We are literally just back from a wonderful weeks holiday at the holiday village in the Algarve. Everything from the flights,transfers,hotel,holiday reps and hotel staff were simply fantastic.My two kids (10) and (8) had an absolute ball culminating in them being covered in chocolate on the last night via the choco party. The food was of a reasonable standard with a varied selection of hot meals and cold buffet, although some nights were better than others,however, edible and plentiful. Lots of activities to keep kids and adults alike entertained and if you wanted to chill out by the pool the kids were entertained by the superb and energetic staff.You also get 1 night at both the Italian and Portuguese restaurants , of which we thoroughly enjoyed the Italian ,couldnt comment on the other as we missed out on a reservation. ALL in all we had a truely fantastic holiday, aided by fabulous weather,excellant staff and very happy children, will return to a holiday village next year.

I was concerned from what I had read on here that the food would be bad but was quite please when I got there. It is a buffet style so obviously not the highest standard but the quality on the whole was very good with a wide selection that changed all the time. We went with a 15 month old baby as well and the selection for him on the whole was very good.

The hotel was clean and the apartment we had in block 1 was clean and spacious and very good. All staff were very friendly and helpful and the creche was very good too. Not really much I could mark the place down on. The local beach was very nice and about 15 mins walk with a pram. The best thing was probably the splash pool for the baby.

I will be back here again, 6 may 2012, for my 3rd time, great !!..can't wait !!..managed to find self catering arrangement here again......

We spent two weeks here at the Falcon / First Choice Holiday Village (Alto de Colina - Balaia - Portugal) in August with our sons (7 year old and 1 year old). This village has everything for the children and we found the creche very handy for our 1 year old so we could spend time with our 7 year old at the night time entertainment. This entertainment was enjoyable with a lot of work put in by the entertainment team. We have stayed at a number of these holiday villages over the last few years and this one is one of the better ones with spacious apartments and the whole village is kept spotlessly clean at all times. The holiday reps were excellent in all areas and worked very hard to keep everyone entertained. Our 7 year old enjoyed the water slides, the Soccer Academy and the high ropes course as well as some of the activities at the kid's club. We were self catering so we had dinner in local restaurants in the evenings. We did eat in the Holiday Village on a few occasions but food quality was not great. We had hired a car for the 2 weeks so getting around was easy for us and we would recommend a visit to Zoomarine, it is a fantastic day out for the family.