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Reviews of voco Formosa Park – Algarve

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voco Formosa Park – Algarve
Praia de Ancao, Reserva Natural da Ria Formosa, Loulé

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8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 87 out of 189 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 81 out of 189 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 16 out of 189 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 189 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 189 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Superb location within easy reach of amenities. Friendly staff for whom nothing too much trouble to ensure a fantastic stay. Absolutely wonderful stay and highly recommended.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly staff. Hotel popular with groups of golfers. If you don't want to be disturbed by noisy outdoor bar area, ask for a room at opposite end of hotel.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jenny, new malden. uk

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Formosa Park hotel -
Had lovely sea view 2- bedroomed appartment although only 2 of us. Staff were excellent and the food was great. Good pool area with plenty of sun beds. Would certainly stay here again.
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great place, nice pool, big rooms and at walking distance from the beach. however the rooms are old, the space is not well used, not enough power sockets, storage etc... Not well fit with modern travelers. The hotel is being completely remodeled so I guess next year it'll be much better
Stayed 9 nights in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Ideal location for golf in very pleasant area.
We’ve stayed here 3 times now, but regret to say not again. The location is ideal for golfers but accommodation in need of upgrade/refurb. Overall it’s clean & generally well kept. The staff are very courteous & helpful, the rooms are spacious & have adequately equipped kitchens. Since previous visits the accommodation seems to be catering more for families & for us there were too many noisy infants/kids. Plenty of room for parking, good WiFi & some very good restaurants in the area.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Claire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family holiday!
We had a fabulous week away with the family. Perfect location, very relaxing, great staff and service. Couldn’t fault it.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Rachel, East Midlands

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
stayed here many times and has never disappointed. Always clean and the staff are very accommodating
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

Mr Sean D Gilhespy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Superb
Excellent staff and service. Brilliant stay
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

8/10 Good

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Overbooked
Hotel was over booked so didn't have a room on arrival so sent us to their sister hotel which is claimed to be 5star. However, our reason for choosing Formosa park was to enjoy an Apartment, whereas the Dona Filipa was room and breakfast, so we had no self catering availability, and all drinks/food was greatly more expensive, so cost much more to stay than our original plan.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Fiona, Wiltshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel close to the beach
We arrived very late but had a wonderful welcome and had been upgraded to a two bedroom apartment which was enormous, two double bedrooms, two large bathrooms , a huge lounge diner and fitted kitchen. The apartment was spotlessly clean and beautifully furnished. The kitchen was well equipped (no kettle or oven) but we managed well without them. The beds were so comfortable (firm) and the bed linen was top quality. Breakfast was very good and had a wonderful selection to suit all tastes. The nearby beach is only a five minute walk and was practically deserted while we were there , however we were charged 22 euros for the sunbeds just for an afternoon so did not use them again (they are not connected to the hotel). I had read in previous reviews that the hotel is quite remote so booked a hire car and you really do need one as there are no shops close by. I had also read that the hotel is widely used by groups of golfers which it is but that was not a problem. The only disappointment was the apartment we were given only overlooked the back car park and the sun did not shine onto the balcony at any time of the day.
Stayed 9 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Patricia, melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to the beach, excellent hotel & facilities
Staff were very helpful & friendly. Room was amazing. Only a short stay but wished it was longer & close to the beach. Would highly recommend!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Andy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice hotel and staff are superb! Close to the beach (if you don't mind a short hill). Breakfast could be improved but other than that excellent.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Sophie, Bristol

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel, great location
We have just returned from a lovely stay at the hotel. The location is really great being very close to the beach and not too far from the shops. We did hire a car so we could go to some of our favourite locations and there were always plenty of spaces. We were given a room very near to the swimming pool which was very convenient for the children. The rooms are very clean although slightly dated but the kitchen was well equipped. There were always plenty of free sunbeds and parasols throughout the day which takes away a lot of stress and means you can totally relax. The buffet breakfast was very good offering lots of choice. We ate in the restaurant a couple of times which is very good value for money and the service and food was excellent. We were very lucky that we arrived early and our room was ready which meant we got to maximise the time we were there and our holiday got off to a great staff. I thoroughly recommend this hotel and I'm sure we will be returning. All in all a wonderful stay.
Stayed 12 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

John, Kent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Another enjoyable stay at Formosa Park
We perhaps are a little biased, but we've been going to Formosa Park for quite a few years and it ticks all of our boxes! The location is excellent for the beach, but you do need a car to get to the local restaurants, bars etc I think it is worth highlighting the nearby beaches, which are quite honestly amazing, especially first thing in the morning when you will be accompanied by a few other walkers and runners and the sounds of the sea! The pool area is excellent, especially for young families, although our boys are a lot older and they really enjoy it also. We always use a family room and these are always clean and comfortable and have enough room for five people. My final comments are reserved for the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff at Formosa Park. I cannot emphasise enough this last point; it makes your holiday so much more pleasant to deal with staff who consistently are looking after you and are quick to sort out any small problems/concerns that always crop up on holiday. Well done guys: brilliant, as usual!
Stayed 12 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Freddie, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Room with a View
The staff are without exception hospitable, professional and friendly which made our short stay pleasant and lovely. We were told we would not be disappointed with the view from our poolside accommodation and this was absolutely true stunning and incomparable. The whole experience utterly amazing.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Robert, Isle of Wight

