Beach nearby, white sand, sun-loungers, 4 beach bars

Reviews of Sol a Sul Apartments

Sol a Sul Apartments
Rua Dr. Diogo Leote, 7, Albufeira

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 40 out of 152 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 63 out of 152 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 29 out of 152 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 11 out of 152 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 152 reviews" "

7.2/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Ronald

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice position. Very helpful owner. All good
Stayed 10 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
more then expected for the least amount of money
If was much better then expected, took a cheaper option . .but ended up better then others who paid more .. it was also one of the closest to the old town and safe area .. also had a pool .. no gold staircase, but i did not pay for that .. well worth it .. not staying long .. good for me ..
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Sol on 13 Sept 2019
Thank you so much 😊

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Just ok
Great location, but the apartment was so hot we were miserable. The manager did provide us fans, but we could barely sleep due to the heat. Also, it was hard to get new towels and we were there for 5 days!!! We also had to ask for more toilet paper and I didn’t think he was going to let us have more. There were hoards or ants everywhere, and no way to get rid of them.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 11 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Sol a Sul on 3 Sept 2019
Thanks

2/10 Terrible

Tina

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A weary mother who stayed in these appartments.
To whom it may concern, I am so upset for family in that it has taken me a week to submit this unbelievable disturbing experience of staying in these appartments that you advertised and awarded ratings and trip advisory, which was completely inaccurate: The kitchen window was broken for 5 days, leading out on the balcony onto the main street, leaving my children and I exposed. No sanitary /toiletries in place-basic human necessities to human hygiene. No towels of any description were replaced except for once throughout the whole stay and minimum replacement,eventhough there were five of us staying in the appartment for 11 nights No immersion heater on until I went looking for it. Green algae all around the walls of the swimming pool. Window and patio shutters were not working properly. No air conditioning in any of the rooms. This booking cost nearly 2,000 euro of my hard earned money, I returned home feeling shattered with no sleep throughout my stay. I want this followed up and a reply back.
Stayed 11 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

paulo

Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Maris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
Really good flat and helpful and perfect staff! We loved everything!
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Fernando + Maria on 20 Aug 2019
Thank you so much 😊 Hope you and your lovely family will be back in a near future.

8/10 Good

Ann

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay
Lovely place to stay the host was lovely and very friendly. The pool area is small but really lovely would definitely stay here again one thing i would change would be a woking lift apart from that everything was great
Stayed 10 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Maria + Fernando on 20 Aug 2019
Thanks, you absolutely right, if it depended on us, the lift was working for sure... hope it doesn’t happen in the future. We hope to see you again soon Best wishes

10/10 Excellent

Bernadette

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We enjoyed our stay here at Sol A Sul .It was as advertised , 5 mins walking distance to everything The host was very helpful and even offered to take us to the train station if our taxi did not show up in time .But it did. we will return
Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Maria on 20 Aug 2019
Thank you so much Bernadette, hope you return with your friendly lovely family. You to kind 🙏😊

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
We stayed august 19 .the location was excellent close to the beach and the old town . Apartment was fairly spacous with balcony looking over the pool . The apartment was clean and tidy but i would say it could be doing with an update ,bathroom was a little tired and the kitchen area . But in saying that everything worked as it should and we had fantastic holiday and would recommend these apartments
Stayed 10 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Maria on 15 Aug 2019
Thank you so much for taking time to rate us, and for your honest review. Because of that we keep the prices very affordable, and with a fair quality/price relation, in our point of view. But we know that bathrooms and kitchens need a update in some apartments, we are planning doing it this winter. Hope to see you again soon .

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Maria on 14 Aug 2019
Thank you so much for your review 💙

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The property is located very near old town, but far enough away so you can not hear the noise. It is a small complex in a residential area. It has a small swimming pool with only a few loungers (could do with a few more). There is no bar/entertainment/reception but the management are easily contacted by mobile. The apartments are very spacious with a well-equiped kitchen. There is alocal supermarket a few minutes walk away down the first set of stairs and 5 min walk. There is a pizzeria two doors away, we got a take away from it. Overall we managed well in this apartment but it is very quiet but good location.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Maria on 30 Jul 2019
Thank you so much for your great but honest review. Hope you will be back in a near future. kind regards

8/10 Good

Mr G

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Apartment was big and spacious Okay if you are prepared to clean the place and sort out your own rubbish yourself. No room cleaning staff Good site close to beach and old town square
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Maria on 30 Jul 2019
Thanks for your review, yes we self catering apartments, cleaning service is a extra on request... Best regards

