Review date: 03 August 2008 - A HotelStreet visitor from Scotland wrote:-

Review title: "Please Don't Go Here"
Travel date: June 2007
My boyfriend and I stayed here for five days in June. We had a fabulous time and the weather was amazing. However, the hotel was not up to much.

The room we were given was small and cramped and did not have a bed in it. Instead we had two small sofa beds that we had to make up ourselves. The small balcony that we had looked out over the side access road and the bins for the kitchen. The small balcony was also taken up by the massive air conditioning unit. Our kitchen facilities were basic and all the plug sockets within the apartment were in a state of neglect. All of the shelving in the kitchen was dusty and in need of a desperate clean up. This is not the thing you should have to do on your holiday - spring clean your apartment!

The bathroom was OK but we found that the water heater wasn't up to much and couldn't supply enough water for a quick five minute shower. We actually used the whole tank of hot water to fill our bath half full one day. The next morning, the water tank indicated that the hot water content was only three quarters full.

During our stay the maids were in the room twice, but apart from a quick mop of the floor on both occasions and one change of towels, the bedding was never touched and everything in the room had to be washed thoroughly by us before we could use it.

The hallway to the room was dark, dingy and at night time, any noise made by other guests was echoed down the hallway. We heard every word of a couple's argument one night as well as numerous other conversations from other guests. Due to our basic apartment, we tried to spend as much time away from the hotel as we possibly could.

We would not recommend the Vau Costa hotel to any of our friends. Overall Praia do Vau was lovely and the beaches great. Shame some of the sea wasn't as clean as you would expect at the Algarve.