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice, but not quite 4 star.
Having booked our holiday we noticed that the hotel was being offered on a golf holiday website, and frankly this hotel is ideal for groups of golfers on short breaks. Although the hotel is "very nice" I would not recommend it for a family or "couples" holiday as we were surrounded by groups of noisy Jack Nicklaus wannabes at mealtimes and late evening. Apartments are well appointed with most, if not all required equipment, good furnishings and plenty of storage space. The view over the pool from our balcony was pleasing although building orientation did not allow sun to penetrate the balcony area at any time during the day. Balcony just wide enough to accommodate chairs and table only. Would not have been happy, however, if I had been allocated a ground or first floor room within yards of the car park! Good points; nice pool and surroundings and plenty of pool beds; good breakfast although cramped dining area when golfers gathered together, nice outdoor dining space; helpful, knowledgable staff throughout hotel. Downside; the quality of the beds, OK if one had ingested enough liquid anaesthetic at night but not for my elderly back resulting in 5 days broken, painful, sleep. Some nice restaurants in the locality and beach bars/restaurants are all very good but only accessible with a car. Good spa but no other distractions or entertainment. Overall an adequate short break holiday with nothing overtly detrimental, but would not return unless it was a for a golfing break.

8/10 Good

Cristina, Spokane, WA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice apartments hotel close to the beach
We enjoyed it because it was in a very quiet environment in the middle of a fresh though close to the beach.

10/10 Excellent

Roly, yorkshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel but too remote for us
Not many bars in area and definitely need a car to get round ideal if a golfer but otherwise the use of a taxi is a must can't fault hotel and staff first class

10/10 Excellent

bryan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
hotel was better than we expected and we had a very large room for our one night

10/10 Excellent

Gordon, Northern Ireland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great family rooms
Huge family room kept very clean and all staff very helpful. Breakfast excellent and buffet continuously refreshed. Can get a good lunch or dinner on site but no supermarket which is 3km at the top of the road so definitely get a car. Hotel slightly hard to find when we arrived in the dark but will likely be back.

8/10 Good

JML, Kent, uk

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very Convenient one bed apartment with lovely swimming pool, very close to the beach and friendly staff.

8/10 Good

Jane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Up market hotel in conservation area
Fantastic hotel with spacious apartment rooms , large balconies and a lovely pool. Good choice of breakfast foods. Beds too firm for my liking and very flat pillows but good quality bed linen. Well equipped kitchen except for the lack of a kettle so needed to boil water in a pan. Well situated for golf , shopping and airport.

10/10 Excellent

Raj, Slough

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
5 Star service.
From the onset, all staff were very welcoming and friendly. We visited in mid October and the hotel was pleasantly not busy. The breakfast was fab, both the environment and staff in the restaurant were excellent. Reception were very accommodating with requests (maybe as hotel was not full).Would definitely recommend to others.

10/10 Excellent

John, Kent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel, short walk to fantastic beach
We have visited this hotel on four previous occasions. It really suits us, family of five with three boys(18, 16 & 11). The pool is great, rooms great, but the selling point for us is the staff. The are so friendly and helpful and nothing is too much trouble. Praia do Ancao beach is a short walk away, but you do need to have a car to get to most of the other surrounding beach areas of Val do Lobo, Quinta Da Logo etc. Access to restaurants and other amenities in Almancil and further away in Loule would also require a car. Overall, a good location, scenic and picturesque, with fantastic views of Ria Formosa and the sea. A very quiet hotel making for an enjoyable, pleasant family holiday.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
High Standard appartment hotel
Everything was to a very high standard - the staff very attentive - the restaurant excellent. Breakfast of very good quality. The beach is 10 mins away and quite beautiful. Apparently there is a shuttle bus at certain times. The only criticism is that it is fairly isolated although in a natural park area ....and there is no shop either in the hotel or within walking distance to buy e.g. milk or necessities. And we had to use taxis most of the time. But definitely didn't spoil our holiday in any way....but would recommend a car for next time.

8/10 Good

Jetset Wendy, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet and relaxing
A lovely hotel, in a quiet setting. Very pleasant staff who make you feel at home. Definitely need a hire car as it is quite remote and a bit of a hike to the beach.

10/10 Excellent

Wacker, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very good experience
The hotel is a little dated but standards are high. Staff very pleasant and patient. Apartment large enough and reasonably well equipped. Cleaning carried out whenever required.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

gee, england

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice hotel
Had lovey stay would go back no that would like to say 👍👍👍👍👍👍😂

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great budget hotel, good location for the beach, great restaurants within walking distance. Car needed really unless very short stay. Second visit and we'll be back again. Hotel clean, good breakfast, pool area well kept. Small kids area which is tired, but good for the kids as lots of equipment. Good location for the golf courses in the golden triangle.

