions with the sun shining constantly.