Rosamar Apartamentos

We arrived late as our flight was delayed, around 11.30pm, but there was a notice on the door with a number to call to check in, a very nice lady brought us in and showed us to our apartment on the 3rd floor. I was very disappointed, it is so outdated, but decided to wait until morning to properly check it out. I suppose you could say it had everything you needed, but so outdated, plug sockets very scarce, and only two at the hob, others are behind a sofa and under a desk. We had to ask for a hairdryer and iron. It also has a shower curtain, so the floor was soaked every time we had a shower. On the plus side, there is air conditioning in the main room. Reception is strange, the front door never seemed to be open, and a notice on the door tells you they close between 1 and 2. you have to ring the bell and whoever is at reception opens it for you, we were given a code to enter from the side of the building. It is in a very good location, so it’s a pity that it’s allowed to be so run down, there is quite a nice reception area with a bar, that was never open.

Absolutely awful in every way, more like a downtown back packers hostel...but worse. A scenario which ended up costing me €200 after refusing to pay a€58 euro "upgrade" a bully of a manager turns up who calls the police, then stopped our taxi transfer to the airport very aggressive, scared my wife. Having had to deal with the police in a foreign country who's English was non existent also whilst trying politely to put our case across was incredibly frustrating. Probably our 12th time to Portugal but have to say this experience has put us off and will never return. All I say is places don't get much worse than Rosamar 1 .

Basic hotel that met our needs as a base to sleep. Bit outdated but we knew this before we arrived having read the reviews. Great location literally a 30sec walk to the beach front and promenade. Supermarkets nearby easy to stock up on drinks and snacks. Reception is closed daily from 1pm-2pm and closed on Tuesdays too. We had to wait outside for almost 90mins waiting for someone to arrive to be able to check in.(we arrived around half 12 -seems they closed reception a bit earlier that day) Staff friendly even with the language barrier. Only downside was the noise of the next building doing construction work at 2am onwards. And noise from inside the hotel walls are pretty thin. Could hear the next room sneeze. Despite all that it was fine for what we needed wouldn't stay for a long time.