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Once I found the property, it was apparent that the location was perfect....close to beach and old town restaurants, bars, and night life. Parking was fine with a lot directly across the street. Best part of the property was Fernando, the on site manager. He was incredibly helpful and insightful. His suggestions of beaches and places to see were spot on. He had a large bottle of water waiting for us as well as Pasteis de Nata pastries which was a nice welcome treat. Our luggage was delayed and Fernando made sure he was available to hold it when it was delivered from the airport. Downsides- extremely noisy outside until 2:00 am. Had to get earplugs to sleep. Small ants were in apartment and in bed. Very upsetting but maybe just the way it is in a tourist beach area. Fernando did say he would put more traps down. Overall I would say great price for location and size of apartment. Place could easily sleep 4 and does have a kitchen if you would like to eat in. Thank you Fernando for being such a great host. Without the ants and noise, I give a 5 star rating!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Fernando on 30 Jul 2019
It means without a few ants a without the noisy tourists passing on the street, we had a 5 bubble review ??? That’s so very disappointed, as the noisy tourists it’s beyond us, and the ants ,if we don’t let food all over they don’t come, and here the small don’t harm anyone....we have traps for them, but we don’t use pesticides, it’s even worse and very dangerous for some people with respiratory or skin problems. Best regards

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 10 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Maria on 30 Jun 2019
Thank you so much to take the time to rate us , really glad you enjoyed — we hope you come again 🙏☀️😊

10/10 Excellent

Leanne

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Spacious very clean apartment, comfortable beds, 5 minutes to everything, owner was very helpful and friendly, very private, will definitely return
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Fernando + Maria on 30 Jun 2019
Thank you so much for your pleasant review, that makes our day... That exactly what we work for, that the guests feel comfortable in a clean apartment, and without being to pushy, know that we are here to help in a private friendly atmosphere, thank you so much 😊 Hoping to see you in again soon.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Locality to the old town everything within a few minutes walk.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Maria on 25 Jun 2019
Thanks for your words, hope to seeing you again.

8/10 Good

Mathew

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Great apartments for friends
Great apartment, very big, no maid service or clean towels which would have been nice but was cleaned well before we got there. Location is ideal close to old town square about a 4 minute walk to the old town square. Owners where there for any request and very helpful with everything. Would definitely stop here again thanks!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Luís on 25 Jun 2019
We are so grateful for your kind words. Thanks for sharing your review with us .

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location & spacious apartment with pool
Great welcome by Fernando with complimentary water and pastry. Apartment very spacious and well equipped.wiFi extremely slow but we were told an upgrade is in progress. The apartment will be due some upgrading shortly but it did meet all our needs. The swimming pool was good and the location ( Albufeira is hilly ) was close to the beach, intermarche supermarket and the strip. Finding it was interesting though as there was limited signage.would stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019
Response from Maria on 25 Jun 2019
Thanks for leaving us such a wonderful review. We are thrilled that you loved your experience; Fernando was genuinely happy to read what you wrote... Hope to see you again soon ☀️

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019
Response from Fernando on 15 May 2019
Thank you very much for choosing Sol a Sul for your recent stay here in Algarve and for taking the time to share your experience with us.

8/10 Good

Lisa

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2019
Response from M on 21 Apr 2019
Thank you so much for your review, Lisa ,you and your friends are the ones that keep us going , hope you stay was pleasant and nice, you were nice guests , the kind of we would to keep going working.... not party people, hope you coming back ❤️

10/10 Excellent

Margaret, Ireland

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location...Very spacious. Will definitely return.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Paulo on 26 Nov 2018
Thank you so much for your feedback We will be very happy to receive your friendly group again kind regards 🙏☀️

8/10 Good

Lynne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Sol a Sul on 11 Oct 2018
Thanks for staying with us. We work hard to make our guests happy and appreciate your feedback! Hope to see you again.

