I was woirried, having read some reviews, that this was going to be pretty dreadful. However, when we arrived we were taken to the apartments just down the road from the main reception. Our apartment was very spacious, and we were only ten steps away from the large, quiet pool. You can use either of the pools on the complex. There was live entertainment almost every night at the hotel, which was great if you didn't fancy the walk into town. A taxi from the hotel to the marina was under 5 euros. People had talked about how far out of Villamoura the complex was - my hubby and I strolled to the marina in 30 minutes. The walk was actually very pleasant, following a path through lovely gardens. It might be a case of "pot luck" as to what accommodation you get, but we were pleasantly surprised.

Booked independently flight and accommodation throug Alpha rooms. This was VERY cheap indeed £200 between 3! and didnt expect a lot just a bed to sleep in really.

We booked Parque Mourabel/ Oasis Village but were put in Pe do Lago ( all the same hotel but on 3 different sites, they share reception, bar and restaurant). The Pe de Lago is a 3-5 minute walk from the main reception. This was a 2 bed apartment. The apartment was very spacious and very clean. New bathroom and the maids came in every day! Unbelievable value for this amount of money. The 2nd bedroom wasnt particularly nice but only cos the windows were small and high up, also backs onto a busy loud road but I did get used to it.
My mate had the lovely double room at the front with its own balcony. The look of the apartments is not great kinda tower blockish but each site had its own swimming pool. Now..........................we didnt frequent it but..............the bar area in the main reception area wasnt very nice plastic chairs and well just second rate but hey your in the Algarve rock on to the Marina or Parkys at the end of the road. The first day we paid for breakfast in the complex restaurant "DONT PAY FOR HALF BOARD OR INCLUSIVE" dingy dark poor standard of food so pleased we didnt pay for that. So many lovely places to eat around. I would definately go again this was great value and clean/spacious. The apartment by the way was well equipped microwave, cooker, pots pans iron ironing board, hair dryer etc all good standard.

Date 7/10/2008
My wife and i booked the parque maurebel/oasis village/pe do lago hotel in vilamoura,we arrived at about 1pm at the parque maurebel which was the main reception,the receptionist gave us a card with our hotel on which was the pe do lago and room number 111,she said the room would not be ready until 2pm or maybe later, she said we could go to the bar round the corner in the restaurant which we did which seemed nice the hotel had a nice pool to look at,we decided to kill some time by looking around outside we walked about a hundred meters from the hotel and found a supermarket couple of bars a restaurant and a gift shop.
We got back and the room was ready we got took round by the hotel bus,we opened the door and first impressions was not good, first room you see is the bathroom which was not bad the bedroom to the left was ok but the beds was terrible you sank as soon as you layed on them worst sleep i had all week,the living area to the right was big but had a tiny kitchen the fridge freezer was disgusting it was rusty and old and seemed it had not been cleaned for while,the kithchen cupboards were very old.it had a oven and hob which the hob took years to heat up on full, it had a toaster, it desperately needs a microwave, it had plenty of plates glasses and cutlrery but had no corkscrew which i normally take one but not on this occasion so i had to buy one,the television had one english channel which was the news,we opened the curtains to find a disgusting balcony the floor was a mess it needed re surficing badly the rail on the wall was pealing all over it had no outside light and the plastic table and chairs had not been cleaned,and the walls was meant to be white,other balconys did not have this problem.
Maid service was everyday .
The best bit was a pool view which was big and clean and had plenty of beds and room just got attacked by bloody flies all the time which was very annoying.
We decided to walk to the marina the next day which was supposed to be about 20 minutes walk my wife and i are in our 30s and took us about 40minutes so we got a taxi back took 5minutes and cost about 4euros and whatever tip you give.
We decided to get a taxi at night from the reception which sometimes took 5 to 30 minutes to come so be prepared to wait,
Overall if the weather had been bad all week this would have been one of my worst holidays.

16th Oct 2008 - 20th Oct 2008

Good cheap base for chilling out,

We booked a 1 bed appartment in the Parque Mourabel/ Oasis Village but were put in Pe do Lago ( all the same hotel but on 3 different sites, they share reception, bar and restaurant). The Pe de Lago is a 3-5 minute walk from the main reception. We requested a room on the ground floor or near a lift and we were next to the lift.

The appartment was clean, fairly recently decorated , the bathroom suite looked new, the furniture was well worn but in good condition, the beds in the bedroom were creaky so we used the bed settes some nights, very comfortable. The iron, hair dryer etc all worked. Didnt use the cooker. The maid comes in 5 days a week.

We didnt use the swimming pool but there are 2 and they look very good, they are in a secure area where you need your room keys to access them.

There is no view at all, the appartments face another block, there is grass and trees in between.

The hotel is a 4-5 euro taxi ride from the Marina in Vilamoura, 3.50 euro ride from the Victoria golf course. The hotel has a free bus into Vilamoura 3 times a day. Taxis can be arranged through reception, all our taxis came without too long a wait, ( other reviews say different, may be it is because it wasn't high season while we where there).

As we went to chill out we spent most of our time relaxing around the Marina it isn't cheap but there are some excellent restaurants and bars.

I would reccomend the Pe Do Lago for short breaks with or without children , although there is nothing really wrong with it I wouldn't want to spend 2 weeks with children there.

On the whole a very good break.