10/10 Excellent

Sachin, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Hotel near beach.
We were given an upgrade. Very spacious rooms with balcony. The breakfast was good. We had dinner once and it appeared costly and lot to long for. Not bad, but it could be a lot better. The nearest amenities are about 4-5 kms away so you will need a car to go around. The staff has been extremely helpful. I would definitely recommend this except the dinner.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Puttnam
Fifth time I have stayed here and each time is great. Staff are fabulous especially the restaurant and cleaning staff Definitely going back

10/10 Excellent

Adrian T.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Well looked after
For the price, the Formosa Park Hotel was excellent value, was clean, quiet, but above all the staff were all lovely and eager to help. It was a little disappointing that, so close to the sea, it didn't actually have sea views (at least not from the ground floor room we had), and it was a tad hard to find arriving after dark through the Algarve coastal sprawl. We would also have had to drive to find any amenities, but we were after a quiet location so that was fine (I don't think it would suit most families). They are just small gripes for a great hotel for anyone seeking to get away from it all rather than wanting 'bright lights, big city'.

10/10 Excellent

Sandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Usha, eindhvoen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful experience
It was a very very comfortable stay and we enjoyed it thoroughly.

10/10 Excellent

Neil, Leicester UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This hotel is great value for money.
Just spent half term here and it was great, breakfast and staff very good.

10/10 Excellent

Jim, Leicester

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great service
Staff were superb, room cleaned and new towels daily. Will definitely return

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely pool area
Great hotel if you want some peace and quiet. Our apartment was very spacious and had a balcony that overlook the lovely pool area/trees. Staff were very helpful. Only slight disappointment was the food which was ok but not as high a standard as other aspects of the hotel.

10/10 Excellent

Joan, rio maior

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
WONDERFUL FIND
Wonderful find. Beautiful pool a distance from the beach. Breakfast buffet very complete. Sadly though not bacon every day, one day bacon next day sausages. Apartment was fantastic and really spacious. Lovely balcony. Very well equipped kitchen. Remember to buy some washing up liquid if you plan on using the kitchen. Toiletries in the bathrooms a bit sparse for quality of the hotel

8/10 Good

Jackie, london

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice clean hotel near to great beaches
5 night stay got off to dodgy start when we were bumped out of our pool view room to accommodate the overbooking of golfers! Two nights followed in Room 001 which is a perfectly nice room but looks out over the ground floor of the car park with no useable outside space due to lack of privacy. We were compensated with a bottle of local fizz and apologies On our 3 rd night we moved to a 2 bed apartment with lovely sea views which was easily large enough for a family of 6, so although a nice gesture we would have preferred the room we booked from the start. all the staff at the Formosa are lovely and friendly, breakfast is good. We ate 3 times at the hotel and on 2 occasions it was good.

6/10 Okay

Teo, Burton-Upon-Trent

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Nice hotel and a quite place, good to relax but th
Nice location, nice weather especially if you go at the end of the season and you get plenty of sunshine. I will probably go again in Portugal but not the same location maybe choose a location more central to make it easy to get around

10/10 Excellent

Dena, Harrogate

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fab trip
We were in Portugal for a wedding but decided to travel early and have a break first. The hotel staff were very friendly and helpful. The food was very good especially the breakfast! The pool area was well kept and because it wasn't too busy it was area sure to spend time there.

8/10 Good

Carla, Arcozelo, V N Gaia PT

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best rate price/confort
Very good apartment, large rooms, large bathrooms, with kitchen and with the indispensable for preparing simple things. Very comfortable and peaceful. Breakfast ok for the category. Quiet place with beautiful gardens and clean pools. The playground area is very degraded and needs to be restored asap, from my point of view as it is it is very dangerous for the kids.

8/10 Good

Ashish, Liverpool

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
On Holiday enjoyed the stay
Very good hotel

8/10 Good

James, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family Beach Holiday
We are a family of 5, with children aged 10,13 and 16. The hotel was a short trip from the airport and in a quiet road close to the beach. The location was excellent with a short walk through the woods to the beach. The hotel has well appointed large rooms. We stayed in a two bedroom apartment which had two bathrooms and a living room and kitchen with a large balcony. The hotel is very clean and well organised - the staff were excellent. The swimming pool is very nice and we had a few days when we stayed at the hotel - it was very hot mid 30's for the whole two weeks. The only drawbacks were that taxis were expensive and if you want to do trips out etc you need to travel to Vilamoura which is about 35mins away (35 euros in a cab). We should have booked a hire car. Food in the hotel was expensive and a bit plain but the breakfast was excellent. We will stay there again!

8/10 Good

neale, hoboken

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
perfect for families