My mother, my spouse and myself stayed two weeks at the Alvor Atlantic hotel through a last minute deal with JM Vacations. Because the deal was so good ($999.00 CAD per/person incl:flight, car and accommodations) I wasn't expecting very much in the way of the hotel. The hotel itself was a bit hard to find as the signs seemed to point in obscure directions. Once we found it, however, we were pleasantly surprised. The rooms were clean, and looked exactly like the picture on this site (minus the ocean view of course). The kitchenette had two burners, a sink, toaster, coffee maker and mini fridge. Although it is obviously an older hotel, it has been kept up very well. The elevators are the old style with the cage door, which, in my opinion, only added to the charm of the place. We were there in January 2005 so things were quiet. The indoor pool was open from 9am-9pm and the steam bath quickly became our favorite place to be. If you're expecting to be waited on with white gloves and be surrounded by the upper crust of society you may want to spend a little more and visit their sister hotel Dom Jao II or the Delfim (when it opens back up), but if you are a reasonable traveller who can just go with the flow, this property is super value for the money.

I get upset when I see fellow travellers that find time on their holidays to abuse the VERY HELPFUL hotel staff with silly complaints like "there aren't enough dishes in our kitchenette and you'd better do something or we're filing a complaint!" (unfortunetly this is a true story).

So go with reasonable expectations and you will find wonderful clean and friendly accommodations at this property.