8/10 Good

Martin, Edinburgh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very spacious 1 bedroom apatment! Bit dated but didnt make holiday any less enjoyable! Excellent location thats why we booked apartments! Onky disappointment was not being allowed up to roof top terrace!
Stayed 9 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Maria on 14 Sept 2018
Many thanks for your review, you are absolutely right, we are updating the apartments, slowly ,as we’re just a small family business ;) The rooftop was closed this year , for security reasons,as from now on the high level of Terraces security has changed and we are obligated to make changes in the height of the perimeter... but next year it’s going to be OK. Hope you come next year to enjoy it :)

10/10 Excellent

Brandon

The place to go in Algarve
The space was very clean and spacious. We booked the space the morning of our arrival and showed up to the door without contact. Despite this, the host was VERY attentive and helpful. The location is very close the the beach, restaurants, and a supermarket. The pool was a nice touch and we made use of it despite also going to the beach. We would highly recommend Sol a Sul.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2018
Response from Sol a Sul on 2 Sept 2018
Thank you so much for your kind review. We hope to see you next time you visit Albufeira, A friendly couple like you it’ always Welcome ;) Many thanks Fernando

8/10 Good

Ryan, essex

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Spacious & close to the town & beach.
Room 26 - Comfortable beds (single beds), safe (metal shutters on all windows & doors) Overall a nice & comfortable stay, very spacious! Thank you 👍
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2018
Response from Maria + Fernando on 4 Jul 2018
Thank you so much for sharing it with us. You’re always welcome Kind regards 😊☀️

8/10 Good

Alex, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great experience.
Specious apartment, close to the town centre and the beach. Host was very friendly and welcoming. Amazing holiday.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2018
Response from Maria on 3 Jul 2018
We really glad you had enjoyed it. Many thanks for taking the time to review.

6/10 Okay

pj, Europe

Disliked: Staff & service
Spacious Good location
Good property size, location & pool area. However, a few ants & flies running about. Not enough toilet roll provided for a week or clean towels. We weren't informed where to bring rubbish bags so this left a smell in the kitchen. We weren't informed also where local washing machine or laundrette was to get towels washed. Good for families and self catering holiday but be prepared.
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2018
Response from Maria on 20 Jun 2018
Hi, We prefer to have a few ants then using toxic substances...for the little flies they appear when the temperature gets higher for only 2nor 3 days. For the roll paper and clean towels, we couldn’t reach you in the apartment, you just needed to ask...also for the rubbish issue, if we didn’t informed you on the check-in, it must have been a mistake , but also you could have asked us, we are always here for you ,it’s not ok to keep rubbish in the kitchen specially when is hot , maybe that’s why you had so many ants and flies, and in the check-in we always tell you that you can contact us in any ways of communication for help and assistance. Kind Regards

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

A disappointing stay
The location of the apartments were great and near the square and beach. We arrived and contacted Fernando to show us to our apartment. We paid cash for our stay and were not given our change (Fernando had no change on him) despite me asking for this and a receipt for payment. Then we found we had no hot water! We were constantly ringing Fernando who eventually let us shower in another apartment on one occasion. We spent long periods waiting in to hear from Fernando even though he said he would ring us to let us know when he was coming. It was 3 days before we were moved to another apartment with hot water. The apartments were also cold and there was no form of heating but we were given 2 extra blankets. The cleanliness left a lot to be desired in both apartments, we just did basic cooking as the supply of utensils was so limited, one saucepan only in our first apartment! Wifi was hit and miss too - we had to stay in the kitchen to get access in the second apartment...and no English channels on TV...
Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2018
Response from Maria on 17 Jun 2018
You were disappointed because you wanted to check in at 9.30 am , yes Fernando didn’t have 3€ on in and he forgot... but you never ask in ,not even when we made the booking transfer. Also ,We don’t have heating,that’s true , we work only in Beach season, it was Not Cold ....no one of the other guests ad cold it was 16Cº at night , only you ask for a blanket and you already add a Duvet . We don’t know what you did to the boiler... it was working when the Plummer came and it was working after you left....but you change apartment, and the cleanliness it’s good, also you payed for a Best Rate Available, and it does not include Wi-Fi in the room, also you add everything to cook for 4 persons,and everyone seems to agree, we are always there if you need something... but no heating, cold in June , and I’ll Refund your 3€ ,no worries ,sorry if it was so disappointing to you, it was your boyfriend that was here for the second time and wanted to come with you... It was by far more disappointed to us ,to read your not accurate review.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent location very spavious for 6 people. Any issues were responded to quickly. Would definitely recommend and would return. 5 minute walk to beach and main square.
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2018
Response from Fernando on 5 May 2018
Thank you so much for your feedback, hope you had a nice in Albufeira, you are always welcome in Sol a Sul Apartments.

