The Beachfront - Praia d'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort

Resort seems to be run on a hard BUDGET Mark up on wine seems to be about 8X, ouch Tennis facility is a joke, yet they still advertise it, even stating it’s futbol pitch, for those who visit, take your kids for a game of futbol there and let us know what your think.

Mixed reviews. The hotel was disorganised especially for the shuttle services to get our large group of players from the accommodation to the hotel for breakfast we had to rush our breakfasts to get our shuttles to the courses very poor and unprofessional service there. The golf itself was amazing the staff and quality of the courses at preya, obidos and West cliffs were really top class. It's just ashame about the disorganised chaos from the hotel which tarnished what was overall a fantastic break. So I'd recommend the courses to play for sure and a heads up for possible chaos and unprofessional part for shuttle services. We weren't the only ones affected by this.

I’d played golf at Praia D’el Rey golf a number of times before but hadn’t stayed here before. As great as the golf courses are here I wouldn’t stay in the village again and was also very disappointed with the shuttle service provided by the resort! Villa: although a first sight it appeared clean it became apparent that the place was damp and had a stale musky smell throughout our stay despite opening windows etc to try a freshen up the place. Shuttle service: The resort appears to have a large number of vans and the service from the villa to the golf courses, reception and hotel was spot on the return journeys were beyond bad!! After our round at Royal Obidos I called the resort reception to ask for a shuttle bus back to our villa (a 10-15 trip) I was told the resort didn’t provide a return service and that the course would provide a shuttle! The course has one minibus which at the time was ferrying a group of 28 back to their villas so we had around a 1 1/2 hour wait to get back! Similar situation happened for the return from West Cliffs. The poor girl at the course reception was having to apologise to everyone because they only have 1 bus and despite trying to get support from the resort shuttle service they weren’t prepared to help! In summary I would strongly recommend playing the golf courses here but find yourself somewhere else to stay!

This was our first trip to this resort. We stayed in a villa near the Club house. The resort in general is dated and depressing. Our villa was awful, not at all in keeping with the pictures that were advertised on their official webpage. The worst part was the huge volumes of flies INSIDE the villa. Flies were landing on top of you in every room. To quote my 10 year old son " Mum the flies are constantly landing on me and mating ". They were everywhere. They were on every item in the kitchen and bathroom and living room such that we had to lock everything away. Cooking food was a nightmare and eating it was worse. It was so bad we had to check in to the Marriott hotel after 4 days ( thank God we could afford to ). When we complained we were told that there was a KNOWN fly issue and the local council were involved however we were not made aware of any of this at booking or arrival and there were no fly deterrents in the villa - not even a spray. The villa was in general very old, dated and the kitchen appliances were not robust and the oven was missing buttons. We had paid the full amount at check in for 10 days and after complaining and having left the property we received one night's refund. The reception staff were rude, insolent and inexperienced. I hope no other family would have to endure this awful experience. BEWARE!!!!

The course was ok. The resort spread out over a large area. 5-star Marriott hotel on it, but not for us. Accomodation functional but basic, beds, all twins, close together. Resort utterly isolated, miles from shops, supermarkets or towns/villages, so a captive audience. Few facilities for golfers, couldn't get chocolate bars or bottles of drinks, only cans (useless on a golf course). Restaurant staff helpful and friendly and food not bad, but prices very high. (Got a Mars bar there, €3!). Impossible to go to or find local restaurants, as there are none. Unlikely to return, not very golfer-friendly, especially long walk up hill to resort/club house.

We spent a week in a 2 bedroom 2bath unit. It was very spacious and clean. It was not very crowded and we liked the fact it was quiet. We are not golfers but enjoyed our early morning walks. You definitely need a car if you want to explore Portugal, go to a restaurant or shop for groceries. We never got the heat to work properly and a little water was slowly dripping from one of them. The shower in the master bedroom turned cold if any other water was turned on. The staff was very courteous and maintenance did show up to give us washing machine instructions. Overall we enjoyed our stay. Priaia D'el Rey might not be for everyone but it worked out well for us.