We highly recommend Vila Valverde after going here on our honeymoon. All of the details combined to make it a perfect experience for our first time in Portugal. Very classy..almost with a James Bond type feel.

We stayed in the deluxe suite room and recommend spending the extra money for this option. Lots of space, great views, and private balcony.

Breakfast was incredible and definitely a highlight of our stay. We ate so much that we were good with two meals a day:)

Great location in southern Portugal! Right outside Lagos and within easy driving distance of all the great Algarve beaches.

Do not be expecting the personal touch of a small bed and breakfast. Although it is a very small boutique hotel, we were pretty much left on our own to explore and come/go as we pleased. Some might see this as a negative.

Situated on a gorgeous hillside with water views, the Vila Valverde has recently been renovated with all the latest comforts (spa baths, rain shower, etc.) The Sup.rooms are beautifully decorated and there is no detail that is overlooked. There is a lovely assortment of organic bath products in all the rooms. Breakfast was fantastic. We loved everything about our stay here!

The hotel is nicely designed, one of the few boutique-style hotels on southern Algarve.
Rooms are also quite big and you got a beautiful landscaped garden however the whole place lacks atmosphere and charm.

Despite being almost fully booked the communal areas were always empty and felt very cold and sterile.
The biggest drawdown is the incredibly rude staff, Valverde set a new low in terms of service at boutique hotels. It's almost as if they are trying to fulfill all negative stereotypes about design hotels.

Staff, if there is any (reception was not staffed most of the times) is rude and makes you feel not welcome at this hotel.
Simple basic requests like ordering a boiled egg at breakfast, ordering a taxi or even asking for a restaurant recommendation in Lagos were only met with indifference.

Can you recommend a restaurant in Lagos? => Go to the city centre, there are restaurants everywhere
These were the kind of replies you got from the front desk, quite incredibly but seemingly the norm.

Overall I can really only recommend to go somewhere else unless you want to be treated poorly by an obnoxious and incompetent staff.
This hotel marked the low point of a 2-week journey through Portugal, where we have stayed in very nice hotels (Teatro/Porto; Romaneira/Douro; Altis Belem/Lissabon; the different Pousadas and the Casa Fajara in Carrapatteira are all recommended) and met very nice and charming people.

The boutique hotel lies in a beautiful big garden just a little bit off the praia da Luz (you will have partial view on the sea). The design of the interior is a kind of Versace style. The rooms are big and very comfortable. Try to get a room on the ground floor which goes out directly to the garden. However, even though the house is nicely designed and they call themselve „Design hotel“ they could take more care of the details: e.g. plastic flowers in the room and bathroom, Eurocar ads on the beach towl, laminated parquet, papers with warnings hanging in the swimming pool area, etc.
They serve an excellent breakfast in the spacious hall but unfortunetely it has no windows or possibilty to sit outside. If you wish they also serve you a so called gourmet menu in the same area. The dinner was good but we wouldn’t call it gourmet and it lacks ambiance. We would rather go to a nice restaurant in Lagos. Overall it is a very nice boutique hotel for people who like a relaxing and calm place (children under 10 are normally not admitted).