2/10 Terrible

joseph, Ireland

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great position
Great position for exploring the Old Town of Albuleria,The apartment complex has an owner/manager who does not care about his customers.For 8 days we did not see a cleaner,we did get a change of towels by mistake,no change of bedding, you can't get out of the complex without a key asked for a spare key still coming.the swimming pool turned off
Stayed 8 nights in Oct 2017

6/10 Okay

ron

The room was adequate, swimming pool fine. Self catering was near non existent re cutlery but did not want it anyway
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

DEIRDRE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A great locction and service
Huge and comfortable apartment in a great location. the apartment was very spotless and the housekeeping was excellent. We were contacted prior to the trip to enquire if we wanted transport from the airport and this was excellent; very reasonably priced and we would never have found the apartments if we had made our own way.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2017

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great
Location was very good. 2 min walk to the beach and 5 min walk to the old town square. The owner was very nice and would help anyway that he could. Would recommend these apartments and will def stay here again.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Nicola

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
My stay at Sol a Sur Apartments
Nice stay, good location. The apartment was big, a bit dated but had everything you need. Fernando was very helpful and friendly.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

britt, oslo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely location with great owners
Stayed 8 days. 2 streets from huge great beach and in old town so more quiet location than the streets with restaurants and bars. However all that is five minutes walk away. great marina 7 minutes away and smaller beach 40 minutes walk. Fantastic owner who provided smiles and information! Lovely small pool on balcony side. Slightly bad acoustics if someone sat on balcony late at night talking but that's the only 'down' side. Apartment was huge for me with clean bathroom and kitchen. Supermarket just down the road.
Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Claire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
We stayed in August 2017, apt was big, but we were on the side along the road so there was a bit of noise, beds were very comfortable, location was very central, beach right beside you, pool was lovely, kids really enjoyed the pool, wifi in the room which was really great,
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Brill location up a bit of a hill but not a problem,pizza place close buy brilliant,quiet pool area,if you want to some cooking there could do to be more pan and bowls but I'm sure if you asked the owner he will supply some. Who was brilliant by the way anything we wanted he got us
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Kerry Cousins, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great location, large flat
We enjoyed the flat, it was large and comfortable. Staff was very friendly and helpful.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Elisa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good surprise ☀️⛱
This hotel was a lovely surprise. In a perfect location it is walking distance to beach, old town and the strip The staff were helpful and hotel had everything we needed.Wi-fi and cable tv which worked, a fully equipped kitchen an nice balcony overlooking pool. Def worth the money . Quite at night so slept very well, the pool an surrounding areas are kept immaculately clean. A successful break at this apartments which I would recommend for the price
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2017
Response from Maria Paulo Bailote on 1 Jul 2017
Thank you so much ☀️

6/10 Okay

Anthony

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not going back.
The cooker in the honeymoon suite was a disgrace,if you go there look in the bottom.We had only one decent single mattress the others were a bit grubby.limited cooking utensils. No room service at all.The towels were old . On the up side it was spacious and ideal for the beach,bars and shops .WiFi connection was poor and limited to the kitchen only.
Response from Maria Paulo Bailote on 8 Jul 2017
So sorry you have that experience, not easy for us either. Yes you're right the cooker was a disgraceful after you left ,the all kitchen in fact with the 12 bags of stinky garbage you left in there for us. Yes we don't have room service,we're Self Cathering...

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort
Response from Maria Paulo Bailote on 1 Jul 2017
Thank you so much ☀️

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
ideal location
Great apartment stayed in penthouse apartment plenty of room 2 balconies great location

6/10 Okay

Dave, Ottawa, Canada

Liked: Staff & service
Excellent budget apartment
Very close to the beach and downtown, quite quiet and we had a partial sea view. Pool looked quite nice, but not heated. Apartment did show a fair amount of wear and tear, but was reasonably clean and good value for the price. Fernando (superintendant?) was excellent, found us a coffee maker when we asked and even had recommendations for restaurants. In all, we were very satisfied.

8/10 Good

Lisa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value, close to centre
Great. Close to centre.

8/10 Good

Lukasz

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Good place to stay
I had really lovely stay in the apartment. Place is located close to the beach and town centre. Host was very helpful and kind. Decor is basic but ok. Would recommend.

10/10 Excellent

kat, uk

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The apartments are a fantastic location, close to the beach and old town but tucked away so it feels more peaceful. The apartment itself was clean and spacious, I liked the colourful decor. The bed was comfy, too! We could see the sea from both balconies. It feels like a lovely laid back place to stay and we loved staying there and will most certainly be booking to return.

8/10 Good

Roy, Cork

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Get what you pay for.
Really good time spent here with family. 2 mins from beach and short stroll to main square.