Portobay Blue Ocean

“### An Exceptional Family Stay at PortoBay Blue Ocean”

We’ve just returned from a fantastic family holiday at PortoBay Blue Ocean, and I genuinely can’t recommend this hotel highly enough. From the moment we arrived, everything exceeded our expectations. The rooms are spacious, modern, beautifully designed and immaculately clean. Housekeeping did a su… lisää

We’ve just returned from a fantastic family holiday at PortoBay Blue Ocean, and I genuinely can’t recommend this hotel highly enough. From the moment we arrived, everything exceeded our expectations. The rooms are spacious, modern, beautifully designed and immaculately clean. Housekeeping did a superb job every day, and the beds deserve a special mention—they are quite honestly the most comfortable hotel beds I have ever slept in! The facilities are excellent, with a lovely pool area and a fantastic spa, making it just as easy to relax as it is to keep the family entertained. The location is also ideal, with Olhos de Água within walking distance. The food was outstanding throughout our stay. The buffet breakfast and dinner offered an incredible variety of fresh, high-quality dishes, with different themed evenings that kept every meal interesting. A real highlight was Flor de Sal. If you eat there, don’t miss the Brothy Rice with Algarve Shellfish and Coastal Fish for Two—it was absolutely delicious and one of the best meals we had on holiday. We also loved Il Basilico at the neighbouring sister hotel, which you reach via the lovely wooden bridge. The Italian food there was equally superb. What really made the hotel stand out, though, was the staff. Every single member of the team was warm, welcoming and genuinely friendly. The service throughout our stay was impeccable. It’s honestly difficult to find anything negative to say. If I had to mention one small point, it’s that the most direct walking route into Olhos de Água involves a hill, so it may not be ideal for anyone with limited mobility. However, this was a very minor consideration and certainly didn’t detract from our holiday. Overall, PortoBay Blue Ocean is one of the best hotels we’ve stayed in as a family. Beautiful accommodation, exceptional food, wonderful staff and a relaxing atmosphere—we wouldn’t hesitate to return and would happily recommend it to anyone visiting the Algarve.

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“An Exceptional Experience”

It was definitely the best hotel for my wife and me. Everything was perfect from the moment we arrived until we left.

“Great value, high quality resort”

This is a very modern, tastefully designed resort that's recently been refurbished including the addition of lovely adults only terrace infinity pool with a stunning view of the sea. The sun beds at the adults only pool are much more comfortable and luxurious and felt more like a 5-star resort ex… lisää

This is a very modern, tastefully designed resort that's recently been refurbished including the addition of lovely adults only terrace infinity pool with a stunning view of the sea. The sun beds at the adults only pool are much more comfortable and luxurious and felt more like a 5-star resort experience compared to the main pool area, which was very busy and chairs not as comfortable. It's often hard to secure the luxury beds in adults only unless you're a direct ocean view room, and people left belongings/towels to secure a spot. It took us checking from time to time and grabbing one when it became available. The food at their a la carte restaurant, Fler de Sel, was very good. The buffet and pool bar/ food was average and overpriced but had a lot of options. Rooms are comfortable, spacious, and well cleaned. There is plenty of storage and the room is thoughtfully designed for modern travel (eg USB C plugs by the bed). The fitness facilities were high quality but gym was often busy, there were limited options outside cardio machines. A helpful tip - there is a water cooler in the gym you can use to refill bottles, as the hotel does not provide any free water bottles. Overall, a good stay, and one we would return to.

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“A lovely stay, just a comment around families”

The really good parts of this hotel: the most beautiful rooms, beautiful areas, lovely food and amazing service from the staff. The staff at the sunset bar are incredible and to be honest you would believe you’re in a 5 star resort. Just a few little things from a family with younger children t… lisää

The really good parts of this hotel: the most beautiful rooms, beautiful areas, lovely food and amazing service from the staff. The staff at the sunset bar are incredible and to be honest you would believe you’re in a 5 star resort. Just a few little things from a family with younger children that we noticed, especially as this is now a family hotel: We understand the hotel used to be an adults only hotel- the main pool is extremely deep (1.6m) and no inflatables are allowed, this is also checked and lifeguards ask for them to be removed. The alternative is a tiny children’s pool made basically for babies. Being that there is a whole adults area in the hotel, I found it extremely bizarre that children are not catered for to cover this like other hotels. Equally, there were no kids menus for the restaurants but we did notice some in the sister hotel.. We did feel the odd ones out within a majority adult populated hotel and this was the school holidays (a few comments from passer-bys which I had to bite my tongue about as I only noticed impeccably behaved children during our stay) This being said, yes we would return- you can’t change the silly comments made by small minded guests, arguably the best hotel in Olhos de Agua! Perhaps just a few tweaks for the younger guests.

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