ALBUFEIRA- beautiful place (Algarve, Portugal) (Albufeira)

Member Name: blondie_lauren

Product:	Albufeira
Date:	22/06/09 (144 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: beautiful beaches, good nightlife

Disadvantages: bit quiet for what I would want now, bit expensive too

We arrived in Albufeira at around 3pm in the afternoon on 7th July 2007 and the first thing that hit us was the heat. We hadn't anticipated how hot it was going to be! Me, my twin sister and our two best friends were on our first holiday together. We were all 16.

We got the coach to our hotel which took around an hour. The transfer coach was stuffy and really hot, so wasn't a pleasent ride. Our hotel looked really grand from the outside and we had no problem checking in.

We were staying all inclusive in an apartment in the hotel which was brilliant. We had a small kitchen, a large living room with two pull out beds, a bedroom with two beds and also two balconys!

The weather was amazing, however we did have to sunbath on the grass as our hotel ran out of sun beds very easily! Germans eh!
However the weather hit the mid 30s everyday and I think we all turned very dark that holiday! The beach was about a mile down the road so we generally got a taxi when we went down (which wasn't very often I will admit!) and it cost about 3 euros. I wish we had gone to the beach more now because the sand and sea were both beautiful, very much like the pictures above.

The town was split into two, the old town and the new town. We went into the old town for the use of beach and also wandered around it a couple of times looking at shops etc, however we spent our nights in the new town. Albufeira strip consists of a long strip of road with lots and lots of bars on them. Being 16 we hadnt been to more of the "clubbing" locations so we thought it was brilliant being surrounded by lots of bars. There were no clubs on the strip however there was one close by called Kiss that you had to pay 15 euro to get into! we did go to that on the last night, it was like a huge club you would find in England, except full of portuguese sweaty men! Long ques for the bar, stuffy etc etc
The bars on the strip were quite good but we generally only stuck to one or two. Our favourite was called Matts Bar that had a bucking bronto outside it! It was generally very good fun with good music and good employees. The bars tended to shut about 4am, however the club dependent on the night stayed open til about 7am! Judging that most places in britain close at around 4, a small town in Portugal with a club closing at 7 is saying something about our nightlife!

Overall a very good holiday, didn't put on any weight even though we were eating all day due to all inclusive, probably because we danced the night away every night! loved the holiday and loved the place, would definitley go back but probabaly for more of a chill-out holiday as I wouldn't really see it as a clubbing holiday now, although I did meet a cheeky man who was mid twenties on his stag do...!

Summary: excellent holiday